I sent evaluations home with parents a few weeks back. One mom just asked me if it would be ok for her & her husband to come up with an evaluation of their own. One where I would rate them as clients. She said my evaluation got her thinking how it's a 2 way street. Has anyone else ever had a parent do this? Thoughts?
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Originally posted by krosey5 View PostI sent evaluations home with parents a few weeks back. One mom just asked me if it would be ok for her & her husband to come up with an evaluation of their own. One where I would rate them as clients. She said my evaluation got her thinking how it's a 2 way street. Has anyone else ever had a parent do this? Thoughts?
Families are different, there always gonna be those easier to work with , I feel evaluating them would be like officially "comparing them" to one another could be seen as picking favorites
of course this is JMO
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Wow, great parent to be so thoughtful! Great provider too for doing evaluations! happyface
I personally don't really care to hear the feedback. Wow that sounds bitter!! But I run my program so it's the best it can be for me and my family. If a parent isn't loving how I do things, I'm not the only provider available... I sound like a huge a$$! But my policies aren't up for negotiations and I don't want them to think they are by completing evals.
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Originally posted by krosey5 View PostI sent evaluations home with parents a few weeks back. One mom just asked me if it would be ok for her & her husband to come up with an evaluation of their own. One where I would rate them as clients. She said my evaluation got her thinking how it's a 2 way street. Has anyone else ever had a parent do this? Thoughts?
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I started doing them last year because it's a requirement for the STARS program. I kind of think they're silly because if a dcp didn't like how you did things, they shouldn't be coming anyways, right? But it does give you valuable feedback that you can work with and hey, it's always nice to hear the positive comments too, right? I need to think about sending another one home soon, it's been a year.
I can't figure out how to copy/paste from it's current format; otherwise I'd share it.
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Originally posted by Maria2013 View PostI've never done any types of evaluation, I can see everyone here is more than happy with the way I run the show and that's all I need to know...no way I would EVER consider evaluating the parents, especially those that might suggest it, in my opinion you either deliver a positive report or that could be the end for some
Families are different, there always gonna be those easier to work with , I feel evaluating them would be like officially "comparing them" to one another could be seen as picking favorites
of course this is JMO
A girlfriend of mine, also in daycare, said: "No way. You don't go into any other business and ask them to evaluate you as a client/consumer." She has a point. My local grocery store isn't gonna tell me I'm amazing....except to keep me shopping there
Originally posted by butterfly View PostWow, great parent to be so thoughtful! Great provider too for doing evaluations! happyface
I personally don't really care to hear the feedback. Wow that sounds bitter!! But I run my program so it's the best it can be for me and my family. If a parent isn't loving how I do things, I'm not the only provider available... I sound like a huge a$$! But my policies aren't up for negotiations and I don't want them to think they are by completing evals.
Originally posted by LaLa1923 View PostI think this is a great idea and I'd love to have a copy of yours if you would share it!
Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe only reason that I do evaluations is yo put them in my professional portfolios and show them to prospectives clients
Originally posted by Josiegirl View PostI started doing them last year because it's a requirement for the STARS program. I kind of think they're silly because if a dcp didn't like how you did things, they shouldn't be coming anyways, right? But it does give you valuable feedback that you can work with and hey, it's always nice to hear the positive comments too, right? I need to think about sending another one home soon, it's been a year.
I can't figure out how to copy/paste from it's current format; otherwise I'd share it.
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Originally posted by butterfly View PostWow, great parent to be so thoughtful! Great provider too for doing evaluations! happyface
I personally don't really care to hear the feedback. Wow that sounds bitter!! But I run my program so it's the best it can be for me and my family. If a parent isn't loving how I do things, I'm not the only provider available... I sound like a huge a$$! But my policies aren't up for negotiations and I don't want them to think they are by completing evals.
That is a sweet parent, though!
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Never done it.. Never will.
If a parent has something they are really worried about, they will either talk to me or leave.
I think asking for their input leaves the impression that I am open to maybe change things they might not like.
Seeing in print that Sara doesn't like the fact her child has to take a nap every day isn't going to change a darn thing, but she may think I am interested in knowing because maybe, just maybe....that policy will change. When it doesn't, she may feel the time she put into filling it out was all useless anyway (which it was!) and feel resentful and dismissed.
I prefer to just talk with my clients. If they feel they can't approach me about something in person, or I feel I can't talk to them about something, then we are not a good fit.
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