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In the US child-to-teacher ratios have maximum limits usually set and enforced at the State or municipal level. This ratio also varies by age level with lower c

In the US child-to-teacher ratios have maximum limits usually set and enforced at the State or municipal level. This ratio also varies by age level with lower child to teacher ratios for infants than for toddlers. In Georgia the ratio is 6:1 for infants. However there is a national daycare certification group NAEYC which has stricter ratios. The daycare where my kids went was NAEYC certified and the ratio was 4:1 for infants.

FireBeyond 3y ago
> In the US child-to-teacher ratios have maximum limits usually set and enforced at the State or municipal level. As someone who has a partner who spent years working in a wide variety of childcare (from "high end" to "low end"), these ratios are _routinely_ ignored. There's also significant pressure to come in when sick. She was very sick - "Well, good thing there's a bathroom in your room, huh?" On the rare occasions they really couldn't meet staffing levels and didn't open for the day? Congratulations, everyone gets the day off! Unpaid, of course! Why, yes, we're still billing families the normal weekly/monthly rate...
cma 3y ago
4:1 seems pretty low, people who have triplets are getting close to that when caring for their kids alone during their partner's work day. Is that accounting for cross coverage during lunch breaks and stuff, or 4:1 at all times?
- Balgair 3y ago
  4:1 at all times in my state. If you've not had an infant with a cold, let alone a room full of them, even 4:1 is cutting pretty close. Sure, when all are healthy and happy, you can maybe go up in ratio. But when things are going not so well then infants need pretty constant care. And things are usually not going well in the winter time. If RSV or covid is going around, even 1:1 care is pushing it. Our daycare had four in the PICU after a bout of RSV went through. Some are still on a canula, months later. That amount of phlegm really messes with the little ones.

FireBeyond 3y ago

> In the US child-to-teacher ratios have maximum limits usually set and enforced at the State or municipal level. As someone who has a partner who spent years working in a wide variety of childcare (from "high end" to "low end"), these ratios are _routinely_ ignored. There's also significant pressure to come in when sick. She was very sick - "Well, good thing there's a bathroom in your room, huh?" On the rare occasions they really couldn't meet staffing levels and didn't open for the day? Congratulations, everyone gets the day off! Unpaid, of course! Why, yes, we're still billing families the normal weekly/monthly rate...

cma 3y ago

4:1 seems pretty low, people who have triplets are getting close to that when caring for their kids alone during their partner's work day. Is that accounting for cross coverage during lunch breaks and stuff, or 4:1 at all times?

Balgair 3y ago
4:1 at all times in my state. If you've not had an infant with a cold, let alone a room full of them, even 4:1 is cutting pretty close. Sure, when all are healthy and happy, you can maybe go up in ratio. But when things are going not so well then infants need pretty constant care. And things are usually not going well in the winter time. If RSV or covid is going around, even 1:1 care is pushing it. Our daycare had four in the PICU after a bout of RSV went through. Some are still on a canula, months later. That amount of phlegm really messes with the little ones.