I did not receive proper training for all of the students needs in the classroom from their lead teacher who was constantly out due to medical issues nor did management see fit to make sure I was properly trained before entering the classroom with children. I was hired in as a part-time Teacher's Assistant for KR in December, 2019. The hours for lead and assistant teachers were set. They protected their own and that was about it. Some of management was okay but most management seemed to stay in their own little bubble. The low level of pay does not match up with the difficulty of the work.

Substitutes did not have any requirements and were paid barely anything. Leads and assistants for Early Head Start were required to have a degree but then were paid very little. Lead teachers, assistant teachers, and substitute teachers all made very little. The company's stinginess made work even more difficult for everyone in the classrooms. It would be very difficult because you would not have enough people from the start and you either had to wait for them to be called and come in or deal with not enough people if they could not. For a while the hours for subs was almost fully on call.

Even trying to go to the bathroom was often difficult.

Management decided to remove the third teacher position for both Early Head Start 3 year old rooms and that made it much more difficult. You would get bruised, scratched, and bit all the time. Some of the kids would hit you and management did not really care. I have worked in all of the classrooms in Early Head Start and Keys for Kids.

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