For such an important job, the pay is pathetic - Assistant Teacher KinderCare Learning Centers Employee Review

-The pay is extremely low, and way below a living wage for the area or most places in the United States. No one could even try to support themselves on this salary, even with a roommate. -One of the managers is unkind to the teachers, giving passive-aggressive comments and talking badly about them to the staff -The food is not good that's served -Teachers are required to scrub and provide janitorial work every night and during naps -There is no time given to plan lessons, so any lesson plans have to be made briefly during naptime after janitorial work is done (which is too brief to prepare well) or at home when you aren't paid for it -Some classrooms are very dirty because the teachers don't want to do the janitorial work, which leaves the spaces for the kids sticky at best -There are rarely, if ever, openings to be the main teacher, so if you get hired, plan on bouncing around classrooms as a helper -Some teachers yell at the kids, especially if they have big classes that are hard to manage and they aren't given third teachers to help wrangle them -Some teachers view lessons as ticking off a box, and don't explain to the kids why they're having them do certain projects, so they don't learn or get engaged with -Many teachers rush kids through projects that are supposed to be creative, disengaging them from the project in order to stay on time rather than reshaping their schedule so the kids can benefit from the project -Some teachers discourage kids from using their imaginations (for example, a pre-k teacher asked a child to redo their pumpkin craft because they made theirs green rather than orange like the rest -- this was an art project and didn't need to be realistic, but the kid even explained that they were representing a baby pumpkin that hadn't turned orange yet, and the teacher still made them redo it and scolded them)... sometimes, teachers put appearances over the actual benefits of the projects, which leads them to streamlining art projects rather than letting kids practice their skills -There's no place for teachers to unwind during their breaks, except this narrow opening between classrooms, which is always filthy. -Some teachers speak to each other constantly in their native language when planning lessons/doing work-related things, ignoring those who can't speak the language. This should be reserved for socializing, when every teacher there can speak it, or other moments. When it happens during what should be lesson planning or prepping, the other teachers have to stand there and can't help, because they don't know what's going on. -There isn't adequate training for teachers in the baby rooms who cover breaks. There should be training for those covering breaks so they at least know how to safely change diapers, hold babies, and feed them. There should also be detailed instructions posted. Otherwise, breaks should be covered by those who have worked in those rooms.