The Goddard School Employer Reviews

A typical day at work would be to prep the classroom for the activities planned. All lesson plans are hand written and researched, personalized for the children in my care. We follow a basic daily schedule, and focus generally on the emotional and physical well being of the children. I've learned great skills such as time management, patience, multitasking – more... & dividing attention. – less

I am a former employee of the Goddard School in South Carolina. My experience is that this place is a business, not a school. The two owners, who are married, should not be managing a school. Their main concern is enrollment. They do not care about education, their teachers, or students. The rooms are over crowded and some students are put into classrooms – more... that are not developmentally appropriate because of limited spacing. The teachers are over worked and not treated fairly. The owners have favorites and are extremely unfair. The teachers are also very underpaid. They have "Daily Sheets" but those are mainly for appearance. The teachers do not follow through on what they write they are doing in the classroom. Most of the time, a learning objective is written but the teachers spend maybe 30 seconds going over that objective. They are not motivated due to lousy pay and respect. The rooms are dirty and the toys are hardly washed. Do not believe what this Goddard school says it is doing. It is basically a glorified daycare with teachers who sit around all day and owners who are horrible people. Please do not send your child to this school. It is not a place of learning. The owners have no respect for education. – less

I moved around a lot at The Goddard School but I loved ever bit of my job, until the management was changed. On a normal day at school I would open the building in the morning to make sure everything was set and ready for children to come in and start the day. During the day I would answer phone calls, recieve payments from parents, give tours of the – more... facility and make sure kids and parents were happy with their surroundings. – less

It is a rewarding feeling to work with children everyday. Work with great people.

Great place to work just like any other work place, this school has it's issues. The director that caused some of the issues is not there any more, the new director is friendly and approachable. the owner is nice, but needs to learn to put her foot down when issues occur. She is a great person to work for no doubt.

I enjoying seeing the kids enjoying the meals I prepared for them.

A typical day at the Goddard School started at 8:15 for me. The day went by pretty fast, with playing and circle times, lunch, naptime, snacktime and then more playing for the kids. Everyone was great to work with and I enjoyed my co-workers. I guess the hardest part was dealing with the "challenging" kids. But even that wasn't so bad! It was just part – more... of the job. The best part was when a child would come up to me and give me a hug for no other reason than that they just wanted to. It always made my day! – less

Most enjoyable experience was getting to know all the families and their kids.

a typical day at work for me is staffing the classrooms and keeping everyone safe and happy

• Assist the lead teacher with children of the age of 12 to 18 months
• Responsible for the coordination of the activities of a group of children for short
Periods of time throughout the day
• Assist the team leader with the recording of children’s records and other activities
• Provide a healthy, safe and welcoming environment
• In-depth knowledge – more... of health, hygiene and nutritional needs of the children
• Effectively forward all pertinent information to parents daily
• Follow housekeeping practices which ensure that equipment is maintained at
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IT WAS A NICE PRODUCTIVE PLACE TO WORK. EVERYBODY GOT ALONE. A TYPICAL WENT SMOOTHLY. WE HAD TO LEARN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TAKING CARE OF OTHER PEOPLE CHILDREN WHILE THE ATTENDED WORK. I LEARNED HOW TO CARE FOR MORE THEN ONE CHILD AT A TIME ,AND HOW TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. MANAGEMENT WAS GREAT RAN ON THE DIRECTOR`S PART. I GOT ALONE VERY WELL WITH ALL – more... MY CO WORKERS WE WERE LIKE ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY. THE HARDEST PART OF THE JOB WAS LEAVING THE CHILDREN. THE MOST ENJOYABLE PART WAS SEEING THOSE LITTLE BUNDLES OF JOYS EVERYDAY WITH GREAT BIG SMILES ON THEIR FACES. – less

Pretty good job for the time being. Lot of budget cuts at this school and staffing kind of stinks with unexpected required 2 hr breaks and whatnot. Families are mostly great and the kids are fun.

I would not recommend this job for someone with a degree. This location is better than the typical daycare but they do not care about the teachers as much – more... as they pretend to. – less

I day at work was very busy teaching and learning different things.

I went to work around luch time so i was in many different rooms helping out while some of the teacher's went on there lunch break. I helped with luch and nap time.

The leadership at the Edwardsville, IL branch practices unethical management. As a past employee, I advise you to rethink about applying/working there. The Owners/Management are known for changing the criteria as they see fit, they lay off lead and floating teachers to make spots for themselves or friends, and also you are not properly trained to meet – more... their expectations in the classroom you are assigned to. The communication between the Management is lacking, border lining nonexistent. – less

I work with highly qualified educated teachers. Most have a degree in Early Childhood or related field. Time management is a required skill when you work with children. I follow Creative Curriculum in my classroom. I enjoy learning along with the children and watching them grow and learn.

In the classroom that I tought in the kids always kept me on my toes. The co-workers were all very pleasent and helpfull. The hardest part was trying to get all the kids to lay down for a nap at one time.

You must really like kids in order to work here. You are with kids from breakfast to dinner time. Co-workers are great! The most enjoyable part is seeing kids smiling, laughing, and enjoying the activities you have planned for them. It's these moments that make all the hard work worth it!

I loved it..sort of. Coworkers were nice and so was management. I didnt like the owners wife coming in and saying what's wring when she was only at the school once a week. My preschool class was old 2s to old 3s..didn't like that bc developmentally they are so different. I didn't like lesson plans bc i couldnt be creative..they have their own rules. – more... I felt so uncomfortable..like walking through a glass house. – less

The directors were not very understanding and were involved in gossip in the work place.