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The alarming realities of unregulated childcare facilities operating with twice its maximum occupancy, this facility housed infants in a windowless basement alongside propane tanks, creating what authorities described as "nightmarish, hellish conditions." The conversation shifts to Oklahoma's peculiar response to teacher shortages—creating additional barriers rather than incentives and professional approach to firing employees that maintains dignity while protecting children and programs from unnecessary drama. The episode concludes with a thoughtful response to an educator contemplating leaving the field due to burnout. Rather than seeing this as an indictment of early childhood education as a profession, the solution may be finding a better fit rather than abandoning our calling.

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Chapters

1. Welcome to Stumbling Through Work (00:00:00)

2. Illegal Daycare Center Exposed (00:00:46)

3. Oklahoma's Teacher Screening Controversy (00:09:44)

4. Best Practice: How to Fire Someone (00:18:26)

5. Reddit: Teacher Burnout Discussion (00:26:09)

6. Episode Closing (00:32:43)

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The alarming realities of unregulated childcare facilities operating with twice its maximum occupancy, this facility housed infants in a windowless basement alongside propane tanks, creating what authorities described as "nightmarish, hellish conditions." The conversation shifts to Oklahoma's peculiar response to teacher shortages—creating additional barriers rather than incentives and professional approach to firing employees that maintains dignity while protecting children and programs from unnecessary drama. The episode concludes with a thoughtful response to an educator contemplating leaving the field due to burnout. Rather than seeing this as an indictment of early childhood education as a profession, the solution may be finding a better fit rather than abandoning our calling.

Follow me :
Website: https://www.jerekhough.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stumblingthroughwork/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jerekhough/

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Welcome to Stumbling Through Work (00:00:00)

2. Illegal Daycare Center Exposed (00:00:46)

3. Oklahoma's Teacher Screening Controversy (00:09:44)

4. Best Practice: How to Fire Someone (00:18:26)

5. Reddit: Teacher Burnout Discussion (00:26:09)

6. Episode Closing (00:32:43)

50 episodes

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