In recent years, institutional care has become a new option to attract working parents or young parents to choose care because of its advantages such as large space, comfortable environment, transparent management and pricing, and new concept of education and insurance.
But inevitably, the number of people receiving care will increase the risk of cross-infection, and parents will be troubled by the suspension of classes at 3: 05; At three o'clock, the media reported the baby care accident and the baby abuse incident, which really scared the nursing parents. After all, how to choose a quality baby-care center for your baby? In view of the six problems that parents often encounter when choosing a child care center, ""provides suggestions for members who have participated in the evaluation of child care centers for a long time and teaches parents to master the main points of visiting:
1. Before visiting the nursery center, how to know the evaluation and choose the right institution? Parents may wish to do their homework before choosing a child care center. The evaluation indicators of child care institutions are uniformly printed by the social security bureaus of counties and cities. The standards of counties and cities are slightly different, but the evaluation is mainly divided into three aspects: "administration", "parenting activities" and "health and safety". All the detailed indicators also reflect the standards that academic circles and the public sector should meet for high-quality child care centers.
Counties and cities are evaluated every three years, and institutions newly established for one year are not included in the evaluation scope. Most evaluation committee members also pointed out that the evaluation is only a reference indicator, and it is best to choose institutions with excellent performance and A-level, while institutions with B-level, C-level, D-level or "passing" only passed the basic threshold, so parents are advised to choose carefully. Lin Yueqin also pointed out that evaluation is usually only a minimum reference. With the change of internal personnel or directors, the quality of nursery may be affected. Before parents choose, it is best to inquire about word of mouth and ask the parents who have sent them to the nursery, so that they can better understand the actual situation.
2. How to observe the nursery staff when visiting the nursery center? You can't just look at the equipment and decoration when choosing a baby care center. Compared with the hardware environment, having a good baby-sitter is the key. How to judge the quality of personnel?
Wang Shuqing, an associate professor in the Department of Early Childhood Care at Pingtung University of Science and Technology, said that it is basically necessary to know the professional background of front-line nurses, and then further ask about salary and benefits and turnover rate, and understand the daily routine of teachers, such as whether there is enough rest time at noon. If the turnover rate is high, it will affect the quality of nursing; However, if a certain proportion of experienced teachers even send their children here, it can show the care and friendliness of the nursery center to the nursery staff, otherwise no one can stay.
3. How to observe whether the child care center charges more in violation of regulations? Children before the age of three can have healthy emotional and psychological development only if they can establish a safe attachment relationship with their main caregivers. In order to make children have good security attachment, Lin Yueqin, CEO of Jingjuaner Foundation, believes that every child must have a fixed teacher. Although the law stipulates that the teacher-student ratio in nurseries is basically one to five, if you want to take care of younger babies, you'd better reduce the care ratio to one to four and one to three.
In addition, if the teacher asks for leave, it is necessary to confirm whether there is a stable replacement manpower. According to the law, the nursery center should have a person in charge to manage the business, and the director of the nursery center should also be qualified as a nursery staff, but it can not be counted as "one to five" teacher-student ratio, and can only be used as a temporary substitute for manpower. Some public child care centers even hire extra teachers to help substitute classes.
Some private nurseries boast a high nursing ratio of one to three, but let a nurse take care of Class One independently. Lin Yueqin said that it is not recommended that one person take care of a class alone. If the teacher has to leave for a short time, he may fall into the risk of being unsupported. Another common situation is that there are too many students in a single class, for example, there are 25 children in a class. Although there are five teachers to take care of it, it may increase the risk of infection control. It is best to limit the number of children taken care of in a class to 15. According to the law, baby-care centers also need specialized doctors or full-time nurses.
Parents can pay attention to the manpower allocation of on-site childcare personnel during daily transportation. Wang Lixin, a parent, once sent her children to an expensive and beautifully decorated nursery center. One of the teachers admitted to her when she left her job that a nurse often had to take care of twelve children on the spot, but it was not easy for parents to find out because all the children were picked up outside the classroom.
4. What if the nursery is closed during the day? "It's best not to take a nap or go to the nursery after work," said Professor Xu Yuling, founder of Hsinchu Teachers' Association. Many centers do not accept visits during nursery hours on the grounds of not disturbing children's work and rest, but only during nursery hours can the interaction between teachers and children be observed. For example, by observing how teachers handle disputes between children and children's crying, we can know whether teachers have a soothing strategy or just talk to children in the traditional tone of prohibition, scolding and threat.
