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special education teacher

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high school teacher

Georgia Cyber Academy

As a Lead HS Special Education Teacher, I was able to further develop my knowedge and gain knowledge of the following:

•	Effectively organizing and prioritizing work duties. In depth knowledge of course evaluation and course approval procedures.
•	Maintaining and awareness of developments in academic regulation and best practice.
•	Able to effectively co-operate with colleagues to ensure goals and targets are met.
•	Helped to promote a strong sense of community between its diverse student and staff population.
•	Having the ability to deal positively with changing circumstances. 
•	Providing dedicated support to the academic staff across a range of activities like teaching program administration and discipline-level organization.
•	Ability to manage a team of 25 plus teachers in order to help them effectively maintain their overall job description, as well as evaluate how effectively they do this.
•	Flexible and able to adapt to the changing demands of a job.
•	Ability to work efficiently and with minimal supervision.
•	Gathered data and statistics to prepare reports for senior administration.
•	Helped facilitate staff trainings for Professional Developments/New Teacher Trainings, as well as traveled to attend trainings to further knowledge of new programs.

•	Hands-on team member and critical thinker who can quickly learn new systems, develop useful expertise, and produce significant contributions.
•	Conducted small group and individual in an online environment based on differentiated learning needs.
•	Established a variety of teaching strategies that included direct instruction, group work, and various virtual activities
•	Incorporated classroom management technique into daily activities
•	Effectively communicated with students, parents, administration, and peers
•	Outstanding design and problem-solving skills with the ability to handle rapidly changing schedules and shifting work priorities.
•	Ability to concurrently manage numerous projects while meeting rigorous performance standards and demanding schedules.
•	Attended a variety of professional development workshops centered on learning goals, classroom management, student motivation, engaging learning activities and data driven instruction.


I was able to work with a grat department of co-workers as we implemented best practices with our students. We faced challenges with our students and were able to strategize as a team to determine these best practices to formulate a solution to best fit the needs of our students.

I have never worked anywhere as bad as this place. They're more of a business than a school. More about $ than students success! The employees are expected to work 12 hour workloads and everything is last minute and always "high priority". I was given new "high priority" tasks on Friday at 4:15 and told it's due by Monday morning. The managers apparently "forget" about state forms until they are due, which makes for a stressful work environment. They say it a M-F 8-5 position but it is nowhere near there. 
As a special education teacher, I was asked to draft IEP's with out of date psychological reports, which I will NOT do. No job is worth losing my teaching certification over! 
The managers are told to give ALL EMPLOYEE"S level 2 on the TYKES, regardless of their performance, which is extremely unfair, especially when your TYKES follows you everywhere you work. 
Georgia Cyber has severely declined in their services to the students since branching off from K-12. I had to deal with parents complaining about way too many "mass emails" and no personal services. They would complain of always getting voicemail in the corporate office and never getting return ed calls. I was expected to handle issues beyond my pay-rate and training. Basically, I had to handle stressed out parents as a result of my bosses lack of concern. 
The only positive is I worked from home, but I was always working. 
I am an advocate of homeschooling, I have even home schooled my own children, but if your a parent seeking a home school, this is NOT the school to choose! 
I will continue to work at online schools, but not this one! I only worked there for 6 months and will never go back!

Have you always wanted to be a number on a page?  Then you have found your job, because nothing matters here except data.  You will fill out Google form and check off boxes about how many periods you use in naming conventions, how many seconds you spent on a "five minute" task (because that's how long the district thinks it will take, having never actually completed the task or taught before), and how many surveys and check boxes you've filled out in a day.  You'll collect data until you're blue in the face... And then you'll collect more!  You'll get lots of "friendly reminders" about how you're failing at your job... Of providing data on time!  So what you were trying to complete the 17 tasks your 8 bosses threw at you as "emergencies"?  That's no excuse for failing to complete your 80 regularly scheduled tasks in a timely fashion.  Oh, and somewhere in all of there make sure you teach - but in there scripted fashion that the inexperienced (or completely non-experienced) has decided will best communicate your curriculum - even if it doesn't work at all for you or your students.  And also be prepared to play guidance counselor, provide SEL, and guide students through their trauma - fortunately those are "five minute" tasks, so that will leave you with plenty of times for - you guessed it!... DATA COLLECTION!!!

I will always treasure my time at GCA. The past couple of years have seen an increase in numbers of students, and this was handled better in some areas than others. I always felt like I had too many students on my lists to tend to them the way that I wanted, but I also have difficulty in this area. I co-taught 4 classes per day and managed all of the IEP records for my caseload students. The teachers are excellent and willing to help. The workplace culture is positive. They embrace new technology and are excited to learn new ways to help students succeed. The hardest part of the job for me was that I am not good at setting limits, and I ended up working very long hours. Since this is a virtual school, others can't always see what you struggle with if you don't ask for help. Those who have strong organizational / self-management skills, and a good sense of limits and maintaining a work / life balance will find a very happy home here. The most enjoyable part of the job is the people I have come to know - teachers, management, technology and other staff, students, parents. Lots of excellent people everywhere. I will miss them.

I have been at GCA for 6 years. Every year is like starting a brand new job-restructuring of departments, especially admin happens every year. In my 6 years, I have had five different supervisors.  There is a very high turnover rate, mostly because people are unhappy with the work environment and get burnt out quickly.  Typical work day is 8-4, with meetings on Mondays lasting almost to 5 pm.  We have mandatory in person days (community days and testing weeks) where you are not allowed to take RTO, even for medical reasons.  If you like sitting all day staring at a screen this is the job for you. Over 6 years, I have gained so much weight from this sedentary lifestyle and stress. 

