overworked - Resident Head Teacher Zeta Charter Schools Employee Review

Thank you for taking the time to write this review of your experience at Zeta. We are glad that you enjoyed working with your students and that you benefited from our unlimited sick day policy. We are sorry to hear that you felt shamed; we prioritize the well-being of our staff and expect that managers honor the needs of each individual staff member. At Zeta, our Network team has systems in place so that we can understand and support the unique needs of each school community. We are continuing to use current and prior learnings from feedback surveys and conversations with teammates to continuously improve. We are deeply committed to learning and evolving. We know that we ask a lot of our team members at Zeta. This is because we are all deeply committed to our mission and the work of schooling is so important. To ensure every child and every team member is set up for success, we engage in extensive training, coaching, and feedback, and we use a data-driven approach. This immense effort is in service of equitable education delivered with love and commitment. We are proud to have two teachers in every classroom in order to maintain an average 15:1 student to teacher ratio across our schools. We believe that mindfulness is just as important for our teammates as it is for our students, and recognize the importance of reflection and recentering ourselves around our greater purpose throughout the year. We have been intentional about creating space for purposeful reflection for our staff. We welcome specific feedback about how these mindfulness retreats could be more impactful for our teammates. This year we were also excited to add free Talkspace therapy as a benefit for all our staff. While we were also disappointed to part ways with our ClassPass benefit, we are happy to now offer the FitOn benefit, which offers similar benefits including but not limited to credits toward fitness classes, unlimited access to digital health courses, condition management, health guides, and meal plans and recipes. School staff have generous breaks throughout the school year in alignment with the school calendar. We offer an additional 2 days for outside of school closure days and sick days because we understand there are inevitable personal matters that come up. We greatly appreciate your raising these concerns and value the hard work and contributions you have made during your time at Zeta. We are sorry that it didn’t work out, and wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.