Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/caregivers-of-quality-essential-attributes-for-teachers-of-young-children/5012018/
Building toward a topnotch child care staff is anything but easy. More than love for children, more than training and experience makes a valuable caregiver. Below, named in bold type, are the essential ingredients in caregivers of quality.Good physical health is a prerequisite for caregivers at work with young children. More difficult to assess is emotional maturity. It was clarified by Barbara Biber of Bank Street College of Education when she wrote that a caregiver "needs to be a person so secure within herself that she can function with principles rather than prescriptions, that she can exert authority without requiring submission, that she can work experimentally but not at random, and that she can admit mistakes without feeling humiliated" (Barbara Biber, in Childhood Education, March 1948).
One discerns such qualities in a caregiver neither by resume nor interview, but by observing him at work with children. Watch the caregiver for these qualities, and watch the children as well, for their behavior reflects caregiver competence. Is there cooperative child initiative? Is there a mix of friendly humor and purpose? Most of all, are the children deeply involved in their work and play? Clear, consistent evidence of a caregiver's personal integration and inner ...