Challenges Faced by Childcare Directors During COVID-19: Leading During A Global Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Childcare centers have faced many stressors both during and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on stress and coping theories, this study explores how the pandemic affected childcare center practices and how center directors responded. Childcare directors were surveyed to explore their perspectives about the pandemic's effects on teachers and staff, children and families, and the daily routines at their centers. The ramifications of masking, quarantines, and social distancing were also discussed. In addition, directors were asked how they envisioned the future for their centers, and their plans to move forward after the pandemic. Twenty-seven responses were analyzed using a content analysis approach, and the results indicated that staffing issues, increased stress levels, reduced pare

SUBMITTER: Hoffman TK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9628609 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature