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R'Club Childcare is by far the greatest job I have had. I am pursuing my degree in Elementary Education, so working for before and after school care has really pushed me beyond where I should be at in my schooling.
A typical day at work after school would be to set up the area where the children are going to be- after that pick the children up from class, and bring them in to have their snack. After they finish snack they go to 'rally' which is where they all rally up and hear the announcements for the day. They will then disperse to homework time. After 30-45 minutes of homework time they will either do components and free play inside or they will go out side for 30-40 minutes.
Towards 5:00 (an hour before closing) the children will clean up their messes, and come rally up again for trivia or a movie until they go home.

The job has really taught me so much about  being able to speak to large groups of children and has REALLY helped me with my crowd control techniques.

The hardest part of the job is actually the crowd control. After a long day at school the children don't want to come and do homework or read- they want to go wild and run around. It's hard to get them to settle down and follow the allotted schedule that's provided to them. The most enjoyable part is the relationships that you develop with the students. It is really unforgettable and even after I leave, I will not forget the children I have really bonded with.

They are desperate for employees.  Was pushed to do all the onboarding paperwork at the interview and was asked to start the next day. 
They don't have enough staff to maintain proper student/teacher ratios, let alone have anyone to relieve you for the restroom.
They hire anyone regardless of experience as long as they pass the background checks. All the staff is either heavily overworked and underpaid, or has no clue what they're doing with no one to train or help.
They frequently require you to stay late (late parents) but they won't pay ANYTHING past the 40 hours you're scheduled. They will then require you to take a 2+ hour lunch to compensate for their unwillingness to pay you what you worked. Rude management, no hands-on training, you're just thrown in alone and then berated when you aren't perfect. 
They also constantly swap your position with no warning, even if you have medical documentation stating you have limitations. 

I've met many people associated in various ways with other before and aftercare companies and from my experience and observations R'Club stands at the top.  The level of training and upper management support is second to none.  This is a split shift job as the job title implies as a before and aftercare worker.  While the children are at school, some time is devoted to planning the day and keeping up with training.  R'Club is very STEAM focused which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math.  This allows R'Club to support the schools in the educating of the students and adds a much more tangible sense of purpose to the career. The hardest part of the job is always seeing children struggle in whatever form it takes, but it does lead to the most enjoyable aspect and that is seeing a child succeed.

Would not recommend for first time child care job or any child care job Directors at certain locations play favorites like a high school bully and will only constantly pick on you if your doing something wrong. They don't lead by example in the slightest but expect you to follow certain rules to the tee . Supervisor was quite literally no help when I called to ask for a transfer to another location  because I didn't even feel comfortable being there on top of other reasons she basically told me that wasn't her problem and to talk it out with the director and talked down to me like I'm a child until I just hung up the phone.

100% would not recommend unless you wanna be belittle, talked down to, played favorites with, and have no type of support whatsoever that cares.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The children and parents. I enjoyed seeing the children grow and their minds trying to figure things out as they explored the different activities everyday.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not enough pay. Pretend they care for their employees but really they don't 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
At the time I was there, very hectic. Too much gossip, uncooperative director,  staff was divided and barely could work together.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Greet children and parent, serve breakfast, do attendance,  clean, circle time with children, centers, outside, lunch,  strorytime, nap, snack, go home for children and clean and prepare room for next day.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Interacting with a diverse population of families and their children 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
In inconsistent rules and regulations, no accountability, lack f staff retention and experience

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I find there to be some bias towards the employees that have not been at the company as long as others

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day is a bit stressful when you don’t have staff to meet the demands of ratio and as a director have to be in ratio, essentially working more than 1 job

Everyone is very friendly. However, they have a high rate of people quitting because they simply do not pay enough (part-time) for what you deal with on a daily basis and it's not enough to live off of at all. I've done a lot for the company, I've asked about moving up to full-time and I'm still here as a part-time group leader. I've helped out at over 10 schools in the Pinellas County area and I'm compensated with Starbursts when I help other schools get 100% licensing ratings when licensing board shows up and the center's new hires have no idea what to expect, so, I train them in 5 minutes.

I worked at R'Club for 20 years and it really changed over the years. It used to be a fun place to work. A place that was really there for the children. Now it is all about making to most money they can at the expense of the children and the staff. They have NO loyalty towards the staff. No staff appreciation. They haven't given raises in like 9 years. They have taken away many of the benefits due to "the Economy" as they say. Now they have horrible staff who have no loyal to the agency because they get no loyalty in return and it shows in the everyday programs. There is NO QUALITY left in the programs and all of the good people are leaving because of it.

R'club  is a non-profit afterschool program that focuses on providing children structured supervision while provided enriching and fun activities for school age children.  An average day consists of designing and impelementing activities for children including outdoor activities such as playground time.  Although I loved working with children and its something I have always had a possession for,  a single worker would be paired up with 20 children at one time. As kids test their boundaries, and possess various behavioral issues maintaining order could be quite difficult.

The children are usually sweet (though you may have to switch locations on a whim and their dispositions are drastically different between locations)  and I love working with them, but the management does not provide enough guidance and support to feel competent and safe in what I’m doing. For a person without a degree in education or childcare, training videos and modules are not enough to get thrown into a group of disrespectful kindergarteners who will quite literally walk over you if you don’t know how to stop them. Regardless, it was worth it for me for the time I spent there.  

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Group leader 144 salaries reported	$17.00 per hour
Childcare provider 1 salary reported	$18.00 per hour
Preschool teacher 9 salaries reported	$20.44 per hour
Child care team leader 23 salaries reported	$17.00 per hour
Teacher's aide 17 salaries reported	$16.76 per hour

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