Quote Originally Posted by Charlie View Post
There is a really expensive private nursery on the same road as my kids old junior school, even if we had needed to use it we couldn't have afforded it. But the staff they use are little more than kids themselves, straight from school and into childcare work, they haven't got the experience or knowledge yet in how to deal with a child who is causing problems and needing more attention so its easier to exclude than to work through the problem to everyone's satisfaction. As Matt says, there will always be another child on the waiting list to take on.
Truer words have never been spoken,my wife started in childcare in 76 were she did a two year college course and a one day a week training at a local school,then a further one year child psychology course before getting a job at her local village school were she stayed for the next thirty eight years until her retirement,her job title during the first thirty five years was Nursery Nurse then out of the blue her title was downgraded to teachers aid,were you can know do the training online there is little or no training given to the kids coming into the job and most schools use them as nothing more than goffas