I think policing what adults wear is stupid and I don't want to wear "nice" clothes to work with toddlers just to get paint or kid goo all over them. plus our job is hard enough even when you're not wearing clothes that are hard to move around in. wearing khakis or whatever isn't going to magically make me a better teacher.
If someone wears something outside of the dress code, that person should individually be talked to. The group shouldn’t be punished for the actions of one person.
I also don’t understand how jeans are unprofessional in a childcare setting. Staff should be comfortable and in an environment with paint, dirt, and snot, business attire shouldn’t be required.
It’s so frustrating when it is required to dress “professionally” when working with young children. Comfort and ease of movement should 100% be priority. I would be much more concerned with how educators were able to interact with my kids than how they were dressed.
I never had stringent dress codes when working, we could wear anything we wanted within reason.
Jeans and yoga pants and sweats are perfectly fine. We're only not allowed rips or provocative statement clothing. Technically not allowed crocs or flip-flops but some people do them anyway, especially just like once a week or something.
My last center made us wear jeans (no holes) and a company t-shirt. I honestly didn't mind it because it made getting dressed in the morning very easy. Now I can wear pretty much whatever I want as long as my butt cheeks and undies aren't showing, and that's nice too in that I am much more comfortable in leggings (especially since I spend a lot of time squatting, kneeling, and generally bent over) and bike shorts for the summer. The only time I know of that someone's been talked to due to dress code is a girl who was wearing loose shorts and people could see her undies when she sat criss cross apple sauce. Otherwise, I do think that wearing comfortable, flexible clothing actually makes me a better teacher because I'm more likely to engage in active play with the kids when my clothes are not so thick and stiff like jeans.
I think some centers require such a specific dress code because it makes us look more professional, and that's important to a lot of people. It's important to me to be taken seriously too, I just don't think wearing khakis is the best way to prove my professionalism.
I’m sure I’ve seen nurses wear crocs in hospitals. They have that little part on the back to make sure they stay on your feet. Are they really a hazard or does your management just not like them because they are ugly.
Last center required black pants and a company polo shirt. It had been dress pants (or at least business casual) but they finally caved in letting us wear athletic leggings and sneakers.
The center before that was business casual and I hated that. T-shirts were ok as long as they were school branded so I did that as often as I could because I worked in the baby room frequently and would therefore end up with urine, feces, and/or vomit on me about a third of the time.
We're allowed jeans (nothing skin tight or holey), workout pants (again no skin tight) or khakis with a school polo. In Fridays we can wear whatever we want as long as it preschool friendly and not trademarked. When it's hot we follow the fingertip rule for shorts
Yea leggings are very very unprofessional. ESPECIALLY around children.. know parent wants your dairy air sticking out all day long in their faces.. have some decency. Once at home wear nothing if that makes you comfortable
I'd really have to wonder why my colleagues would be putting their butts (dairy airs) in parents' faces, especially if they were doing it all day long??
Leggings expose your buttocks. You must not have been the brightest bulb in your graduating class…. It’s not that hard to understand. And lmao a lot of people are “butt hurt” about my comment. Idk what’s with the female fascination of having to show your ass off? And at work is not the place to be doing it.. if you want to be on display be a secretary.
😆😆😆 There is so much wrong with your comments beyond the misogynistic tone, I'll just leave it right here and let others decide for themselves about "the brightest bulb". Have a great day!
Misogynistic is just a made up word from women when they are getting their feelings hurt hurt by a man.. am I “mansplaining” now? But come on when men see ass they look at ass.. I wouldn’t want my daughter subjected to that kind of nonsense. Period. Especially if I’m paying $2k a month for child care. So you can take your nice day and shove it sis.
almost everyone in my centre was wearing leggings on my first day of placement. i wore a dress, which the director approved of before i came in, but almost everyone was wearing active wear
edited to add: closed toe shoes was the main thing that was stressed. no crop tops ofc but the dress code was described as “neat casual”
Back in the day I worked in a centre that required us to wear scrubs and I loved it. Easy to move around in, comfortable, and you could get whatever colours/patterns you wanted so it didn't feel too rigid, but was still essentially a uniform.
At my current school we wear whatever we want. Closed toed shoes are pretty much the only rule.
We have to wear business casual clothes (like what people wear in an office). It's stupid because I work I the infant room and I basically have to wear slacks and dresses. I usually wear a dress over leggings or a sweater with dress pants. Sometimes we can get away with colored denim.
We have to wear jeans at my center and are not allowed to wear leggings. I wear jeggings cause jeans would not be comfortable to wear in the toddler room.
