What does "problems with administration" mean for a preschool?

[Anonymous]

Our first preschool had a mixed bag of teachers, but an administration that had good communication tools which they used effectively, sensible policies that were adhered to, and thoughtfully and respectfully dealt with challenges and questions.

Our current school has great teachers who are
compassionate and effective in the classroom, but a chaotic and tone deaf administration. Poor communication, lack of follow through, regulatory issues, staffing, managing the space, etc etc. It is a frequent source of headaches. It is hard to pinpoint, because the issues are often in reaction to something, so all that one can say is, the administration consistently handles these sorts of things poorly. I’ve certainly used the phrase “ problems with the administration” to articulate this.

If multiple sources suggest vague “problems with the administration” then it might be a flag to help decide whether the overall program is worth the parental headaches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At my daughter's daycare, it was an administrator brought in to be the enforcer. She had a very rigid personality and pushed out talented teachers who had been there for years (some teachers had earned perks like a more flexible schedule after years of service and she didn't want to deal with that, she was also trying to keep costs down). The result was a constant churn of staff. Previously the best feature of the daycare had been committed staff members who stayed for years.

Costs and financial stalwartness of a preschool is important. Sorry parent. If the flexible schedule lead to inefficient staff scheduling and more people on the clock then needed, then the administrator had every right to change that to ensure the school was running properly. If these teachers got used to this type of schedule or additional overtime (that was due to such flexible scheduling) and then decided to leave their children and the school because they are now getting what they originally signed up for, then I guess children are not their first priority. You should reconsider your premise. When these teachers leave I guarantee they will be placed at another school that will expect them to adhere to a specific schedule, so why let the children suffer? They are not losing in this situation.

Are you the evil administrator? Daycare/preschool work is a low paid, high stress job. Talented, loyal teachers should be rewareded with perks. Administrators who treat their staff with respect are rewarded by hard-working loyal workers who then are happy at work and it shows. We left a preschool with an ogre for an administrator. The teachers were miserable. How well are resentful teachers going to be teaching and working with your kids.

[Anonymous]

The kids do lose, administrator. They lose talented caring teachers , which is the single most important part o a school. If you don’t know that, you are terrible at your job.