subject: Child Care Blue Island | Daycare And Preschool Questions [print this page] A great way to get a sense for the quality of a child care you are looking to place your child at is to find out if they do background checks on their employees.
As a director of a child care background checks can provide a great insight into possible employees.
At the simplest level seeing if someone has had legal issues in their past helps. Obviously, anyone with a felony conviction, regardless of the reason becomes questionable. A felony conviction shows very poor decision making ability. People do not get this type of conviction for small errors.
Misdemeanors and traffic tickets can also show the quality of a person.
If someone has several traffic tickets, it shows they are probably a person who does not pay attention to details, or likes to rush. Either of these tends to make for a poor child care teacher.
Most background checks also include a credit check. These can help show people who make poor choices verse those who make good ones. The higher the credit score the more likely someone is to be a good employee.
A background check cannot provide all the information needed in picking a daycare teacher, but it does help and provides a great way to ensure only quality workers are at a child care center.
Background checks do cost money and the more that is requested the more they cost. This is why asking if a school does background checks can be very helpful in finding the right one.
Schools that are willing to do in-depth checks are generally schools that have a high level of professionalism and provide the highest level of care.
