Good provider: Your child’s teacher should be warm, caring, sensitive to your child’s needs, and accepting of different ethnic backgrounds and customs. She should know how to speak to young children to elicit response and how to use positive discipline. Watching how teachers speak to students and how students respond is one of the most powerful indicators of quality. Children should be engaged and eager to communicate with their teacher.
Commitment to safety: Teachers must be alert in their supervision of children. They should have plans for what to do in an emergency situation and know how to reach parents quickly. They should practice good hand-washing techniques and comply with sanitation measures required by the state.
Interaction with parents: The staff members at your child’s school should welcome involvement from parents and be eager to form relationships with their students’ family members.