Zheng, a teacher in the Department of Children's Education and Enterprise Management of Central Taiwan Province University of Science and Technology, also said that if there is an opportunity, you can go in and out of the classroom for a while, and you can obviously feel whether the teacher has a "temperature" for the children, such as whether there is a smile on his face; The way to speak is to use an adult's attitude, or squat down and stare at the child; When leading children to carry out activities, it seems that they are explaining a process, or they can arouse interest in a language that children can understand.
If it is difficult to visit the scene during the nursery, Tu Miaoru, an associate professor in the Department of Early Childhood Education at Fu Jen Catholic University, suggested that parents can try to put forward "I want to refer to the teaching AIDS and teacher guidance methods in the nursery" and ask if they can look at the on-site monitoring screen.
5. How to observe whether the environment of the nursery center is safe? Basically, the central space of the nursery should be bright, well ventilated, clean and tidy, and the facilities and equipment provided to children should meet the basic standards of safety and age, so that children can explore and study freely. Therefore, when visiting the nursery center, parents might as well try to squat down, or sit down and look around to feel whether the environment is safe and comfortable from the height and angle of the child. Including:?
* Is there safety awareness in this space?
From the setting of classroom space, it can also reflect whether the nursery institutions have enough safety awareness. Lin Yueqin suggested that it is best to set up "three sets" in the classroom-a milk-mixing table, a diaper table and a hand-washing table, so as to facilitate teachers' work, avoid taking the baby outside frequently to change diapers and get breast milk, and reduce the risk of accidents. The classroom compartment of the child care center should avoid closed walls, and adopt a large area of penetrating glass or conjoined design, so that classroom staff can see the internal activities and support at any time.
* Is there a sudden crisis handling process?
In view of all kinds of accidents that may occur when children are sent to care, Xu Yuling reminds parents that they may wish to ask the center if there is an SOP process to deal with accidents. For example, if a child accidentally falls down, he should sew a needle, inform the process and whether there is a cooperative specialized hospital; Or the building suddenly goes off, what escape routes and measures does the center have?
* Is there an isolation room to take care of sick children?
Parents are most afraid that their children will get sick at three or five o'clock, or have to stop classes because of enterovirus. In view of the way of infection control, we need to know whether the disinfection and inspection in the nursery center before entering the park are true, the daily cleaning method of the environment, whether the drug care system is perfect when the child is sick, whether there is an independent locker, or whether the baby's bottles and bedding are all mixed. One thing that can't be ignored is whether there is an isolation room in the center to take care of children with fever, or to draw a special isolation area in the classroom so that children who don't have a fever but have a runny nose or cough can play in the isolation area.
* Is the kitchen and bathroom clean and tidy?
Xu Yuling said that whether the kitchen is clean or not can be used as an indicator from whether the food is placed on the ground at will, and at the same time, protective measures should be set up to prevent infants from entering and leaving. Children's toilets should be near the classrooms of each class. Anti-skid devices should be installed on the ground, and attention should be paid to whether the cleaning agents are properly collected and not placed where children can reach them.
6. How to observe the teaching and insurance methods in the nursery center? * Avoid kindergarten-style group teaching.
Zhou Yuru, an associate professor in the Department of Early Childhood Education at Hsinchu University of Education, said that the nursery center will provide various types of teaching and nursing courses, but the key is not the number of courses, but whether the interaction between teaching and nursing is correct. It is not a reasonable way for children under three years old to sit in front of the nursery and interact with the baby sitting in a small chair to listen to the class. Lin Yueqin also believes that group activities are only suitable for rhythm or singing and dancing, and take care of children under three years old. The kindergarten model cannot be applied to every child.
* confirm whether it is in line with your own parenting philosophy?
When you visit, you might as well ask the center directly about your parenting ideas to confirm whether these ideas fit. For example, Montessori's nursery center emphasizes that children can explore and operate independently in the environment; There are also institutions that attach importance to daily outdoor sports activities. Experts also reminded that in addition to meticulous physical care for babies under two years old, we must also take into account the needs of "education" and "care". ?