Corona crisis in Bavaria: Now mothers should help out in kindergartens - the union clearly criticizes the proposal

Parents who step in as volunteer supervisors in the kindergarten in the event of limited operations or Corona-related staff shortages?

The municipal kindergartens in Peiting provide for this emergency.

The first response to a query in the daycare centers shows something surprising.

• Parents should volunteer to help out in Peiting's kindergartens.

• A surprising number of mothers offer help.

• The educators' union does not like the initiative at all.

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complained a few weeks ago about a missing need prompt for holiday care in Peiting kindergartens, then these now lead by example: This week in the three institutions

,

and

a questionnaire to all

been distributed.

This not only inquires about your own care needs in the case of corona-related emergency care.

It is also asked whether and to what extent the parents could imagine working as helpers in the kindergarten or in their own four rooms.

Or, in the event of closure, to look after other children in your own household - at this point you have the option of entering your own contact details.

Peiting / Schongau: Parents should help in kindergartens because of Corona

The idea: It comes from the

themselves, where they gained a lot of experience during the crisis.

"We thought about it: What can we do if someone from the staff is hit?", Says Head of the Office Stefan Kort.

Limited support for small groups is difficult to represent with few staff.

Then

could

come into play.

Scenario two: As in Bernbeuren, there is a complete closure.

Then, according to Kort, with the help of the questionnaire, networking between

make things easier for mutual support in caring for at home.

“Of course you have to be extremely careful

not to spread

the

further among each other.” In this sense, he emphasizes that all parent-supporting measures within the facilities

are carried out

in consultation with the

.

Corona in Peiting: The volunteer auxiliary educators are insured against accidents

The insurance problem has also been clarified:

are insured against accidents as voluntary helpers through the community - unlike mothers who look after other kindergarten children in their own four walls.

Here the community sees itself only as a middleman.

In fact, the

willingness

to lend a hand is surprisingly great.

We asked the three kindergartens: Of a total of 14 questionnaires submitted after one day, with eight parents, more than half of the respondents offer active voluntary support for the kindergarten team.

I am pleasantly surprised. "

Anika Auhorn, kindergarten director

"I am pleasantly surprised," says Anika Auhorn, director of the largest

, Therese Peter House for Children.

And Sylvia Wladar (kindergarten at the town hall) also sees more solidarity among each other.

But: replace specialist staff with “auxiliary sherrifs”?

How does the union find that?

The

not alone in

this path

.

"We experience something like this again and again in the

" said Björn Köhler, member of the board of the Union for Education and Science (GEW) when asked by the local newspaper.

Coronavirus in Peiting: Parents as kindergarten teachers?

Trend can only be an emergency solution

This trend, he explains, can only be an absolute emergency solution.

After all, you need educational facilities “to experience upbringing and education outside your own parental home”.

His own mom as a

: “Not really useful,” he says.

Especially when it comes to educational tasks, Köhler sees the use of untrained staff as critical.

Of course, the shortage of skilled workers in the field of educators is nothing new -

however,

the

has brought it to light.

Ten years ago, the GEW pointed out that working and training conditions for educators had to be significantly improved and that the job description had to become more attractive in order to prevent such a blatant deficiency, said Köhler.

"But the countries have not reacted." The current situation is the result.

There was only a “Corona party” in Peiting in August.

At that time there was an exuberant celebration at the building yard and fire department in Peiting.

The problem: The party guests not only left behind a pile of rubbish, but also "beautified" the parking lot.

Vandals also used the spray can elsewhere in the village

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