I have to admit from what I heard and seen yes the children here are taught to read and write at a level higher than the average. Which is fantastic because the child will be advanced when they begin a ""real structured environment"" like Kindergarten or First grade. That is a pro. \r
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a Con is that as I worked here as a teachers assistant. The classroom I worked for they had the assistants run the classroom with no licensed Teacher!!! and all I have is a GED! some classes may have had a teacher but if one class didn't have a teacher they still open the classroom anyway. That is against the law. Teacher assistants are not qualified to make lesson plans and plan the whole curriculum. By law with the amount of students that we had we needed 2 assistants and one licensed professional Teacher and they didn't hire a teacher. \r
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I have chose to leave this job because of the safety precautions. There where several incidents but one that I have to admit here:\r
I and another assistant directed the class to play outside in the yard. I told the assistant to keep her eye on the children in the back of the line as I gave my attention to the students in the front of the line. When we got outside I did a head count and 2 children where missing and the assistant was at the door chatting casually with another employee laughing and not even focusing. I alerted her that 2 students where not with us and asked her where they where. She looked at me and ignored me and continued talking. I was furious and I wanted to call the director right then and there but I was stuck with all my children panicking about the other two that wasn't on the line. this happened a total of 5 times! \r
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The director is definitely interested in money because she hires anyone and doesn't care if she doesn't have a licenced teacher she just wants to meet her annual quota of the amount of student she can enroll for classes in a year. So, I resigned with out notice.
Pros: students can reach their maximum potential academically
Cons: They cover up other issues by the number of academically advanced graduates.
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