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Date: 2/14/2006 8:43:00 AM
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Author:
melodie
(melodiep@tmail.com)
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Subject:Dear all, I m a day care director (joine...
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Dear all, I m a day care director (joined the company a few months ago), the head teacher of the centre is creating a lot of problems. Firstly, she doesn't submit any planning, absent for work at least once a week and sometimes more than 2 days/wk, never changes the activities in her room, doesn't communicate with her co-teacher and treat her like she doesnt exist, never checks the stock which she is in-charge of and people come to me for every single thing that she is incharge of. I know all of you are wondering then why on earth am I still keeping her? The problem is she is bonded by the company and is a close friend of the owner of the childcare centre as result I do not get my superior's permission to fire her. But her bad work ethic is slowly spreading and I am very stressed because of this. Since she is a head of staff the other staff are looking up to her and learning all the bad ethic from her. I can't stand this anymore. I have told my superior abt the problem I am facing but no improvement. I have tried positive reinforcement, meeting to address the issue, memo and so on but there is no change. Has anyone faced such a problem? would love to hear from others on similar case or any advice would be appreciated.
Dragie
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Date: 2/19/2006 11:10:00 AM
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Author:
Cathy
(childcarediva@aol.com)
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Subject:non-compliant staff member
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Hi! Do you have job descriptions for the teachers at your center? Having clear and consistant expectations is the first step. I've taken over centers in which there were teachers that were underperforming, and basically, were awful. I seen some 'self-select' and choose to leave, and some make an unexpected 360* turn-around. Sometimes people have never had any expectations laid out for them or had any expectations enforced.
Maybe being a lead teacher is more than she actually even wants. Would being part-time, a teacher assistant or floater be a better fit for her 'at this time in her life?' Start the initial conversations with 'how can I help you with this?'
You can't make her accountable until you have the expectations - and they go for everyone - in writing. Get the owners approval and support on policy (not her specifically being the issue.) Explain to the teacher why you need her support on these things and how they effect the children and the center. If that doesn't work, you give her verbal warnings, (and use the words 'this is a verbal warning')then start writing her up. Pick your battles, since there seem to be so many right now. She's not taking this seriously. She may - and she hopefully will surprize you.
Good luck!!
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Date: 8/6/2006 7:51:00 PM
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Author:
Rudy
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Subject:uncoorerative teachers
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Have you documented all the things she does or doesn't do and the days she is off Document EVERYTHING and then present it to your supervisor. Are there any others that make the hiring and firing decisions there with you?
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Date: 2/14/2006 11:54:00 AM
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Author:
kelly sedlak
(ksedlak@northwestctymca.org)
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Subject:If you absolutely cant get rid of her yo...
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If you absolutely can't get rid of her you need to keep your friends close but your enemies closer. try to find a common ground w/ her- do you share some of the same interests outside of work? or some other area you can bond w/ her on? She may be having an issue w/ the change of leadership at the Center and is not accepting of a new boss. Find her redeeming qualities and run with them. Good luck- I've been there too!
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Date: 2/15/2006 8:47:00 AM
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Author:
bear
(infinitebeliever@hotmail.com)
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Subject:I would love any helpful suggestions-- I...
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I would love any helpful suggestions-- I have a teacher, who has been employed for 18 years at the center where I am a first year Director, and she is driving me crazy. She is not a team player at all. She only worries about her class. and never wants to participate in any of our activities with the children, such as pj day, clown around day, etc - she says its too much trouble. LOL Anyway, my main problem right now is she is constantly harassing how other teachers are running their classes, as if they are not doing enough, etc. AND now we just hired a new cook who is great...and she is constantly MAD at the new cook, complaining IF the menu has to be changed at all due to lack of some supply we did not have, or like the other day, we were short two Teachers and the cook subbed all afternoon for us to give breaks. WELL this TEACHER griped and got so angry when the menu changed from bananas to apples because the apples were not sliced properly for her 5 yr old children! She was very upset and showed this in front of several other staff members , as she griped at the cook-- I was just returning from a break and heard the tale of this. I confront her and she said yes, I am mad, and it's her job to do it right. Well I explained we were in a pinch that afternoon and the kids had a nutritious snack with apples and juice, she got mad at me, stomped away saying...the need their apples cut in lengths. I was so mad at this point, I just shut up. but I think 5 yr old children can handle an apple...grrr.... anyway, I am not the owner of the center, and when I tell this type of behavior to the owners, they just say to ignore it and say not let it get to me...she is a long term employee...and they are hardly ever at the center..however I am tired of this now...I THINK she ran the old director who was there for 9 years..i think theat person let this teacher walked all over her...well it is causing so much stress at our center and now especially on our new cook. I do not want her to quit...the other day, this same teacher complained because she did not like the way the pizza was made....the hamburger was still frozen, so we used sausage instead....this was another day of doing what we could..(We have had teachers out with flu) anyway--it was a minor thing but the whole day was stressed because this ONE teacher out of 10 staff members was mad at the cook, and at me for this error/change--ANY SUGGESTIONS???
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Date: 2/15/2006 4:38:00 PM
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Author:
TIRED TEACHER
(ARMKDSH29@YAHOO.COM)
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Subject:HELP
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I work in a daycare where the administration has lost its fire for helping the teachers what do we do. some teachers are over ratio sometime. teachers are pulled from their on classes to help out other places in the center. can't get potty breaks from the front supervisor. and we have no meetings . what can we do?.
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Date: 2/16/2006 7:53:00 AM
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Author:
melodie
(melodiep@tmail.com)
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Subject:Bear and Tired teacher, I can understand...
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Bear and Tired teacher, I can understand what both of you are going through, Kelly's idea seems to be good and will work for Bear as well I think. However, it is hard to do it for me as I hardly have time for myself. I too can't stand the owners who can't handle this kind of teachers and nor would give the authority to the directors, but we have to be strong and put our point clearly. It is not easy to run a centre with this kind of teachers. I also posted my problem in director's corner at www.123child.com (website address). I received a lot of advises there and I feel much better now. It will also be useful for tired teacher as the discussion touches on her problem as well.
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Date: 3/28/2007 3:15:00 PM
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Author:
Heather Pollard
(pollardh@midbuchanan.k12.mo.us)
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Subject:Big Change!
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I'm very excited because I'm moving from a 6th grade teaching position to a first. Can anybody email pics of their first grade classrooms? I'd like to set up my room using best practices---so I want to see what other teachers are doing.
--Heather
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