preschool teacher

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child care teacher

child care center cook

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The Joyful Jungle Christian Learning Center

What is the best part of working at the company?
I wish I knew, but my review will state why I cannot.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
How could you fail to experience a total deflation in your self-esteem when communicating with these people?

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Evidently, the culture of the company is flippant and easily subject to whim - your time, consideration, and effort are without value. After three "interviews", approval for orientation, and even an invitation to work at one of their nicer centers ("nicer" than the one I originally applied for), I attended and completed the orientation only to be e-mailed 2 hrs later that the center had moved on.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
How I wish I could indeed have had the opportunity to tell.  Either they really, as was the official reason provided, were inconsiderate of my time (both in arranging modules and orientation time) because they had erroneously thought they had an opening when they, in fact, did not, or I must have behaved in some atrocious manner during the quiet and sedate form-filling orientation process to make them suddenly change their minds. Maybe it's because I'm a man? The point is, they are either so incompetent as to have not known that the position they listed and arranged for an applicant for was filled (and then discourteously dropped my application), or they have left me wondering how, after being officially hired and entering upon orientation (seemingly pleasant enough to get that far), I made some catastrophic blunder regarding etiquette (more likely, my opportunity for employment was terminated because of the slightest reason?).

I am very pleased by the support of the management. The upper management was always willing to step in when needed. I admired their work-life balance and loved the passion they brought to the company. I am very pleased with the amount of personal and professional growth this company has given me. I encourage others who apply here to also share their passion into their job, it will bring great growth to you. This company really pushes for staff to share the same core values that the company does. Their core values were supportive, joyful, faithful, and i think family. I admired how supportive the upper management and parents were. I LOVED how many things we need for the parents and staff through out my time here. I always felt appreciated and like I was seen. I always felt like my mental health was important. I was having a bad day one day and the upper management surprised me with a coffee and a hand written note to boost my mood. That is just one thing they did for me, this wasn't a once in a while thing-it was something they made a priority to make sure all teachers felt appreciated and loved. This job wasn't the easiest, it was hard! But great coworkers and great upper management definitely made it great. Overall, I loved working for this company. If I didn't move away with my family I would have stayed. If I come back to Michigan, I will definitely be coming back.  

Frankly, the Joyful Jungle is an easy place to endure. If you're decent with kids and capable of coasting through basic socializing, your day-to-day will probably be fine, albeit stressful. The children made me smile, and the staff became reliable friends. The problems come when you look further, or pay too much attention. Management is always on your side if you're good at your job, but hands-off at best. They're kind, and patient with mistakes, but perhaps only because there was not a point at which they explained what the mistakes were, or the duties of my job. It wasn't hard to pick up over time, I did learn how to do most of it through observation, but it is difficult to have a sense of responsibility toward that, especially when most negative responses to failure are pushed off onto upper management and ownership. Mistakes are either cleanly swept under the rug between site management and ownership and never brought up to you in person, something you're expected to appreciate rather than be baffled by, or immediately result in write-ups for violations of policies that were previously unknowable. Staff consistently rotates, people quit silently, and are hired loudly, often rubbing shoulders with others and causing drama.

The Joyful Jungle is a great place to work if you are looking for a job where you can grow, advance, challenge yourself, and learn how to be the best possible teacher and caregiver for the families you serve. There is so much passion behind the work these women do and they strive to connect with families and truly make them feel at home.
I learned so much through the Director's leadership and quality training we received throughout the year. Employees are knowledgeable and trained to give the best possible and developmentally appropriate care to children. I am proud to say I worked with an amazing team of teachers.

Notice how the good ones on here are in clusters from the same date? Yeah, that’s cause they write their own to increase their overall stars. I can honestly say working here was the absolute worst. It is so poorly ran and I wish all parents were aware of how it really is so that they would take their kids out. They will fool parents into thinking it’s a good & trustworthy place, and it’s sad how all these parents have no idea what it’s like behind closed doors. And the turnover rate is consistently high…they make excuses why so many staff left during a certain timeframe, but the reality is that workers are always leaving because of how bad it is. Just don’t even waste your time working here or putting your kids in their “care”.

I’ve been working at the Joyful Jungle for about 3 years now and I absolutely love my job! I have grown so much in the last few years! This group of educators is so encouraging and uplifting! The staff here supports each other and is always looking for ways to improve the environment of the classrooms and the center as a whole! The owner/director is always so encouraging and constantly going above and beyond for her employees! This isn’t just a place of work, this isn’t even just a school, this is a family. Anyone would be lucky to be apart of such an amazing place for young learners!

Work was exhausting and overwhelming. Disorganized, some lazy coworkers and underpaid. some staff members had covid but it was never reported or discussed with staff team. and they only quarantine for a week and come back to work. no plan in safety when covid is present in the workplace which endangers staff members and students. some of the kids were enjoyable while some were not. workplace culture is a click and if you don't belong, you're not welcomed. I learned to work on my own and trust only those who work hard just as you do 

I’ve worked here for a few months and it is amazing! I get along so well with all the other employees and the kids and families are amazing! It’s always such an amazing feeling to walk into work and see all their smiling faces! It’s truly a job where you feel like what you’re doing is important and all the kids make it so worth it! We also have very understanding management and if you have concerns you can bring it to them and they do their best to accommodate you. Just a very great place to work over all!

I currently work for The Joyful Jungle and have for 2 years. I feel as if I have found my home in this field. Working in child care is not always easy and isn't for everyone, but I am so grateful to have found this place. The children and families bring so much light to my life. I also have been able to grow SO much since being here. I am pushed and encouraged to continue in my education and also feel blessed to be able to bring my children here. I don't see myself going anywhere for a long time.

It was a great place to work at until some incidents happened and they don't care about their staffs well being or the children's safety. Management has no communication with anyone and they will work you til you can't handle it no. They expect you to do so much when you can't because you have 5 to 17 kids to watch as well. You have some staff members who don't even like being in certain rooms due to issues. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Preschool teacher 93 salaries reported	$16.26 per hour
Camp counselor 21 salaries reported	$14.98 per hour
Child care teacher 16 salaries reported	$13.56 per hour
Child care center cook 1 salary reported	$15.00 per hour
Assistant teacher 11 salaries reported	$14.27 per hour

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