NYC day cares struggle to retain staff, paid less than DOE-employed child care workers
New York City’s child care centers say it’s increasingly difficult to hire and retain workers because they make thousands of dollars less than their counterparts employed by the city’s public schools, who often work fewer hours.
“If this is work that we say we value, if this is work that our government pays well in one part of the system, why isn't it paying the same thing in another part?” said Nora Moran, director of policy and advocacy at United Neighborhood Houses. “It just doesn't make much sense.”. Without more competitive pay, centers are struggling with high turnover rates amid a worker shortage and scrambling most mornings to find employees to keep classrooms open.
“We're competing with our own funder for the same positions,” said Bridget O'Rourke, associate executive director for early childhood atMost child care providers in UNH's network said that the DOE is the agency that most commonly hires away their staff. O'Rourke said that even if providers could offer their workers slight salary bumps when they get job offers at charter schools or other public schools, they can’t compete with the shorter hours and summers off from school.
According to the 2023 Day Care Council report, 52% of child care centers said that, on average, their teachers leave within five years. The report also found that over a 25-year career, a teacher will lose out on more than $700,000 in earning potential by staying at a community program.
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