I hired someone for a part time am position. She is well educated, had experience, and came with good references.
She is really sweet and nurturing with the kids but I two big issues keep cropping up.
The first is that stuff I generally consider to be common sense stuff does not occur to her. Off the top of my head, she didn't have the kids put away their play dough and it dried out. Today, she painted with the toddlers and when I went into that classroom this afternoon there was dried paint all over the table. :confused: (she knows where the spray is and only had 3 kids this morning)
She does have an employee handbook that outlines "classroom cleanup" as part of her job but I have had to tell her each time. Don't forget to xyz. After a month I thought she would get into the swing of things since we are pretty routine but . . . Not yet.
The other big issue is discipline. I have a few tough kids. No hitters or anything outrageous but they certainly test boundaries. No matter how much I model she cannot use her firm teacher voice. And I have a few kids that completely ignore her super sweet tone.
When they ignore her, she gets the deer in headlights look. I have been giving specific suggestions and directions for how to deal with behavior issues but I have found that I still have to step in almost every time.
For those of you that have had employees- is there any hope here? I want this to work out but I am getting really frustrated.
She is really sweet and nurturing with the kids but I two big issues keep cropping up.
The first is that stuff I generally consider to be common sense stuff does not occur to her. Off the top of my head, she didn't have the kids put away their play dough and it dried out. Today, she painted with the toddlers and when I went into that classroom this afternoon there was dried paint all over the table. :confused: (she knows where the spray is and only had 3 kids this morning)
She does have an employee handbook that outlines "classroom cleanup" as part of her job but I have had to tell her each time. Don't forget to xyz. After a month I thought she would get into the swing of things since we are pretty routine but . . . Not yet.
The other big issue is discipline. I have a few tough kids. No hitters or anything outrageous but they certainly test boundaries. No matter how much I model she cannot use her firm teacher voice. And I have a few kids that completely ignore her super sweet tone.
When they ignore her, she gets the deer in headlights look. I have been giving specific suggestions and directions for how to deal with behavior issues but I have found that I still have to step in almost every time.
For those of you that have had employees- is there any hope here? I want this to work out but I am getting really frustrated.
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