preschool teacher

teacher

child care teacher

lead teacher

cook

Kid City USA

Pros: The center has tons of resources to do projects, play games, and create new things. Potty Breaks are usually met quickly and I love spending time with the kids. 

Cons: The stress at this center is way too much for too little pay. The directors are worried about the wrong things and are mostly only concerned about following corporate rules instead of training the teachers on how to be teachers. I wouldn't recommend this as a workplace or a place to send your kids, mostly because of the directors. Other Kid Cities may be under better management, but it seems like this center is more concerned about saving the current level 2's than replacing them with people who actually want to be teachers. The communication between anyone is horrible, and they expect more out of you than they do themselves. The drama between coworkers feel like high school disputes, also because of lack of communication. No body has been trained correctly so each teacher treats the kids differently. The center is too worried about providing the children with things to keep them distracted than providing the teachers with support to become the best they can be. It doesn't feel like the teachers are able to teach the children in the center because the lack of support. 

If you’ve worked in child care before, this place isn’t much different. The kids can be crazy, the parents can be crazy, and there never seems to be enough people working to handle it all. When I worked here there were plenty of problems but it felt management always did their best to make everyone happy. Like other day cares I worked at, people came and went pretty quickly so it was a little difficult to have a kind of community like other jobs have. Unlike a lot of people, I enjoyed working here. I thought that the management was very understanding and kind, although calling in sick was always a little difficult since it seems everyone would always get sick at the same time. I left for very personal reasons that didn’t really have anything to do with the job. I don’t know how this place changed but as long as it’s the same management and if I wanted to return to childcare, I’d probably work here again. It may not be the best place to work but there’s a lot worse, at least they’re honest about helping employees with getting their CDA and their basic certifications. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working with kids is working with kids. Most of them have a joy and love for learning and play, and that is so rewarding. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part of working with kids is when there’s behaviors that, while age appropriate, interfere with the basic needs to keep kids safe and try to teach them curriculum. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very busy, especially if you are a floater. The days are stressful if you have an expectation of routine, because there’s always teachers out and a move around of teachers and kids to account for ratios. You can eat breakfast, lunch, and snack with the kiddos. You will need to prep during naptime and also catch up on cleaning and organizing during that time as well.

You are typically super busy running around and doing a lot, it’s super fast past and you have to want to work with kids to enjoy it. I’ve learned a lot of patience and understanding with kids. They are all about growth but when you want to grow it’s talked about but not followed through. You definitely will never be in one place even if you have a set classroom. They are pretty good with giving you a schedule you want but sometimes that falls through too. You will definitely enjoy the kids and have a lot of fun with them, they are great.

When I first applied this center seemed like a good fit, better pay the directors seemed nice until they weren't. I was put into a classroom that was unorganized and not up to standards, was never properly trained on how the center was ran, constantly in trouble for stuff that was beyond my control and always made to stay late with only having a 30 minute break. The workplace culture here is very toxic and parents will not talk to you about issues they run to management instead and management waits until it keeps building up before telling you and offer no support only threats of being fired until they actually fired you. I would not recommend working here at all

Pass go do not collect $200! This is an unprofessional place to work if you have high standards for working with kids this is not the place for you. I taught myself to go with my gut instinct on working with young adults, it was toxic with them, everyone thinks they know how to run things but no education to back it up. The hardest part of my job was not being able to train, lesson plans not being followed, and staff doing whatever they want and disregard for rules and regulations. Accident waiting to happen. I love kids, wanted more than anything to get the center better but the staff was not going to let that happen, so I moved on and quit.

I was not trained before working here. No employees showed me the layout of the building, where fire extinguishers were, where safety equipment was, how to contact parents in the case of an emergency, all of which is vital information. Most of the time I worked shifts for 6-10 hours and did not receive breaks of any kind, which is literally against the law.  There was no drug testing for employees, CPR training, or de-escalation training for children with behavioral issues. It was very disorganized and stressful. I wanted to give my best for these children, but given the circumstances it was very difficult to do this. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The upper management, the kids, everything. It’s a great place for people who love people & children. A very rewarding job!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Being in charge of other people’s children. Sometimes children are mean to each other. That’s hard to deal with.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Family-like. Cheery & fun. Bright! The decorations are always cheerful & enjoyable.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Arrive, feed the children breakfast, learning time in the mat,  play outside, weather permitting, lunch, nap,  play, lessons, crafts, snack. Go home.

Our school was not bringing in as much profit as the other schools, mainly because of the demographic & how much the owner charged.  I loved the girls I worked with & I loved my kids.  I got hired on as full-time & so did everyone else working there. Due to enrollment being so low (since the owner did not give our school what we needed to advertise & even if she did our prices were so high we would not have gotten the enrollment she wanted) our hours were cut in half.  We were given no warning of this.  I would imagine her schools in bigger cities would do better since it would be more in those people's price ranges, but parents around here can not afford her prices.

If you are considering a position at KID City turn it down. Management is nice at first but they show their true colors once you get settled. The pay is misleading on indeed. Be prepared to pay $80 for five work shirts and all your required trainings come out of pocket. The owners do not care about you; they just want to collect their paychecks. McDonalds and Walmart will treat you better. You do not get to teach, it’s a free for all with kids not behaving appropriately and being completely disrespectful. Not only is it a bad environment for kids to be in, it’s a bad work environment.

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