La Petite Academy Employee Reviews about "amount of work"

Pros

Love my children and the parents that I work work.

Cons

Management is disorganized Teachers receive very little help/support from director Pay is not comparable to the amount of work you are expected to complete High staff turnover rate Do not expect to leave at your scheduled time

Pros

The best reasons to work for La Petite Academy are because 1. reduced tuition if you have children, 2. it has a wonderful curriculum that truly enhances childrens knowledge, and 3. because you get to influence the lives of children and watch them grow.

Cons

Some of the downsides of working for La Petite Academy include that the pay is low for the amount of work and dedication that must be put into the day to day activities and interactions with the children. In addition, the company does not give very significant annual raises to its employees.

Pros

easy, be nice and will get offered a position

Cons

salary was very low for the amount of work

Pros

Great staff and amazing families

Cons

Not enough pay for the amount of work

Pros

Consistent hours Working with kids every day.

Cons

Pay is nowhere near enough for the amount of work you are required to do. Responsible for cleaning everything in the classroom as well as any public area and every bathroom. Never leave on time. The student to teacher ratio is too high. Management not as involved or as helpful as they need to be. (maybe this was just at my center) but, no student was ever suspended or kicked out no matter the number of disruptive/aggressive offenses.

Pros

Fun, different every day, lighthearted

Cons

Understaffed, Overenrolled, lunch varies, low pay for amount of work

Pros

The children are great. Most of the families I work with are very cooperative. I truly enjoyed working there for the first few months.

Cons

'It is a ton of work for the amount of pay.' 'I received little to no help from my management staff throughout the day.' 'I have asked numerous times for help with my work load from my manager and received none.' 'I went to HR for more help with the amount of work I was doing and received none.' 'After a year, I felt used, underpaid, and unaprietated.' 'I spoke to the human resources department about my issue but was made to feel as if I had done wrong and my manager was completely correct.' 'I would not recommend this company as a good place to work.' 'After being with the company for 6 months they had me questioning my, ethics, core beliefs, and my ability as a teacher.'

Pros

The kids can be great, fun environment, always interesting. There's a lot of times where I'm glad to be there.

Cons

High turn-over rate so you don't really get close to other employees. The pay is really poor for the amount of work you do. Some kids are absolute nightmares, but I guess that's to be expected. There used to be a requirement where your kid had to be potty trained to be in the preschool class, but that's not the case anymore and it puts a big strain on the current employees.

Pros

The only pro is that I have gained much more experience with working with the younger age groups since my background has always been with the older

Cons

the 'drama' of working with a bunch of women the pay isn't the greatest for the amount of work you have to do

Pros

The teacher to student ratio is good.

Cons

No school janitors!! The teachers are expected to not only wrangle the babies all day (to include switching babies to different classrooms to stay in ratio) they are also expected to do extensive lesson plans, AND display lesson plans on the classroom walls every week, AND sanitize the classrooms everyday after ther shift. The cleaning includes bleaching the toys and every surface, washing babies cups (if the parents demand one stays at the school), vacuuming, and moping. Let me go into the cup cleaning....To keep them sanitized in this germ ridden environment the teacher has to go to the kitchen and do a 3 step process to sanitize the cup or cups. RIDICULOUS. Not that the kids don't deserve clean cups, but the teachers should not have to do this job. They expect an enormous amount of work for extremely little pay. I have a BA and an MA with experience teaching children 3 and up...however since I had no degree specifically in early childhood ed my pay was 8.75. I took the job only to fill the gap while searching for a real career job with a salary...which thank god I found shortly after starting. Also, I fell sick 6 times while working all of 2 1/2 months there....my doctor bills were more than I got paid. I will never subject my kids to such a daycare environment.