at early childhood centres
A support group for early childhood teachers is gathering evidence of what teachers say are traumatic and horrific experiences at a small number of early childhood services.
The Teachers Advocacy Group, a support network run by teacher Susan Bates, has been told of bullying, racism, and breaches of regulations designed to protect children's health and safety.
Bates said teachers had described centres that had poor or no resources, unsupervised children and stressed babies.
There were also consistent descriptions of centre managers or owners who screamed and yelled at staff and children, manhandled children, or were blatantly racist towards any family that was not Pākehā.
"Parents and whānau really have no idea what their children are experiencing when they drop them off," one teacher said in a statement shared with RNZ.
Link to article: Teachers complain of racism, bullying, unsafe practices at early childhood centres | RNZ News
