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Georgia Cyber Academy

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Georgia Cyber Academy reviews

3.2

51% would recommend to a friend

(236 total reviews)
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Michael Kooi

67% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Georgia Cyber Academy has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 236 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Georgia Cyber Academy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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236 reviews
1.0
Jul 16, 2021

Going Downhill - FAST!

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Pros

My fellow teachers and some of the administrators (not to be confused with “district”).

Cons

The Head of School (or as she now prefers to be called “The Superintendent “) is far from professional. 1) She lied to the staff by stating that a few of our administrators left because they wanted to. FACT: They were told that “GCA is going in a different direction and they would not be receiving a contract”. 2) She told one of the administrators that “The teachers may think you walk on water, but I know otherwise.” FACT: This particular administrator stuck up for the teachers and had the students’ best interest at heart. 3) During a meeting a concern was brought up about class sizes and she stated that “[she] wished she would have known about it earlier in the year so something could be done about it.” FACT: Several emails were sent from teachers to their leads and from leads to the principal. The principal mentioned the concerns in the principal’s meeting (with the “superintendent “), all near the beginning of the school year. One particular administrator was told, by those in scheduling, that they didn’t need her help. That same administrator had been in charge of scheduling for several years and had great ideas and knew what she was doing. And...that same administrator is one of the ones not offered a contract. 4) The “superintendent “ laughs at employees who ask legitimate questions. FACT: An employee asked about taking Fridays off if employees needed to go to an appointment. She laughed, rolled her eyes, and stated that no employee should be taking a Friday or a Monday off...she considers that an extension of the weekend, and it will be frowned upon. Several AMAZING teachers have chosen to leave and many AMAZING administrators were not asked to return. The “superintendent “ stated that she’s fine with that because she has “a stack of resumes on her desk!” I would encourage anyone seeking this type of employment to try Connections or K12 and only apply to GCA if you HAVE TO! It is a toxic work environment, to say the least.

1.0
Jul 11, 2021
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Pros

Work from home; no other pros

Cons

Working here is at the cost of your sanity; the head of school has no education experience and she has no business being in education and is like a child who was a “mean girl” bully in school because she was so insecure but hasn’t grown out of it. As many other reviews have said, there can’t be any type of team work discussions to problem solved because she will have to control everything and when she cannot she will fire anyone for no reason. The contracts are written in a way that’s illegal and they will terminate you without notice and for no reason at all. Worst head of school/ superintendent I’ve ever witnessed. Don’t ever work here

1.0
Jul 1, 2021
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Pros

The students, families and staff and working from home!

Cons

The superintendent micromanages without collaboration from the ones who do the work. She is vindictive and does not have valid reasons for not renewing contracts. While she had some good ideas in increasing student growth her leadership style is autocratic and not respectful. For example, she is consistently late to meetings and does not allow questions after the presentation. She placed staff in administrative positions who did not apply/ interview nor did all of them have the credentials to be in those positions. She answers to no one and if someone is brave enough to offer a different opinion they won’t be around for long. Staff members wrote emails to the Board in 2020 with concerns and some of those were denied promotions even though they were clearly the best candidate. If you are a Harry Potter fan, think of Dolores Umbridge and that’s her.

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