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Poor management, staff disrespect, and unsafe conditions for children - Lead Teacher Children's Learning Place Employee Review

1.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great families, with great children, searching for a place their children can receive quality care. Many locations throughout Chicago.

Cons

Never adheres to classroom ratio, to the point of leaving 1 person alone in a room with 15 toddlers (DCFS legal ratio is 1-5). Management does nothing, forgets to do things you ask, and doesn't answer calls for things like incident reports and bathroom breaks. In most locations, there is no breakroom, many employees eat their lunch on the floor outside of classrooms. Management personally bullies staff they don't like, especially those they feel are favored by parents over themselves. Management encouraged lying to parents to make it seem as though the parent's concerns were false. Most of the buildings are filthy- chipped paint, chipping tile, broken windows, dirt caked into the baseboards. Because of retaliation for calling off, many employees come extremely ill, including with COVID-19, creating a highly infection environment.

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5.0
Mar 31, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

I love working here. There is great communication and support from management and staff at my location. (I have heard this varies depending on the location though.) A lot of the staff genuinely do care and love the kids a lot and get along with one another.

Cons

Lead teachers have a lot of responsibility like lesson planning, creating newsletters, field trip planning, parent teacher conferences, etc. but honestly it can be split up among teachers I guess. Also, it is a bit tough trying to get a decent raise even after you’ve worked here a while.

1.0
Oct 13, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The kids and families are (mostly) great

Cons

Management picks and chooses who deserves help in the classroom based on who they like, the facility itself was extremely overstimulating- no closed ceilings and windows for walls, and I found myself somehow involved in workplace gossip and drama repeatedly.

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