La Petite Academy Employer Reviews

The company is great to work for. Its fun and everyday you learn something new. I always have a story to tell about the children I work with. The only part I hate is the pay.

CUTTING HOURS AND EXPECTING MORE WORK WAS THIS WORKPLACE. I LANDED ANOTHER JOB POSITION CLOSER TO HOME. THEY KEPT CUTTING MY HOURS.

this is a great place to work with children, lots of support for teachers.

The compensation for the work you do is horrible, the communication from the current director is either negative or non-existent, training for new hires is ridiculous (do it yourself), accountability is sad, most "lead" teachers have horrible handwriting and use a dictionary to spell things (and they are teaching the kids how to write?), negative yelling – more... voices and words from teachers (intimidation and horrible attitudes), teachers just let the kids wander around and play ( no consistent curriculum) and then they blame kids for bad behavior. Teachers grab at kids a lot and let kids walk around with dirty noses, faces, and untied shoes (clean them up before parents come). A sad working experience. I couldn't wait to give notice and work elsewhere! – less

If you are starting out in Child Development Field and want to advance...

I started with 12 ECE units as an instructional aid and within a year an a half was part of human resources and management. It is up to you how far you go in the company as there are many different directions your career can take you. However, they are limited to child-care.

I enjoyed my time at LPA. The staff felt like a small family and the curriculum that was provided gave great materials for teachers.

La Petite is a fun place to work. You can interact with the students in class, play games, and learn something new everyday. The hardest part of the job is trasitioning children to other rooms. Most of the children a cranky, and start crying but it is well worth it. The people at La petite are nice, fun to talk to, and professional. It is a nice place – more... to work. – less

They were very unorganized with the company. I learned how to be a team player and makes things accurately taken care of each time. Didnt really talk with my co-workers. The hardest part was being unorganized with children isnt good.

I have Bachelors degree and working on my Masters and yet I still make a little bit over minimum wage. I have worked here for 9 months and yet Im being treated as though I just started. People who were hired after me are getting better hours than I am. I was hired as a teacher and now Im just an assistant but I still have to do the school age curriculum – more... thats bs seriously. Management does not care about you and will not be paid what you are worth so dont waste your time. – less

Excellent family atmosphere! They are always willing to help with any situation that comes up but expect the same in return. They are very loving and caring to their coworkers and the children in their care.

Helpful, easy to balance betwen life and work, and enjoyable

Enjoyed working with children plenty of hugs and smiles.every day
most of the coworkers enjoyed teaching the kids. The hardest part.dealing with disgruntal parents. thee most enjoyable part interacting with the kids.

This was once a great company but has changed tremendously. Staff are underpaid and overworked. The company does not care about the children.Raises are small if at all. Six year employeesemployees barely making over minimum wage. Go somewhere else where you will be compensated with benefits, and appropriately to pay, and integrity.

A typical day was very monotonous and with very little support or feedback from management. I learned that no matter how long a company may be in a community that they are still prone to treat their customers and employees badly on the way out of the community. I developed great relationships with my employees and made lifelong friends with some of – more... them. The hardest part of the job was having no communication from management. The most enjoyable part was the friendships. – less

Close to home steady hours worked there for 4 years with out a problem.
it was time to leave.,

this was a good day care with great kids, there was not much to offer for activities but I made do with what I had and all the kids had so much fun with me.

Working at La Petite Academy was not fun for me. From the first day until the last day, my experience was unpleasant for the following reasons:
1. The teachers are not treated with respect by the director. I had several days where I (as well as other teachers) went without a lunch break or any break for the entire 8 hour day. I wouldn't even have the – more... opportunity to go to the bathroom to change from my bathing suit after a field trip to the pool. I would have to sit all day in a dripping wet bathing suit with a towel wrapped around my waist. I also was given one work shirt which was 3 sizes too big for me that I had to wash and iron every day for work. I had asked if I could purchase more but nothing was done. I also requested time off when I first started (which was approved by the director) but when it was time for me to go, she told me the day before my time off that I could not get that time. This led to me quitting (I wasn't missing my mother's wedding) and her scolding me and claiming that "she should have never hired me"
2. The work environment is terrible. No A/C in the summer with 25 kids crammed into a small classroom is not fun. The classrooms are too small, the toys are in bad condition, and the menu lacks nutrition that kids need. EVERYTHING is dirty. I spent as much time as I could without escaping my teaching duties, cleaning and organizing closets and toys and bathrooms. The place is mopped and vacuumed and picked up every night but it needs to be scrubbed and sanitized monthly, which doesn't happen.The teachers can't focus on that during the day obviously because of the kids.
3. The children are out of control. I am usually very patient with children but working here really tested my patience. Some of the children in attendance when I worked there were completely out of control, as in punching, kicking, biting, screaming, and defiant. All day. Every day. These children ruin it for the rest of the kids who actually listen and have fun. The children with disrespectful natures should have been expelled after their third warning, but they were bringing in money so the director decided to look the other way.

The only thing that made working there worth the agony were the employees. They all had similar stories to mine and we bonded because of the poor working conditions. Most of the employees were pretty nice and easy going. Overall, I would never step foot in another La Petite ever again. – less

Good place to work and fun people to work with. Loved teaching the children and watching them learn and grow.

I loved everyday going in and working with kids,you got to love the smile on their faces everytime they learned something new.The hardest part was trying to stop four or five kids crying and to settle them down all at once,but I enjoyed every second of it.

I like this job but the pay is really low. I need the extra money for my daughter and myself.