Save your sanity, stay far, far away! - Lead Teacher The Goddard School Employee Review

1.0
Sep 23, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Children and families are wonderful! Lots of resources for the children and teachers. iPads in each classroom, new materials for the children, large playground, beautiful facility.

Cons

Management offers little to no training for new hires. I was thrown into a classroom within my first 5 minutes of being hired. I didn’t know procedures, routines, or daily practices. Also, management expects you to place work above your family priority wise. My child had a high grade fever and they told me to come to work anyway, which would expose everyone to whatever illness my child had. I was vomiting with fever another time and was told I had to come in because we were short staffed. Blatant disregard for the health and safety of not only me and my child, but for the children enrolled and the other staff members. Also, I get zero time for planning per week. All of my lesson planning and curriculum building is done on my own time at home. If there is extra time in the day, they are sending people home instead of giving us time to plan. Apparently, that extra $5 for planning time will break them financially. Employee turnover is absolutely ridiculous, I’m talking 4 to 5 new hires quitting every month, I’ve never experienced such a thing in my life. We are told over and over again that we are a school and NOT a daycare, yet we get paid less than most daycare centers pay their teachers.

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Cons

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Pros

* Rewarding Student Interaction: Great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in early childhood education. * Meaningful Contribution: Enjoyed supporting young children and contributing to classroom and gym activities.

Cons

* Harsh Supervisory Communication: Feedback frequently crossed professional boundaries into humiliation. * Unprofessional Vocabulary: Management used phrases like "chop-chop" to force rushed classroom cleaning. * Targeted and Singled Out: Received significantly more private correction and harsher treatment than peers. * Public Workplace Humiliation: A supervisor called me an "embarrassment" following a routine parent interaction. * Unsafe Emotional Environment: Ordered not to cry and told to resume work immediately after a difficult moment. * Unprofessional Behavior Around Children: A supervisor physically mimicked a student's aggressive behavior in front of children. * Prioritizing Appearances Over Staff: Management prioritized protecting supervisor dynamics and optics over retaining frontline educators. * Zero Professional Courtesy: Notified of termination while away on a scheduled family vacation in Florida.

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