We are on webcam ALL day, next year webcam time will increase by almost an hour.  Numerous teachers have voiced concerns over screen time impacting students and adults negatively, but it increases every year. 

The board is made up of business people-no teachers. They run GCA like a corporation and don't have what is best for children in mind.  They want to get the most possible work out of teachers for the little amount they are paid.  Expectations and work load is very high-there is no work life balance, no compassion on HR's part or admin in general when it comes to medical issues or needing to take time off.

I would steer clear of this job--the only reason I stay is because I will never set foot into a face to face classroom again.  They will suck the life out of you.

Work-life balance
Work life balance is non existing at GCA.  Expect to always be on call, you will have supervisors call you after contract hours regularly.   Workload is so large you are always working well past contract.

Pay & benefits
Much lower then other school districts. Pay is negotiable. You don't get paid enough for amount of work and stress.

Job security and advancement
Teacher turn over at GCA is really high.   GCA can not keep teachers because of work conditions .

Management
GCA is really top heavy.  Lots of manager roles but not enough actual staff to handle workload.

Culture
Toxic work culture.   High turn over.  Way too many manager roles, every mistake is noted

Overall
Terrible school.  This school has a teacher turnover rate high enough to compete with retail.   The workload  and expectations are completely unmanageable; you are expected to work after contract hours constantly to keep up with the workload in which everything is deemed urgent.  You`re micro managed from a lot of different supervisors.   You have no planning time. You teach 5 to 6 live classes a day and you're planning will be taken up by meetings 99% of the time.If you're a sped teacher,expect 4 or more IEP meetings a week plus every other kind of meeting they have.  Expect class sizes of 100 and expect a sped caseload of 20 to 50 kids.  Expect completely unrealistc expectations that will cause your hair to fall out from stress.  

It really was the worse teaching experience I have ever had.

Working at GA Cyber Academy was one of the most toxic environments that I've ever experienced as an educator. I absolutely loved the students and some of the other teachers, but the workload was totally unrealistic. Our class sizes were extremely large. Simple processes were so complex and were changed often so we would have to unlearn and re-do things constantly. If you're considering working here, think again. Imagine spending nights and weekends working on the never-ending tasks that are constantly being added to your plate. Before you complete what's expected, you're told to do something different and also provided w/feedback from multiple people if you make mistakes. I didn't feel like my experience or passion for teaching were valued and leaving was absolutely the best decision for me! I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I'm now teaching at a different school where I'm valued as a professional, have a more balanced class size AND I'm paid what I'm worth. Good luck if you choose to work @ GA Cyber. I met some great people there but overall, the leadership is more concerned with money (how large their enrollment is) and metrics (testing, enrollment, attendance, etc.)  than they are about people.

I’ve been an educator for over two decades and this is the best school that I’ve ever taught at! There is a growth mindset at GCA. The training is ongoing and applicable to not only education but the world that we are preparing our students for. There is a lot of support personnel that allows me to focus on delivering quality instruction. It is a highly organized and data driven environment in which I thrive in. My feedback matters and GCA makes adjustments according to staff, student, and parent feedback. Work life balance is promoted. We are encouraged to take our one hour lunch break, delay send emails for work hours only, and not to text or Zoom other coworkers outside of working hours. Management is kind, supportive, and encourages feedback. All first year teachers are assigned a mentor and mine has been a huge bonus! My content team works collaboratively to build a high quality curriculum. Yes, there is a technology learning curve for many. That said, with time and effort,  it is doable. The best part is, students and parents choose to attend GCA. Parents are supportive and invested. Teaching my wonderful students is the best part of my day! 

JOB SECURITY & ADVANCEMENT:  No job security; if student enrollment is low and no monies to pay teacher salaries. This is a charter school.  
MANAGEMENT:  will promote failing students, will tell you what grades to give students, will bully and be mean, rude and short tempered with teacher.
CULTURE & CLIMATE: you are expected to obey parents and students to ensure that student enrollment remains high.  Fellow teachers are eager to help and constantly reply in zoom chat for support!
BENEFITS & COMPENSATION:  errors with W2 forms during tax season, double dipped getting dental payments, they abruptly ended the 403B match, do not pay for unused sick and personal leave; unused leave is paid when one retires. 
Work/Life Balance:  Excellent!  You work from home, get a one hour lunch break, and a two hour planning period.  Your work day ends at 4 PM.     
OVERALL:  Teaching virtually is better than brick and mortar.  They offer A LOT of professional development to learn new skills and to renew your certificate.  There are more pros than cons working virtually, but know that you ARE NOT guaranteed a contract every school year.  

I love working at GCA and it is probably one of the best Title One schools in Georgia. The pay is great for a teacher salary and you are compensated for some on-the-job expenses that other schools don't do. The Coworkers are also very experienced and the culture there is all about helping everyone improve as educators. However, management is worse than a helicopter parent and the Profesional Development sessions are far from benificial. Teachers are not allowed to create their own assignments, give bonus points (unless given to all the class), or develop lessons catered towards their student needs. Lessons are structured the way management wants. Ex: every lesson HAS to have an opener and a closing, as well as other unnessesary components that could be ignored because each class session is 50 minutes. There are also multiple times that your work has to be double or triple checked by multiple people in management. It gets very redundant and micro-managy. 

Nonetheless, I enjoy working here due to the working environment, the students, and the pay. My only gripes are with management and how they run the school. 

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