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Spectrum Academy Reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(64 total reviews)
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Jason Steenblik

91% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Spectrum Academy has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 64 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Spectrum 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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64 reviews
5.0
13 Jul 2025

Good Employer

Recommend
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Pros

-flexible work schedule -get to work with a small but supportive team -extra time off during the year around school holidays -job stability

Cons

-not a lot of growth opportunity -lower pay but that is to be expected when working for a school district

2.0
26 Mar 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Genuinely life-changing experiences with students - Get to work with truly dedicated colleagues who value their profession and see this as their life's work. - Friendly social environment - Located in an area with lots of off-campus lunch options, including a grocery store across the street - Entertaining and engaging activities daily - Learn many applicable skills and subjects - Many opportunities to meet people from different backgrounds - Make meaningful connections with students beyond graduation - See real effects of your efforts in student success - Variety of training opportunities - Diverse staff, with a work environment that supports inclusion and respect

Cons

- Severely overworked and under-compensated. You will likely be performing frequent off-contract and unpaid work, sometimes past hours. Work/life balance becomes nonexistent if you are good at your job. - Improper safety protocols that endanger staff and students - Poor morale all year long and in every department. The only solutions given are 3d printed fidget toys and condescending seminars explaining how to care more about your job. - Very frequent nepotism hiring. Said individuals are often held to much lower standards of professionalism and rarely face meaningful repercussion of any kind for poor behavior - Severely understaffed, with high turnover rate among both teachers and paraprofessionals - Most hostile HR department I've ever worked for - Sneaky contract, will likely write you out of defending yourself from any unjust action on the organization's part - Dishonest and neglectful treatment of students for the sake of maintaining good-looking data and "compliance" - Unprofessional expectations, particularly in regards to student boundaries and use of messaging platforms

3.0
24 Mar 2025

Para

Recommend
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Pros

- On the job training - dedicated professionals in each building - small classroom teams and bigger building wide teams - frequent training and meetings about applicable information

Cons

- occasional disorganization between schools and upper admin

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