Pros
I never did find one
Cons
This company is based off of a group of successful charter schools. The problem is that there is no warning as to what the environment will be like when taking the job offer until you walk in on your first day. No curriculum, no break during the extremely long school hours (7:30-3:30) including eating your lunch with students. The students are to be in their desks the entire day and do not have recess or gym. There is no curriculum and no books (at least not when I was there in 2013). I would spend 3+ hours a day making lesson plans and researching common core, the "pacing guide" is a joke. Be prepared to have no life if you teach here. Most "teachers" are not licensed teachers. There is no hands on curriculum, the students are expected to do worksheets all day. The behavior expectations are strict, but doable if you don't have 32 students, 4 with an IEP, and 5 unidentified (making up students with a disability a 1/3 of the class). Extremely stressful environment and not what I signed up for when becoming a teacher. If you like boot camp, this is the place for you, If you want to teach, this is not the place for you!
