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Phoenix Children's Academy reviews

3.8

59% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)

Douglas MacKay

79% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Phoenix Children's Academy has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Phoenix Children's Academy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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39 reviews
2.0
Aug 18, 2015

More cons than pros

Recommend
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Pros

Most of the families were great to work with, most of the kids are great. I felt very connected to the staff, it was a good family environment.

Cons

I worked there for one short year for good reason. They refuse to raise your pay if you are an assistant and become a lead teacher. When they do give raises, which is as rare as Jesus making an appearance, it can be as low as 10 cents an hour, which to me is a slap in the face. When there are children who are a threat to other kids, they do not take it seriously. I had lots of trouble getting the front to phone parents when their children were running high fevers in the classroom. They like to say they have a structured building, but they let certain parents walk all over them, so teachers are forced to give special treatment to particular children out of fear that the parents will take unnessecary action. Just a skim off the top of my cons list.

1.0
Jul 29, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Building has great potential for a properly run daycare.

Cons

I was ushered into a room with a teacher that is normally not with the kids in order for her to train me. Show me the ropes. Well, unfortunately the first thing she said to me was that this room drives her crazy and she has no idea what to do. I, being the take charge person that I am, tried to lead the classroom in songs, reading, coloring exercises. Then it comes time to go outside and play on the playground. These were 3 and 4 year olds, but mostly 3. The playground equipment was sitting on an acre of land with chain link fence. The kicker is there was a retention ditch right smack dab in the middle of the yard with full sized tires in it. Mind you, it just rained a few days and we are in Denton County were WEST NILE is spreading. Sitting water in tires!!!! So, the children are able to go down into this ditch with wire over the culvert to keep them out of the pipe. So, I see the kids start rolling these tires down the hill. DANGEROUS!!!! The place was dirty and there was not an attempt to clean the tables or anything after snack. Now we come to the issue of ratio.....We had just got our 15 kids down on the mats to sleep when in walks four afterschoolers. okay! They are told to pat backs. Well turns out they just disrupt the sleeping kids. Then, not even 10 minutes later, in walks 13 more kids that are 5. They are told to find a spot to lie down. Mind you, they have no mats and the floor is already covered with kids. So,the teacher says she is going to lunch and does not give any roster. They then have me leave for lunch. ONE person left with ALL the kids. AGES 2-11. CRAZY!!!! I was going to take my children with me!! Heck no!!

2.0
Sep 30, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

If you are corporate and have many grandchildren you will get FREE childcare. The company does offer benefits. Discounted childcare UNLESS you have an infant, then full price for you

Cons

Too much turn over. Tons of change from corporate office. Regionals only care about $$$.

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