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New teacher frustrations--any suggestions
GroverClover
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My LO is getting a new teacher at daycare on Monday; his current teacher is taking a new job. I asked several weeks ago about who the new teacher would be and was told it would be Mrs. Smith. I was excited. Mrs. Smith is fantastic. Mrs. Smith has spent several days in our room in anticipation of being the new teacher. Today (it's Friday) at 2:00pm, I received an email that we are getting our new teacher on Monday and it's Mrs. Jones. My heart sank! Mrs. Jones!!! Mrs. Jones has been a substitute in our room several times, and she and my LO have never hit it off. Even my husband agrees that Mrs. Jones isn't great with the children. She doesn't seem very loving and is somewhat rough with the kids.
I asked my mom (a 1st grade teacher) for advice. She suggested calling the director and talking with her about my concerns. I tried calling her and she was out of the office for the day. My mom's next suggestion was to "wait and see." Her theory was that when Mrs. Jones is in charge of the room her relationship with my child will probably improve (after all it can be difficult to be the sub). Plus if she isn't a great teacher, other parents will probably complain.
My other concern is that there seems to be a constant change of teachers in his room. I drop off and it's the same main teacher every day. My husband picks up and is greeted by a new face/teacher at least once every other week. My child is 22 months old; he can barely talk. Why can't they "test drive" new teachers on verbal kids?
I depend on my daycare and have been very happy until now. If he and his new teacher don't bond; I don't know what I'm going to do. Good daycare spots are hard to find and I don't have any other viable options.
Has anyone else faced similar problems? Any advice is appreciated. Thank you!!
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Re: New teacher frustrations--any suggestions
The first thing is the new face at pickup--- as pp said, this is pretty normal. At many daycares the teachers work 4 10s or have alternative schedules b/c of the hours, so if you are dropping off & picking up outside of the normal teacher's schedule (assuming you both work 40 hours, I would assume LO is there longer than 40 hrs and therefore drop off/pick up is outside of her 40 hr schedule is that makes sense) then someone else will be covering the room. A few times a month is really very little- I wouldn't say they're test driving anyone, they usually have floaters to cover the rooms when teachers are out or for those times that are not within their schedule. Maybe your teacher needs to leave early sometimes for personal reasons like all of us...
As for not liking the new one, what I would do is watch & see how it goes. Take note of specific instances that you think she is not approaching appropriately & when you have a few, then go tot he director. To go to the director with 'I don't like her, LO doesn't seem to bond with her' when all she has done is sub is a bit premature. Maybe LO will warm up to her, maybe you will, maybe it'll be different when she's the regular teacher. And if not, going to the director with specifics will help you.
To be honest, we have had rooms and teachers where we didn't totally love the teachers and rooms where we did. I'm really not sure it is possible to 100% love every teacher you have over time in daycare... but a teacher who you really don't like or feel that s/he doesnt treat the kids well is a different story & you should def speak up.
GL!