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Great Hearts Academies

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Great school opportunity for an SLPA, but large caseload and minimal hours - Speech Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) Great Hearts Academies Employee Review

4.0
18 Nov 2025
Recommend
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Pros

This is a beautiful and supportive school community with good SLP supervision and great students

Cons

Large caseload to be handled in the least possible hours, so large groups and a busy schedule, difficult to give each kid individual attention

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Great Hearts Academies Response
6mo
Thank you for your constructive feedback. We know our ESS/SLP staff help to make our schools a special place to learn and thrive for all of our students. Thank you for taking the time to address such an important issue for employees, which impacts our overall health and wellbeing. Finding balance in a work environment is a collective effort on the part of administration and the employees, and that partnership is not always aligned at times. We appreciate your input on this issue, and we have in recent years made it our goal to eliminate the non-essential burdens on teachers. We will continue to make improvements in this area to help teachers handle a more manageable workload.

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5.0
29 June 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Intentional and caring work with children.

Cons

Demanding work, but ultimately fulfilling.

3.0
9 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

1) Hard to get fired 2) Lowest monthly premiums for benefits I’ve experienced 3) There are busy and slow seasons. Some times you have far too much work to complete in 40 hours and other times you may only have 20 hours of work

Cons

1) Low pay 2) Leadership could be better mainly HR/People Ops, individuals seemingly put into higher up positions based on tenure at the company rather than job experience. 3) Little to no room for growth in HR/People Ops. 4) No annual review process formal or informal and no raises based on individual merit 5) a standard company wide increase each year is in place but it’s typically 2% so not even an amount that keeps up with the cost of living 6) it can feel cliquey

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Great Hearts Academies Response
2mo
Thank you for your feedback. We will share with our leadership your comments. We strive to set a standard of excellence for our students with a focus on a rich liberal arts curriculum and emphasis on moral formation. Great Hearts does provide excellent benefits (medical, dental, etc.), with employee premiums that are significantly below the national and regional averages. We have been engaged in ongoing work on this issue for several years despite no significant funding increases from the states in which we operate, and simultaneously we must balance the need to maintain smaller class sizes, robust network resources, and safe and welcoming campuses. Great Hearts does provide excellent benefits (medical, dental, etc.), with employee premiums that are significantly below the national and regional averages. We have increased our salary ranges in certain regions over the past year. We will continue to work to improve in these areas.
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