Confusion

I've been thinking about what to write for over a week now. If I wrote everything I was feeling, it would be all complaining and whining. I'll try to go easy on the complaining, but I need to get some stuff off of my chest.

My job is not totally what I expected. I know that being a preschool teacher is hard work. I expected that. I never expected to have a director who was, well, basically a dictator.
It gives me a new appreciation for the Director I had when I worked in a preschool before. She lovingly guides her employees and is there to help them. She is not there to put them down, make them feel like they are bad people, or discourage them. She is there to encourage. She does not dictate how everything is to be done. She let's teachers be individuals with their own styles. There is a clear definition of who the teachers are. They do not change every other week as they do in team teaching. They are expected to love the children, and prepare them for school. Not try to revert back to acting like a child and being forced to participate in child activities. I feel that a teacher's job is to observe the children and provide them with a safe environment in which to learn, and allow them to learn from each other. I do think that a teacher's job is to teach, but that is through instruction. I do not believe in putting restrictions on the way children are allowed to learn. I believe in not only preparing a child for kindergarten, but sending them on to school with a love and a passion for learning. I believe in teaching to a child's potential, and challenging children who need to be challenged, not teaching them the bare basic's that they need to get by. A director should be loved by the children. She should never yell at a child. A child should not feel inimidated by a director and should not be afraid to go talk to them. A director should also never pit employees against each other. And a director should not show favortism.

These are just a few of my observations from my first few weeks of teaching.