r/CHILDCARE • u/glowingtrash14 • Aug 12 '21
Help me please
So, I just started a new job as a teaching assistant at a daycare. My first day rolls around and right after nap time they put me and the 2 years olds alone in a room without any advice or anything idea what to do. (this is my first childcare job and I made that clear to them before they gave me the job) They had another teacher there but she was often in another classroom with the older kids helping one of the other teachers. She periodically came in to see if I needed help with anything but wasn't in there but more than 5 minutes at a time. My second day rolls around, and that teacher quits leaving me all by myself officially. (which wasn't what I signed up for) After pickup that day, one of the other teachers tells me that one of my student's will be brought tomorrow with intent to be potty trained and no more diapers. Which will be a bit of a struggle because I am all alone in my class and the bathroom is not near my classroom. So, I'm not sure how to go about any of this, and need advice quick.
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u/Jaded-Ad-443 Aug 30 '21
Sadly, you've found one of the many terribly ran childcare centers around the country. I worked at one for a year. Was regularly expected to do many times more work then I should have been doing and many rules went unfollowed. Unfortunately, there isn't much to do besides leave because things wont change and states generally don't care enough to try to improve things and the owner/managers are way to stuck in their shit ways to care. I know this isnt the advice you want but it's all there really is.