Florida Virtual School reviews

FLVS undermines public education by hiring scab non-union teachers (such as myself) and threatens them to pass as many students as possible, no matter how badly they have not yet mastered the content "at their own pace". This is a call center, that plays by different rules than a typical public school, and used government lobbying to grow as large as they have. As an employee you have to deal with student cheating while never punishing students for doing wrong. Imagine being a manager in a bank, and seeing a teller steal money, and be told your job is to continue to support that teller because otherwise the whole operation will shut down.

The customer is always right - and the teacher has very little voice in educating the student. The teacher will be blamed for student lack of progress. Teachers do not have a class to teach (there is little to no teaching) - a teacher "manages" a load of between 130-190 students through Call Center style communicating. Teachers have no input in curriculum, what or how the "curriculum" is taught. Teachers have scripted e-mails that are sent. The only connection is generally through talking about a student's hobby. It's a bit like Big Brothers / Big Sisters. The company (it is a business) is 100% focused on getting the credit completed ($$). Only teachers are held accountable - and mostly for things that are out of the teacher's control. ILs (Principals) change often - and if you do not play the praise game, you will be a target. Many or not experienced enough in Virtual Teaching to see beyond the data-driven completion goals.