After COVID-19, the duties of the new nursery teacher included transitioning children back to school or starting them for the first time amidst various protocols. Children were stressed, parents were stressed, and the nursery teacher was as well.

 

The new start meant lots of changes, new routines, and meeting new people. Young children are often wary of strangers and want to stay close to their parents and other familiar and trusted caregivers. School-aged children who are sensitive or easily worried, or those who have developmental delays, may need extra time to adjust. Until they are old enough to talk clearly about their feelings, it’s hard to explain that central to their new nursery teacher’s duties is protecting them.

Considering your reasons for teaching nursery

The duties of the nursery teacher span across many dimensions and are rooted in a deep passion for working with young children. When that is set in place, other duties of a nursery teacher which may include the energy and enthusiasm to keep up with young children all day and the patience to deal with challenging behavior become easy to do.

 

However, after the pandemic, the duties of a nursery spanned beyond the traditional ones to include assuring the child beyond the mask. Being around masked faces added to a child’s feelings of uncertainty, because facial expressions are used to help communicate feelings and provide assurance, and wearing masks made this difficult.

 

Because children look to their nursery teacher for signs of safety, the nursery teacher needed to put more effort into expressing confidence and security with words and body language in addition to facial expressions. This was particularly important for young children who were not yet able to talk about feelings.

 

Children are generally flexible and can adapt, but strategies that protect children’s health made transitions to new situations and new people harder. Therefore, developing good communication and organization skills became the duties of a nursery teacher as much as they were necessary skills to perform other roles.

The Right Environment is Key

Additionally, the right enabling environment facilitates the duties of a nursery teacher and therefore, children situated in such nurseries are better able to adjust. Quint Education has a network of committed job-seeking teachers to help your child in any transition they may be in geologically, mentally, etc. Quint Education also has a network of model early year’s education centers you’d enjoy working in as a professional.

 

Our nurseries across London, Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, and Hertfordshire are friendly and supportive places to work.

We have a wide range of jobs from Early Years Practitioner, Nursery Practitioner, Nursery Agency bank staff, Nursery Manager, Nursery Teacher to Nursery Chef.

 

We’d love to see what you can bring, please call Quint Education today at 0207 1188 994 or email your CV stating the role you are interested