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[quote=Anonymous]I'm an early childhood educator.  This teacher clearly is not qualified to be a preK teacher.  Period.  This is often the case with schools that are PreK through 5, 6, 8, etc.  School leadership often does not realize how vastly different the early childhood years are compared to the lower and upper primary years.  They end up hiring someone who they think has great experience, but have only taught older children and/or have no training in early childhood ed.   I have seen this happen even in an expensive private, where teachers who had no business teaching early childhood were basically scolding, threatening, and insulting young children.

Young children need to be nurtured, not punished.  Time out is considered a big no-no in a preschool classroom.  First of all, the teacher should spend the first two months of the school year teaching children the routines of the classroom and building class cohesion.  This includes how we move around our classroom, what it means to be a friend, what are our daily routines, how do we take care of ourselves, our things, and our friends, etc.  Children act up when they don't know what's going on or don't feel comfortable or safe.  Children need to feel comfortable in their space and teachers are responsible for providiing an enviornment in which they can feel comfortable.  The most important thing to be taught in a three year old classroom are social-emotional skills, and all that they entail.

If there are issues, teachers need to approach parents transparently and respectfully.  Teachers, admins and parents need to work together as a team. Teachers are not diagnosticians, but experienced early childhood educators can recognize behavior that can be concerning.  The team then needs to get an expert in to observe and put together a behavior plan or whatever else services a child might need.  It needs to be done in a positive, nurturing way - not punishing or threats to expel a three year old!!  That's unacceptable on the part of the teacher and school.  [/quote]

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