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A typical day at work would be getting there at 8am , heading to your classroom and sit and mark off who’s here and who’s not. Mind you it’s not just your own class of kids you that you mark off but 3 classes and it can get super stressful and annoying especially if you don’t be perfect about it and know exactly how many kids are in the class which I get because of safety. They harp on you if you don’t know. Once all the kids come that show up the second teacher comes in and relieves the other kids to their classes and now you’re alone with 19 kids! There will be a lot of times where I’d be alone and not sure what to do! Long story short I’d basically be a babysitter for all these kids while serving them food and making sure they nap and play until their parents come pick them up! What I believe I learned is that I love to help kids and everything just not at that place. Management or lack thereof they were always like “were on it” or “we will figure it out” when issues arise but never did a thing about it ever! Anytime there were an issue with a kid acting up and I’ve exhausted all my efforts to try and deescalate the situation I’d call up front for help and they’d never be available or they’d tell me I’m busy or figure it out especially when I was new there and had no proper training! The management was so bad that eventually  they made some staff quit! Many people have quit because of lack of management! Another problem was the culture! As a teacher we love seeing kids grow  and have bright colors but soon they started making changes like changing the walls and flooring to be all bland and uninviting, felt like boring! To be honest it felt like a prison because they would be constantly micromanaging and if you breathe the wrong way you were written up or if you weren’t constantly engaging because you were alone with 19 kids and not sure what to do, you were written up! They’d try to be sneaky and look through the cameras to watch you like it was prison. They never wanted to see you grow! Also the staff was SUPER FAKE! They’d pretend to care and pretend they have your back , but turn around and stab you in the back! The worst one of all was the owner of the building she was never there and only cared about profit!! The hardest part of the job was everything, never having any help or kids not listening and constantly being alone and no resources to excel at your job! You were basically thrown to the wolves it was so bad! The most enjoyable part of the job were some of the kids and their parents and helping them grow in many different ways! I did gain some experience in a preschool/daycare setting! 

I worked at Creative Times for a few months. When I first started, it was awesome even though I was moved around a lot. Eventually I was permanently moved to infant room (6 weeks-2years) and it was definitely an experience. There were other staff members who were not qualified to be working with such young babies- some of which didn’t even know how to change a diaper or make a bottle. I was shocked to find out those staff members were only kept there because we would be short staffed. Management didn’t seem to care about unqualified and questionable employees working there. Wage is okay if you’re doing full time. Hours are okay but most of the time you will get a text saying no need to come in. “Head” teacher in the infant room would constantly talk down on other employees and was very entitled. The one thing that concerns me is the amount of infant to teacher ratios, which isn’t legal, or the amount of babies enrolled. It was frustrating working with other staff because they could not multitask.

This place was once a pretty low stress job if you like working with children, and it was a nice, family owned business that cared about the kids, parents, and their employees; but they have sold the business and now it’s one of the worst places to work in the area! Save yourself from applying to this job because they only care about money, and they treat their staff very poorly and play favorites when they want to and if they don’t like you they will push you around until you quit or they fire you, whichever comes first. 
Would never recommend working here!

Not the worst place to work. The children are great, but the restrictions are loose. The owner is a wonderful lady with great intentions, but her staff is not really on the same page. The rules are there, but I felt as though no one else followed them or cared to. There are laws regarding ratios of children to teachers, but it did not seem to matter. I stepped outside to answer a phone call and when I came back, other teacher was in the restroom. The children were eating in the room alone. They are between the ages of 6 weeks and 2 years old. I don't know what the teacher was thinking.

Boss has favoritism, I never felt comfortable coming to talk to management about anything. We were forced to clean instead of taking care of kids when they were awake. Huge turnover rate. If the schedule changes they would never let you know. LOTS of drama! Always moved you. I started out in baby room and by the time I left I was never with the baby's that I was hired to take care of. Boss was never easy to talk to, she was always in a bad mood. Food was always the same thing, poor kids didn't get much variety.

A typical sat at CTA was long and exhausting, but teaching the kids was fun. I learned nothing. Management was great. Workplace culture was bias. The hardest part of my was directed to do something in a short notice. The enjoyable part of the job was to see the smiles on the kids faces.  The owner is not caring and supportive. 

It is not great pay but the benefits of having my children be with me at work was great. I always wanted to go to work because the infants/ and toddlers always did something funny that would make my day

What is the best part of working at the company?
The baby's and the parents were pretty cool and nice. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They overworked us and expected us to keep everything clean. Never got breaks or lunches. And the manager ended up taking her frustration out on a coworker and I.

People constantly come and go. The scheduling is awful and the pay sucks. You do so much work for so little pay. No one really follows the rules and there is definitely favoritism. The Only plus side is having your own kids with you there.

Creative Times academy used to make its teachers feel valued and capable. The new managers came and proceeded to tell us everything we did was wrong and work us into the ground with little support 

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