What makes child care providers awesome: Parents share their appreciation
Preschool teachers, as well as daycare providers and nannies, don't always get the recognition, respect or pay that K-12 educators receive.
May 09, 2023
3 minutes
This week marks Teacher Appreciation Week. But preschool teachers — as well as daycare providers and nannies — don’t always get the recognition, respect or pay that K-12 educators receive.
The National Education Association reports the average public school teacher salary is about $66,000 dollars a year. Child Care Aware says educators at child care centers don’t even make half that.
To help change the stigma around this workforce being “just babysitters,” members of ’s audience who rely on child care shared their appreciation
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