Pros
- Working with children (2.5 to 12 years) is great - Minimal lesson prep required (just use the materials given, no brainer) - If you are lucky, you can get into a good centre with great colleagues! (not all centres are great though)
Cons
- Top-down management who don't care about teachers' well-being - Management pretends to care by giving 1 care package (some pieces of biscuits and vitamin c) and a log cake during christmas - very superficial acts of 'caring' - Dismiss all teachers' feedback and suggestions when coming up with new changes - Give teachers redundant work to fill up time, instead of allowing teachers to come in later - If you have no classes, you still have to stay in the centre. Not allowed to leave even 1 minute early. There are daily sign in and sign out sheets - no trust / autonomy for teachers. - MICROMANAGEMENT at its finest - NO CAREER PROGRESSION - grand plans of promotion (5 tiers) were announced, but no teachers were actually promoted - Ridiculous incentive if you don't take MC for an entire year - HIGH EMPLOYEE TURNOVER rate because this company simply doesn't care for its employees