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So, the daycare that I work at is not following DCFS guidelines and I don't know what to do.
I used to live in Iowa and was at a very wonderful center for 4 years. I worked in the infant room and as the Assistant Director.
I got married this past summer and moved to Illinois and started working at this center in August.
Things go on like:
*rooms are consistently left out of ratio. I have been left with 6-7 babies for an hour or more (ratio is 1:4) Like today my co-worker was told to leave early because we only had 5 babies and I could handle 5. (whatever!) My boss thinks it's easy or something! (Fortunately they were very good during that time I was alone with them) All of the other rooms have the same problem. The toddler room is 1:5 and she usually has at least 9 on her own.
*teachers just leave their rooms unattended. The 2 year teacher is the worst about it. She just wanders the halls while her kids are left all alone because she says they're fine. Usually she has them all glued to a tv.
*when breaks can't be covered we either can't take one or are forced to work out of ratio for an hour. If we don't get a break she won't pay us for overtime...so if we have over 40 hours she pays us for 40.
*Kids under 2 are fed things like peanut butter...I refuse to let any of the babies on table food eat those things.
*Kids get screamed at for ridiculous things. The toddler teacher is always yelling...and I mean in a way I get it. She's left with 9 or 10 toddlers on her own all day long...that's why there are ratios!!
Anyway...I don't know what to do. I hate stuff like this because I don't necessarily want to lose my job without having something else lined up. Can I report this to DCFS and not have them find out who reported them?
I used to live in Iowa and was at a very wonderful center for 4 years. I worked in the infant room and as the Assistant Director.
I got married this past summer and moved to Illinois and started working at this center in August.
Things go on like:
*rooms are consistently left out of ratio. I have been left with 6-7 babies for an hour or more (ratio is 1:4) Like today my co-worker was told to leave early because we only had 5 babies and I could handle 5. (whatever!) My boss thinks it's easy or something! (Fortunately they were very good during that time I was alone with them) All of the other rooms have the same problem. The toddler room is 1:5 and she usually has at least 9 on her own.
*teachers just leave their rooms unattended. The 2 year teacher is the worst about it. She just wanders the halls while her kids are left all alone because she says they're fine. Usually she has them all glued to a tv.
*when breaks can't be covered we either can't take one or are forced to work out of ratio for an hour. If we don't get a break she won't pay us for overtime...so if we have over 40 hours she pays us for 40.
*Kids under 2 are fed things like peanut butter...I refuse to let any of the babies on table food eat those things.
*Kids get screamed at for ridiculous things. The toddler teacher is always yelling...and I mean in a way I get it. She's left with 9 or 10 toddlers on her own all day long...that's why there are ratios!!
Anyway...I don't know what to do. I hate stuff like this because I don't necessarily want to lose my job without having something else lined up. Can I report this to DCFS and not have them find out who reported them?
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