Classroom work is more difficult, but more liberating. Very few hours per month are spent actually teaching, so mid-pandemic I left to rejoin the physical classroom and am enjoying feeling much more energized and connected with my students daily now. By the end of my five years there, I felt more like a credit card company calling to collect and pushing students through the program no matter the cost, even if online learning truly was not a good fit for the family. I was expected to do more work for the same pay rate every year. Any questions I asked about why my workload was greater than other teachers were immediately shut down.
The first few years I had a great manager but she was replaced by someone who was not an effective communicator. Great company! When I first started working at FLVS, I was so happy to feel less stressed as I had left a Title I school with an hour-long commute. I can barely remember any students’ names from FLVS, whereas the traditional classroom is more an exercise in true community building. What is initially advertised as job flexibility with FLVS eventually turns into feeling like you are on call for 60 hours per week.
The Good, the Bad, and the Stale When I first started working at FLVS, I was so happy to feel less stressed as I had left a Title I school with an hour-long commute.