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Updated Jun 15, 2021
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"Working with children, building lesson plans for them" (in 28 reviews)
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- Former Employee★★★★★Featured Review
Pros
Amazing co-teachers, fullfillment of teaching children
Cons
Management, hard to get time off, work when sick
We greatly appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. We’re sorry to hear the level of support you had received from management. It is important to us that our employees feel they have the support they need to be successful in their role. Thanks again for sharing your perspective.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
work with people i know
Cons
having to leave when time
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
I was an employee for LaPetite Academy for over 17 yrs. I have learned so much from working for this company. They helped me grow as an employee and within my educational goals. The other Assistant Directors and Directors are really supportive. You really feel like you have a network of people you can reach out to. The District Manager is also extremely supportive and open to your concerns. When communicating with her, you really feel that she genuinely cares about you as not just an employee but as a human being. Being in management definitely has its challenges but ultimately it’s all about how you structured and organized you are. You can be as successful as you choose to be as you have the resources there to make it happen. I loved working with the staff and helping them grow in the field. The curriculum was laid out very nicely so that the teachers could jump right in with a little bit of training. Overall LaPetite was great place of employment.
Cons
It’s difficult when staff wasn’t reliable or if we had spills of high turnover. However, that comes with the field of work.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great opportunity to bind with kids and play a huge impact in their lives, that you might not even be aware of most of the time. My management is very understanding and work with schedules pretty well.
Cons
I think the pay should be 10-10.50 starting out because most centers higher you for 4 hours to begin with and you you barely make $600 a month which isn’t even rent at most places and if it was you barely have anything left over. Also 2 week notices for requesting time off really hurt because some stuff happen that you can’t plan for that may something you need or want to do that is just ultimately out of the question.
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Thanks for sharing your review. As a company, we strive to provide a supportive work environment that offers a development path for a meaningful and fulfilling career. As part of that, we regularly evaluate employee compensation and benefits to ensure they’re competitive within the industry. Thanks again for the insights.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
You have open creativity, with lesson plans and room display. Great kids, Kind Parents for the majority. This would be a place where you would just want to get your feet wet, just start learning and exploring it's great for that.
Cons
The turnover on this place is SO HIGH, because the work they want you to is not adequate to the pay. They'll hire an assistant teacher to do a Lead Teachers job. While still paying you like an assistant. This is a majority reason why many people leave here The pay is low compared to other centers, while still doing more work Never enough money for school supplies, which never makes sense because Greenwood Village has the highest rating out of all the other La Petite's and we make the most money. Because they enroll more kids then teachers have the capacity for.
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Thanks for sharing your review. As a company, we strive to provide a supportive work environment that offers a development path for a meaningful and fulfilling career. As part of that, we regularly evaluate employee compensation and benefits to ensure they’re competitive within the industry. Thanks again for the insights.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
location thats about it. The first director I worked for was pretty nice, but never there.
Cons
Awful director, plays favorites, micromanages, is just straight up mean. No management support at all!!!
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Lots of teamwork, great comradery!
Cons
Need more teacher assistants for extra help
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
- mentally unchallenging - relaxed dress code - ability to move up
Cons
- unreliable work hours - minimal pay
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Working with kids is great, the job is pretty flexible and includes many benefits as well as paid training.
Cons
-Strict management -Not much help from management
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
The children are the pros
Cons
Bad management, unfair pay, no growth
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