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Report RE: Becoming a nursery owner
Original Post
RE: Becoming a nursery owner - 23-10-07 22:10
by: hillika
Hi Loobyloo
I have my own nursery and do not intend to study for my degree. I do have a assistant manager who will be doing the degree and will always be there. I can hear people say 'but what if she leaves?' If this happens then I will employ another graduate unless any of my other staff wish to study for this, and take a step up the ladder.
I understand some peoples convusion regarding my decision but my reason for this is: I opened up my business to relieve me of some of the stress of working for someone else, when you had to be at work at a certain time to do a certain shift. I never had any time to be with my son and of course this has contiued whilst my nursery was set up and filled up. Not to take away from the fact that I saw so many people set up nurseries and do it very badly and was determind to to do the same.
Now with a great team behind me it runs very smoothly. I can now reduce my hours, and (after the hard work) have a nice 'work life balance'. I do not want to continue to work 10 hours per day 5 days per week and sit down to paper work every week end. I don't think having a degree will improve my practice or make my nursery any better (as I set the bar high when I started) or teach me much more than I know now! I continue do short courses, to keep up with best practice and I am constantly sending my staff on any course that is made available to them.
Mr Tesco does not sit at the till pushing shopping through does he? I will not always be available every day so I will be providing someone who will!
I must be doing something right because after only 18 months I am having to extend my nursery to acomodate the parents wanting to place their children with me.
Unless I have been badly informed, I don't think I am doing it wrong, I am meeting the criteria of have a graduate within my setting who is in a senior position and who will either be available when I am there or when I am not. At the young age of 44, why the hell would I want to go back to school!!