High teachers turnover - Esol Instructor ASC English Employee Review

1.0
19 Feb 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Teachers are given freedom to mix match the lessons

Cons

-Students have significant control over teachers due to the financial support provided for visa sponsorship. -Management makes decisions about teachers without discussion, often leading to unfair outcomes. -The company shows no loyalty to its teachers. -Typical ESL teaching setup with part-time hours, allowing the company to avoid providing staff benefits.

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ASC English Response
3mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and for the time you spent teaching at ASC. We appreciate your recognition that teachers are given flexibility in how they deliver lessons. At the same time, we are sorry to hear that other aspects of your experience left you feeling unsupported. Adult ESL programs can be complex, particularly in areas such as student needs, scheduling, and staffing. Even within that reality, we understand how important it is for teachers to feel respected, treated fairly, and communicated with clearly when decisions affect their work. Part-time staffing is common in many ESL programs, but that does not lessen the importance of building a professional and supportive environment for instructors. We appreciate your feedback and will continue working to strengthen communication, consistency, and the overall teacher experience.

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5.0
21 Mar 2024
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Pros

Flexible job, great students, capable and empathetic management. I recommend working here!

Cons

Honestly None, I think it was great

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ASC English Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to share this thoughtful review. We truly appreciate your kind words. It is wonderful to hear that you valued the flexibility of the role, enjoyed working with our students, and felt supported by our management team. Creating a positive and supportive environment for both instructors and students is very important to us, and we are grateful that this was your experience. Thank you again for your time with ASC and for your recommendation. We wish you continued success.
1.0
11 Aug 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay and decent scheduling

Cons

- Zero oversight or interest in management over teacher growth or classroom issues. - Molecular curriculum (a textbook and a pile of files from previous teachers without any guidance, or interest). - Beyond a list of DESE goals for teachers to have students meet, zero managerial oversight into classroom instruction. - Frequently mismatched students to levels (I was told verbatim that sometimes students were moved up simply because "they've been here for too long" . - Zero standards for student classroom behavior (it was suggested to me that I ought to play scrabble with students when my class began to refuse to engage with the lesson or materials prepared for class. This was also what their sub had been doing with them protractedly before I arrived as a day to day employee)

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ASC English Response
3mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We are sorry to hear that your experience at ASC did not meet your expectations. We take concerns about teacher support, student placement, classroom expectations, and communication seriously. Adult ESL programs can be complex, with changing enrollment, varied student needs, and evolving staffing demands, but instructors should still feel heard, supported, and treated professionally. We also understand the frustration that can result when expectations around future opportunities do not align with program needs as they develop over time. Clear communication in those situations is important. We appreciate your feedback and will take it seriously as we continue working to strengthen the experience of both our teachers and students. We would also welcome the opportunity to hear additional feedback directly.
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