![]() ![]() There is no way to advance unless you're a family or friend of the founders. ![]() Everything seems very unprofessional and kind of thrown together with just enough to get by with, barely. The majority of the "superintendent" and "director" positions are filled with the owners' buddies, that really have no idea what they're doing. They will tease you with this "bonus", but then without any notice because you're not contracted or paid a guaranteed salary, that bonus structure changes and you realize all those long hours, holidays, weekends, summers, etc. They've found a very clever way to have you work a lot more hours for no extra money. Expect to be working nights and weekends without any extra pay. ![]() Not only will you be working more throughout the year for less money, but you'll be working very long hours, too. Several teachers made the move from brick & mortar to Epic thinking they'd make more money, but the truth is they've been there over a year and they still aren't even close to having the amount of students they were promised, so they could make more money and now they make less money than when they left "real school" and they have to work all summer, no spring break, no fall break and only a week around Christmas. They sales pitch you that you'll have "this" amount of students and make "this" amount of money. You are paid based on how many students you have. Epic does offer great benefits, but teachers are definitely overworked and under appreciated. There is no financial stability, You can't make plans for the future, or when you do make them, the pay structure changes yet again, causing financial stress. They continue to suffer with each student who moves, decides to return to a brick and mortar setting, traditional homeschools, etc. You lose one student off of your roster, due to no fault of your own, and your finances suffer. The per student pay is one of the worst parts. They have never performed the tasks they are asking of their teachers. You have senior leadership that is making decisions for teachers, and they have never walked in the trenches. Teachers are made to teach grades and subjects of which they are not certified, and they care more about data, state report cards, and state test scores than they do about the people all of that data represents. There is absolutely no home/work life balance. However, as an employee, I would never recommend it as a place of employment. I will reccommend them all day long for the student who needs them and can benefit from Epic's structure. It's great to be part of this movement.Epic is great for students. We are preparing students for a 21st century workplace in which employees will increasingly work from home. You can, if you know students who want to attend, but you don't have to because the school's enrollment is high.Įpic is an innovative school where students are home-based and learn from online curriculum, small group classes - which can be virtual or face to face, one to one tutoring style learning - which can also be virtual or face to face. I've held commission positions and they require finding sales, at Epic you don't have to recruit students. There is another review on here that says it's commission based and that is untrue. Epic is a public charter and, as such, does participate in state testing, which means there is a teach-to-the-test environment that mimicks brick and mortar schools but there is also a tremendous amount of teacher autonomy.Įpic teachers are probably the highest paid in the state. The four PD events each year are mandatory but beyond that teachers have control of their schedules. The flexibility is great for work/life balance. The leadership cares about teachers and each year I've been here they've introduced new benefits, such as fully funding teacher retirement contributions. I am in my 4th school year at Epic and love it. ![]()
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