AboutPam Koons Expertise Early Childhood Education For Prospective, New and Existing Teachers, and also Pre-School Owners/Directors. I can offer Teaching advice and also School Business advice. I owned a private Pre-school that I started over 22 years ago. I have degrees in Early Childhood Education, Business Management and Children's Theater. Can answer a variety of questions on anything having to do with Early Childhood Education, both teaching and business aspects.
Currently, I mentor folks wanting to start up their own preschools and daycares: www.PreschoolMentor.com. Please visit me there!
Experience Success in many areas. President of the local Chamber of Commerce. My school was voted #1 best private Pre-School in my county. 26 newspaper articles were written about my school and a half page news article about myself. Published Author in a Children's Anthology now on Amazon. Guest lecturer at the local College.
Question I am a credential teacher and have experience teaching preschool to elementary
kids. I would like to open my own home preschool but wonder if I should take
up a site supervising / coordinating job at a preschool first. I wonder if the
management experience will help with the set up of my own small school.
Please advice.
Answer Hi Penny,
That's a very good question. Really, there are 3 answers, each a bit different.
1) It depends a lot on your own moxie and investigation/research skills. I started my 1st preschool with an ECE degree and no supervisor experience at all. The naivety propelled me and I was very successful. But this was 20 some years ago, and times were different then. I think nowdays:
2) Yes- you should have some kind of Director experience, if nothing else to learn how to run a preschool business. Most schools will fail in the 1st 3 years, not because of the program, but because the owner or director had no business sense.
3) If you don't, or cannot find a position to gain this experience, you can always contact me at my site: www.PreschoolMentor.com,where I help Teachers to start up their own home preschools/daycares along the business-side of things. Take a look there and please give me a call for a free consult. I can and will help you!
