WOW that's a lotta hours... i say that b/c at our school systems (small small rual town school) i see the teachers strolling it around 7:55 when the kids are all getting there and school day starts at 8:15. Then kids leave at 2:55 if you go by the school by 3:35 ALL the parking lots are empty except thoes that coach and small town you know who's cars thoes are! LOL i was just thinking it would be great b/c she will always be OFF school when we are like christmas breaks, spring breaks, the holidays, summers, ect.
I think we've hijacked the thread but I have to put a plug in for my fellow teachers and myself as well.
Just because teachers aren't in the building doesn't mean they aren't working.
I might leave school right at the end of the day (not as crowded at the gym) but I would have 1-2 hours of grading papers, lesson planning, or report writing that I took home with me. I'd also stay late other days or go in for a couple hours on Saturday or Sunday so I didn't have to wait for the copy machine or have as many interruptions.
Many of my teacher friends leave at the end of the day to pick up their own kids from school/daycare BUT they DEFINITELY have papers to grade, plans to write, activities to prepare at home the evening and/or on the weekend.
If a teacher
is in/out with the children as was a teacher I met in grad school I'd want to look closely at the lesson plans and observe in the classroom. This particular veteran teacher kept saying she didn't have time for meetings regarding special education students so I asked when she was at school. She said, "15 minutes before & after the students. It's in our contract."
Chances are this teacher closely followed the teachers manual, followed (almost verbatium) the same lesson plans year after year, and did little to accomodate for individual differences among her students.
On the flip side, if teachers have "good" schedules they may have actual blocks of planning time built into their schedules (more common in middle/high school than elementary grades).
Having worked as an administrative assistant for many years, I'd say that teaching is generally more stressful than most "desk" jobs. I have
neverbeen hit, kicked, bit, spit on, sworn at on a regular basis, or physically threatened working as an admin assistant.
Back to CRs for your daycare kids, I'd probably use the MA & Uptown as rfing seats (or use one & purchase a Scenera) so I didn't have to install an IO w/o the base or do a car seat shuffle (repeated install/uninstall only increases the chance of misuse/error).
One other question: if you use the Radian RF for daycare, what will you do for DD?
