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Visions In Education Charter School

This school used to care about all stakeholders (families, employees and even their educational and community partners), but the last few years has seen an unfortunate, downward change in culture, which has led to a lower sense of morale/self esteem, coupled with firings/dismissal of highly competent staff, the dismissal/ignoring of family needs and an ever increasing and out of touch/rude/entitled team within Management. It's sad what this place has become and what's worse, is that it doesn't have to be this way. They've been hiring way too many new Management positions, which seems to include many people that happen to know each other (can we say nepotism?). This has led to increasingly tough to manage student/teacher ratios. There also is a strangely incessant need to have everyone return to the office, which makes little to no sense, especially seeing as gas prices are incredibly high and all of our students essentially use computers to do their work. A more flexible work from home option would really help morale vs the disregarding of an option that ultimately saves the school money and increases the morale of employees. Also, this lack of flexibility, in favor of rigidity and micromanagement make this establishment hard to impossible to recommendation. Management does not fight for you here. They do, however, fight for ways to offload their work and shift it to their employees. Also, the one or two strong personalities within Management seem to dictate everything that goes on there. Ego, disconnect from the day to day goings on (and the employees) and supremely opaque obfuscation are warm friends when it comes to the style of Management there. The teachers and our wonderful families there are a light, of course, but the strain of ever increasing, cold, corporate, impersonal, facelessness is taking solid root there, removing the once warm vision of "Visions" that this place used to inhabit. I wish the best to all who work there, but please use your discernment and ask around, if applying.

I worked with Visions for about 5 years. In that time I worked with many wonderful people and enjoyed a great deal of flexibility as a Credentialed Teacher. I loved working with my families and my immediate team and supervisor. But I did not love all of the meetings; the requests to have me present at sites more than an hour away from me, outside contract hours; the sudden due dates for mismanaged state testing setups; the high turnover for both teachers and students; the layers of departments with overlapping responsibilities... I could go on. Most of all, though, I don't appreciate the lack of response from upper management when these issues are brought forward. 

A new person coming in needs to understand that the management has changed over almost entirely from principals on up since I started. The culture is very discouraged right now and while there's decent community with the other teachers, it's more in spite of management than because of it. It's better than classroom teaching but has a lot of its own stressors and struggles.

An expanding company where you are treated like family.  Come in the early morning to set up office equipment and greet parents and students.  Get to know people on a personal level to connect with them.  Explain the hardest math you can with technology and patience.  Make sure students are provided for.  Multi-task in devoting your attention to multiple students simultaneously.  Management is warm and welcoming, always enjoy reporting good news.  Everyone including co-works has experience and personality to offer.

Amazing school programs!
Unprofessional management. Poor support for staff. Management does not communicate honestly with employees. Low opportunities for folks of colors, as there are very few that work at the school. 
Most managers are men, and white. Tech dept used to look like a "man cave", and it felt as if they lived in the caved era because no women were allowed in this department. Very outdated way of thinking and operating.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Work life balance, students are thriving, staff appreciates services that the school nurse provides, benefits are excellent, leadership is approachable

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Getting accustomed to a new learning platform coming from on site school nursing

I have a lot of flexibility and am in the field a lot serving the families we have enrolled.  We are able to meet the needs of our students by having the ability to do whatever it takes to help them.  The organization is very solvent and on board with making education a priority for our students.

Visions is a great opportunity for teachers that are looking for work/life balance while being able to teach. Admin are supportive and willing to listen AND take action for any issues that arise.  There is a steep learning curve for the technology and paperwork required for this job. 

Visions is the most flexible teaching job I've had. Being able to create your own schedule to meet the needs of each homeschool family is priceless. Coaching the parent educators in creating individualized instruction for each of their students is what is the most enjoyable part of the job.

It felt great working at Visions, the culture is great, the people are great and work life balance is great. It feels like family, there is a support system to help and provides the resources needed for their employees to thrive.

Leadership positions are starting to change, and they are ruining the company. What was once a great place to work, has turned into a whole bunch of power grab managers. Benefits are great, co-workers are great, management is turning terrible. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Teacher 6 salaries reported	$79,333 per year
Senior office coordinator 3 salaries reported	$4,909 per month
Information technology specialist 4 salaries reported	$5,840 per month
School teacher 1 salary reported	$80,408 per year
Student representative 3 salaries reported	$4,909 per month

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