early childhood teacher

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Vogel

What is the best part of working at the company?
The benefits of the job itself, loving and caring staff, the children holes a very important part of your life in this  Environment, they give the children’s, and families what they need to serve in this Society, and be equipped to serve the challenges they will face in the world 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The challenges the parents having to face from every day living, Pressure of just providing for themselves and meeting their basic needs, that pressure along caring to you as their child teacher,  Vogel’s provides all the necessities of what each individual’s family need to focus on all living conditions 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
This school is set up to provide a nurturing, caring and safe environment for all parents and their children’s, as well as the staff that work along with these families 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
This school or company is pretty well set up to provide everything we need with high Quality classrooms, and teachers who holds , and staff high qualifications ( degrees)

Positive: Since I have been working at VA the environment has been positive and fun--from the CEO and teaching staff to the amazing front desk team members and the security guards!

Supportive: I have felt extremely supported in my role from EVERYONE on the upper management team, including my direct supervisors, colleagues and the CEO, as well as the wonderful operations team, HR, the teaching staff , the development team, the kitchen staff and the behavioral and development services team.

Collaborative: As a member of the director level/upper management team I have seen effective and supportive collaboration throughout the agency and on all levels. I have felt supported and guided in a positive, nurturing, and genuine way from everyone here at Vogel Alcove.

Demonstrative: It's apparent that the community at large---including donors, our staff, our parents, our children, our visitors---believe in Vogel as a magical, giving, and authentic place as demonstrated by all that VA has accomplished so far in 35 years---and with all that we want and intend to do in the upcoming 35 years!

-we provided social, emotional, cognitive and developmental support to children ages 6 to 12 years old. 
-responsible for maintaining all center regulations as mandated by Operational Procedures, NAEYC Standards, and Texas Minimum Standards.
-I tested children on social skills, fine motor skills, language, and gross motor skill using Denver Developmental Screening Tests. 
-I had coworkers that had been there for decades, and ones that had been there for a short period of time. Altogether, everyone was super happy, and dedicated to their jobs! We were like one big work family. If I did not have to move for my husband's college education, I would have stayed there. 
-the hardest part of the job was definitely working with some of the parents. It is hard to see parents who do not truly care about their kids' education and growth cognitively and emotionally. 
-the best part of the job was basically the entire job! I loved the kids, the staff, the learning activities, meal time, etc. The whole setup was wonderful and a joy to be a part of!

Vogel Alcove is a beautiful center that works with children & families that have found themselves homeless due to a variety of reasons. Knowing that families have experienced multiple traumas, including homelessness, it is understandable that children have some challenging behaviors at this center. Vogel Alcove has been able to add a sensory lab to the programming along with play therapists for the children, to reduce significant challenges. The center has a therapeutic approach all around with the children and family members. Expectations of teachers are high since it is a NAEYC accredited center that partners with Head Start and Texas Rising Star programs, which is stressful at times when trying to get all tasks completed while teaching the children. Hours are long, especially when most children are in care for around 9.5-10 hours daily.

The children at this school need teachers who are firm, educated, warm-hearted, caring, and sincere, NOT hostile, combative, or aggressive. Unfortunately, teachers do not receive the support and guidance they need and suffer in silence. Teachers must aggressively advocate to get help for a child in the form of treatment or therapy because failing to do so will result in requests getting ignored. The turnover rate is shamefully embarrassing. I observed CEO disrespect and humiliate employees in front of peers. Very impertinent (but except with those who will donate $$$ of course). Seeing this individual abase staff made me realize why this organization has not reached its fullest potential.  It is a shame that people who work here have to put their mental and emotional welfare at risk and are expected to thrive in such a toxic environment. If you want to make a difference in a child’s life in a learning, nurturing, and therapeutic environment, this is not the place.


My experience working here was challenging and traumatic. Leadership is centered on ego rather than doing what is best for the teachers, the children and families. Instead of fostering growth and support, interactions were dismissive and self-serving. The people who work in director positions here clearly have no control in any other aspect of their life so they enjoy spreading their misery here. What these directors essentially encourage is obedience or the employee is fired. Future employees should be prepared for dynamics that do not encourage healthy professional growth. The reviews are false and created by current staff who were probably bribed. 
Expect more public and private berating than leadership from a CEO whose tenure should have ended the moment her Medicare benefits kicked in.
HR is a laughing stock that is friendly with directors and feeds into the misogyny. 

Worked for the summer program. You will absolutely fall in love with the kids and it’ll definitely be heartbreaking to say goodbye for the summer. However the work is very taxing. The pandemic greatly affected our flexibility as camp leaders so it often felt as if we were doing more than what was requested. Management was great, always willing to listen and worked with both staff and the families to reach a viable solution if any problems arose. Pay could’ve been a bit better but considering the circumstances compensation was not bad. Ultimately, I grew as an educator and learned a lot with great supporting staff and supportive work environment. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Being able to be apart of the change in the family and children lives and watching them grow. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It can be overwhelming and I get emotionally attached to my families and the children because I want to see them be great and successful in the program.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The environment is great and the culture is very diverse.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I love being at work and helping not only the children and families but my colleagues as well being that I’m a floater.

Just like any other place of employment, they have there ups and downs and not one employer is excellent.  The mission and working with the kids is what motivates me to do better because I have been in those parents shoes and I appreciate the fact that there is somewhere for children and families to go and seek help.  The workplace culture has grown over the last several years for the better and they continuously seek out ways to encourage, motivate and thank us for our hard work.  I appreciate that and we was paid well to do what we enjoy doing and what we went to school to do.

Communication is bogged down with untimeliness. Staff are very young and have little work experience. They are not invested and do not strive for excellence. CEO leads with intimidation and builds a distrusting environment. Senior managers are micromanaged and yelled at in front of staff and peers. If you have integrity I do not advise you to work here. The toxic work environment is throughout the entire organization. CEO is verbally inappropriate and gossips about the staff and eavesdrops on conversations.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Early childhood teacher 10 salaries reported	$20.79 per hour
Director of early childhood education 8 salaries reported	$67,031 per year
Preschool teacher 11 salaries reported	$18.41 per hour
Custodian 6 salaries reported	$17.50 per hour
Social worker 3 salaries reported	$62,917 per year

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