Our nanny was a preschool teacher and she is amazing! Of course she doesn't do household tasks but that is not why I hired her. She is fantastic with DC, always has something interesting and fun planned for every morning or afternoon and is on top of all DC's developmental milestones.

I think teachers make terrific nannies if you want an educational nanny and not a housekeeper/maid.

Think about any work in the scope of the position that might not typically be part of a daycare structure: laundry, cooking, cleaning, juggling different age kids, etc...

Also daycare teachers do have other adults around, so are your candidates prepared to make that switch to a position w/ significantly less adult interaction?

Will they be driving your child(ren) and if so, in whose car?

What ages have they worked with (specifically - there are big differences developmentally between 18 month olds and 4 year olds).

Etc...

Think hard about the differences and structure some of the interview around that.

The level of work is very different. So get babysitting references at least.

We are hiring a nanny, and are getting a bunch of applicants who are currently day are teachers with no nanny experience. However, their daycare experience is directly relevant to 2 of our 3 kids (oldest is in kindergarten). Are there certain things I should be sussing out in particular to this background? Seems like a pretty straight forward progression, but I don't want to miss something.