Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions

1. How can a child care provider create an emotionally and physically healthy child care environment?
2. What is the best way to build trust with a child just starting off in the daycare environment?
3. How do you get close/comfortable with a child who is shy?
4. How do you get close to a child who is NOT shy? 
5. Is special action taken when a child won't open up to anyone? What?
6. When do you know its time to get a new staff member in the daycare?
7. How strictly are the state sanitary regulations followed?
8. How often do the children at daycare get sick? How do you try to prevent sickness?
9. Is it easier to have an age limit set at a daycare?
10. What is the staff turnover/schedule? What is ideal?
11. What is the ideal environment for a daycare?
12. What kinds of credentials should a person have if they wish to become the director of a daycare?
13. How much college experience/credentials should a director have?
14. How is a new child introduced to the already normal group?
15. How often are there meetings between parents and teachers to discuss the child?
16. How strict are the restrictions on who can pick up the child if the teacher or director has not seen the person before?
17. What kinds of special instructions are given by parents for their children?
18. What are the most important state regulations?
19. Is their weekly/monthly/yearly checks by the state at a daycare? What do they look for?
20. What behind-the-scene work is required to run a daycare (paperwork)?