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Have fun but be broke.
Teacher (Current Employee), Fort Worth, TX – May 14, 2013
Pros: working with kids
Cons: dont pay much
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.
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NEVER APPRECIATED WORK PLACE
Food Specialist, USDA Instructor (Former Employee), Covington, WA – May 14, 2013
Cons: demanding boss
CUTTING HOURS AND EXPECTING MORE WORK WAS THIS WORKPLACE. I LANDED ANOTHER JOB POSITION CLOSER TO HOME. THEY KEPT CUTTING MY HOURS.
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Great place to work with children
Assistant Director (Former Employee), Tucson, AZ – May 13, 2013
Pros: childcare discount
Cons: unflexible scheduling, unusually high demands, low pay
this is a great place to work with children, lots of support for teachers.
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Choose a different employer!
Teacher (Former Employee), Cedar Rapids, IA – May 12, 2013
Pros: the love from the kids, free lunch, parents who care
Cons: your voice isnt heard by a boss who disrespects and higher management turns a blind eye, bad wages, awful sanitation practices, 2 faced coworkers (no team) who steal from eachother
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
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Good place to work......
Program Coordinator, Ed. Resource Lead, (Former Employee), Merced, Ca 95348 – May 8, 2013
Pros: you can watch your own children grow...in another classroom :)
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.
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Enjoyable place to work
Teacher (Former Employee), Elkhart, IN – May 2, 2013
I enjoyed my time at LPA. The staff felt like a small family and the curriculum that was provided gave great materials for teachers.
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FUN WITH THE CHILDREN
Assistant Teacher (Current Employee), OKlahoma – April 30, 2013
Pros: free lunches, if you love kids then playing with children, benifits from working there, flexibility with your schedule, long breaks and not boring at all you are always on your feet
Cons: communication, trasitioning children to other rooms, and the pay is not well
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
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La Petite
Teacher (Former Employee), Independence, VA – April 28, 2013
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.
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dont waste your time
LEAD TEACHER (Current Employee), O'Fallon, IL – April 24, 2013
Pros: the children
Cons: pay, management, benefits cost way to much
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
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Productive fun filled place to work
Teacher (Former Employee), Bradenton, FL – April 22, 2013
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.
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Helpful, easy to balance betwen life and work, and enjoyable
Patient Care Specialist (Former Employee), Plano, TX – April 16, 2013
Pros: the environment working with children
Cons: the compensation could be better
Helpful, easy to balance betwen life and work, and enjoyable
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Fun place to work
Assistant Manager (Former Employee), Nashville, TN – April 14, 2013
Pros: holiday parties. with the children
Cons: healthcare hour breaks
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.
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Terrible company to work for
managent (Former Employee), wa – April 10, 2013
Pros: babysitting children because that's all you get to do
Cons: low pay, no benefits
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.
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Not So Good
School Age Teacher (Former Employee), Hendersonville, TN – April 9, 2013
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
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The job was close to home
Lead Teacher (Former Employee), Madison, WI – April 4, 2013
Pros: steady hours
Cons: no bath room breaks
Close to home steady hours worked there for 4 years with out a problem.
it was time to leave.,
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productive and fun working enviornment
Daycare Assistant (Former Employee), Marietta, GA – April 3, 2013
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.
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Terrible work experience!
Teacher (Former Employee), Melbourne, FL – March 31, 2013
Pros: the other teachers are nice and fun to work with.
Cons: short or sometimes no breaks, hot working conditions, unfair and disrespectful management
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
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loved seeing the children grow up
Preschool co-Teacher/cook (Former Employee), Saint Joseph, MO – March 30, 2013
Pros: enjoyable work enviornment
Cons: sometimes director wasnt understanding of others needs
Good place to work and fun people to work with. Loved teaching the children and watching them learn and grow.
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prductive and responsible people that love kids
Care Taker (Former Employee), Houston, TX – March 22, 2013
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.
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very good workplace but low pay
Teacher (Current Employee), The Colony, TX – March 19, 2013
I like this job but the pay is really low. I need the extra money for my daughter and myself.
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About La Petite Academy

La Petite Academy Inc. is one of the nation's largest privately held early care and education companies with more than 600 locations – Read more