Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 4/10/2000 6:52:00 PM Author: Craig d'Arcy (cd.sups.ecc@adlink.com.au) Subject: males Thankyou Connie for responding to my message. I wonder what country are you from? It was interesting to hear that Joe wasn't allowed in the bathroom by himself with other children. I suppose that all workers should follow the practice of always being with another staff member. In Australia, in general, workers are VERY aware of this issue and all centres take steps to ensure no worker is left alone. I am aware of one Long Day care centre near me that had 2 males working there, so they suddenly decided that they needed to have new policies in place e.g. they couldn't work on the same shift together. I asked the director if 2 females working together would need the same policy - she said no. I told her that if I was one of these guys I wouldn't work at that centre. Have you come across any such policies in your experience? I wonder if you read this and could tell me if you were aware of Joe being the 'handyman' around the place, doing things that were not in his job description. I have found this to be a problem. If anybody else is reading this and has some stories to share, I would be very grateful. Thankyou. Name: Email: Subject

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