3 simple ways to see if your preschool teacher is great

Every parent wants to know if their preschool teacher is a good, tender-loving-caring teacher or a bad, frigid teacher who you wonder why she is even there in the first place. It makes the world all the difference when you know your preschool is truly loving and caring and not just there for a paycheck.

While I don’t do background check, nor do I know every teacher in this world, I do have a method that is self-proclaim 90% guarantee that will tell you if you have a good teacher or not. It does also mean that people who don’t pass my method, can still be a great teacher and that I simply just miss it. But hey, at least its 90% accurate for most of the time.The hardest part for my method, is that it requires parents to actually go meet and talk to the teacher in person.

1. Ask the teachers their plan about for the first 2 weeks of school. How are they going to handle the room full of 15-20 kids crying and trying to deal with their emotions being away from their mom and dad? What the teachers say generally will show you a glimpse of how prepared and experienced they are in dealing with the preschool kids.

2. Do the teachers generally try to be on kids’ eye level when they talk to them with eye contact? One of the things everyone knows, but rarely everybody does, is trying to sit down or kneel down so they can talk to the kids on the KIDS’ eye level. You see a teacher does that often, you know you are in a good class!

3. Do the staff say good morning and hello to everyone? Once again on my simple-everyone-knows-it-but-doesn’t-always-do-it list. It is hard to say “good morning! How are you? How was your yesterday afternoon after school?” to EVERY, SINGLE, CHILD, whom walks into the classroom pretty anxious and emotional with or without the parents. Does the teacher say hi to you as you are signing off your child? I completely understand that everyone is busy and there is a time for more interaction and engagement. BUT EVERYONE has 5 sec to give a simple positive gesture to one another, especially since the adults in the rooms are suppose to take care your baby bay/girl for the next 6 hours or so, and for the next 10 months! You mean to tell me that your teacher can’t even smile, wave, say hi or good morning? Especially during the first 2 weeks when NO one knows each other?

Using all these 3 tips when interacting and engaging with the teacher will give you a great amount of information on whether your child is in a good hand or not. So don't be afraid and start asking and paying attention!