Florida Virtual School reviews

The required "positive climate" can mask actual dysfunction. The measured outcome, number of students enrolling and completing a course, is more highly valued than the human element, making the whole experience more like a rah-rah sales agency than one dedicated to the well-being of students and teachers. New employees are pushed through training and then thrown onto the fire. It may not provide students with good instruction, but it keeps the numbers rolling in. As others have noted, the work expections for hours on duty is far worse than one would imagine.

Cons: 1. LLLLOOONNNGGGG hours - I know working at home seems so easy but I work MANY more hours at FLVS than I did at the regular school. 2. No Christmas break. 3. No Spring Break. 4. No Summer Break. 5. You have to work nights and weekends - you have to return calls and e-mails within 24 hrs and grade within 48 hrs. Seems easy enough until you have 150 students all calling, e-mailing and needing tutoring on the same days. 6. Families often will interrupt you all the time making it even harder to work from home. 7. You have to be on the phone ALL THE TIME. You have to talk to every student and parent at least once a month an that means calling students who won't call you back. 8. You are rated based on student completion so if a kid drops because they just won't work or they move or their parent thinks they are playing on the internet too much then it counts against you even though it had nothing to do with how you are as a teacher. 9. You have to get "permission" to leave town even if you will be working. While I LOVE FLVS and it's leadership, it's not the right job for me. My family is suffering because of my constant work schedule. I'm always on the phone, day and night (we have to be available from 8am-8pm). This is a great job for the right person but it's not for everyone.