The Principia Reviews

Pros

Growing, innovating, learning, professional development, endowment

Cons

growing pains, small, we need teachers with stamina

Pros

Good atmosphere and supportive co-workers

Cons

Low pay and lots of hours

Pros

The people you get to work with are incredible - inspiring, collaborative, loving, happy, and highly talented. The benefits package was extremely generous including tuition for my kids and tuition reimbursement for my grad school. World class in-house professional development and generous funding to go to outside PD. The school covers teacher supplies and has support for tech, curriculum development, and more. Teachers love the students.

Cons

Teachers are expected to do a lot besides teaching like curriculum development, weeks of PD before school starts, advisory and chaperoning student trips, but at least it is well supported with training and funding and can be very personally rewarding.

Pros

*Good benefits similar to other private colleges *Supportive colleagues *God-centered approach *Emphasis on whole-man education and character

Cons

*Need for management training and development *Departments are independent, need a company-wide policy on additional items * Pay needs to be competitive and more uniform with no side deals

Pros

professional development opportunities, collaboration, resources, autonomy

Cons

too many initiatives at once, many teachers are singletons (they don't have the chance to plan together with other teachers)

Pros

The people and the innovative approach

Cons

Small and low pay, not much room to grow

Pros

Friendly environment, answered questions, always helped you find more work

Cons

Repetitive work, strange company culture towards "student workers" versus full time or part time employees.