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I saw an interesting statistic in the other day.  According to the email I received, a survey of over 500 managers conducted by a major hiring platform revealed that, on a scale of 1-10 with ten (10) being highest and one (1) being the lowest, the majority of survey respondents rated their technology skills at a five (5); this was not a surprise. Between email and child care center management systems, the average child care center and assistant center director have about have to log into at least five different portals a day in order to accomplish their daily tasks.  This does not include using files from legacy software like Excel and Word. However, a good portion of the work done by a center director is still accomplished with paper. This includes enrollment forms and CACFP work.   In a recent outing, we were tasked with providing technology training for the newly hired center director of a center of about 50 children.  She was 73 years old and had tons of experience as a director be

Getting someone "work ready" for a job in preschool is not what it used to be. Ten years ago, fingerprinting and training prerequisites were not a "thing" in order to start work in a child care center.   Today, it can take days or even a couple of weeks to get some fingerprinted, have their physical and TB taken, and meet the initial training requirements to work in child care. Though all of these added requirements are a great thing for the quality of child care, they add a layer of pressure to meet ratio requirements. Meanwhile, one of your staff is out for a few days, another one just quit, and you have to scramble to make ratio so that you are not in violation.  As a center owner or director, you definitely want to hire good people for your program.  But, what if someone who's motivated and wants a job has replied to one of your Indeed posts or is referred to you? Do you just tell the person "We're not hiring anymore, check back with us later?"