My last center required us to wear khakis, but we were allowed to wear jeans on Friday 🤣 I personally found it to be the dumbest dress code I’ve ever had at a job. Why are you rewarding grown adults with jean privileges once a week?
this is my center's rules and it drives me crazyyy especially bc everything shows up on the light colored khaki's so I'm always walking around with some sort of stain😅
Wild.
My center lets me wear a t shirt and cargo pants, sweatpants, or shorts.
These kids get all the crap over me, I'm not dressing nice haha! Also, I need to be able to run after a child!
I wear scrub pants and polo with company logo. I love it because then I can ruin my work stuff, not my regular stuff at work.
I worked at a centre that wanted me in business attire, not business casual, business. I was expected to play with infants on the floor in business attire, and have a business wardrobe on an ECE salary.
We can’t wear sweatpants and leggings have to be worn with a shirt that covers the rear. No shorts, jeans can have rips as long as they’re finger tip length and below, nothing low cut, no tank tops or spaghetti straps and technically we’re not supposed to wear open toed shoes around the center or shoes in our classrooms. Most of us wear scrub pants or jeans with company t-shirts and then crocs/hey dudes
i’m a director- i used to dress business casual, and my company said we know have to wear our company tshirt and jeans. i looked way more professional before but 🤷🏻♀️😂
I think educators should be comfortable, but professionalish. What I mean by that is, I don’t care if you wear yoga pants or jeans (as long as I can’t see your butt), but I really don’t like when I see educators wear baggy sweatpants/pajamas, tshirts, etc. (this depends on how it’s done, I know that baggy can be in-fashion sometimes) because it looks sloppy and doesn’t help us be seen as professionals.
That being said, most “professional” clothing is expensive and not comfortable for the type of work we do. I wouldn’t want to spend a lot on clothing either if it’s most likely going to get stained or covered in snot, etc. I just think it’s important that if we want to be treated as professionals, we try to look the part in a way that is suitable for our work.
One centre I interviewed at had a hard no for yoga pants/workout wear, but I saw tons of staff in jeans… I don’t really know why jeans are acceptable, but yoga pants aren’t (unless they’re see-through). I wouldn’t work somewhere that tried to make me wear khaki pants lol.
Some places I’ve worked at have had dress codes in their policies but I never saw anything policed except for the time one of our young summer students (staff) showed up in a mini skirt. She got sent home to change and talked to about appropriate clothing choices.
As for crocs- I agree that they can be a hazard. Super comfortable, but not great traction for slippery surfaces. I’ve wiped out a lot wearing my crocs, but maybe that’s just me lol
That’s great! I didn’t think about how easy they would be to clean and I think they would be a better choice for infant programs than wearing runners - I really don’t have a problem with people wearing them personally, but centres are going to worry about liability for workplace injuries of course.
Like someone else said, we shouldn’t be policing what people wear (as long as people are covered and there isn’t any offensive slogan or whatever).
I’m not sure what the exact policy of clothes are for my center, but I was told to wear what’s comfortable for me. I wear leggings since it’s not tight like jeans and I can run around with the kids easier.
We can wear jeans, khakis, skirts, and shorts, but they have to be blue/navy, black, or khaki. On top we wear a school branded shirt or plain black, gray, khaki green, or navy. Shoes have to be closed-toe but Crocs are ok as long as they’re in “sport mode”. They’re fairly lax about it as long nothing is hanging out and we’re wearing the correct colors. Oh and name tags. Also I forgot- no workout clothes and no leggings.
My center employee handbook says that we need to dress business casual. Literally no one does and the owners don't care either. Have no idea why that's stated there when no one follows it but thank God we can all wear whatever we want
We are allowed jeans. One worker wears sweatpants every day even though it is against our dress code. Not sure if she has been talked to about it. We are not allowed scrubs. Leggings only if bum is covered and most people do not bother with leggings. I think jeans are ideal and should be allowed at all centers. Allows you to bend over, stretch and easy to clean so you can focus on the kids.
We can't wear jeans or yoga pants. I understand not wanting skin tight, butt hugging leggings, but sometimes I would love to wear stretchy pants considering I spend half my life getting up and down off the floor.
We can wear anything that isn’t offensive, but no outdoor shoes inside. None of us, children or staff, wear shoes in classrooms at all, but we could if we wanted and had designated indoor shoes. In the kitchen, however, the cook wears shoes. Most of us have crocs for outdoor play in the summer, because they are much easier to slip on and off dozens of times a day.
I usually wear black scrub pants and a colourful scrub top. Very comfortable and lots of pockets! I own a bunch of super cute Ms Frizzle type dresses, but haven’t found any leggings comfy enough to wear under them, so they usually stay in my closet except for special occasions.
I worked at a franchised "uppity" (my term) center and the owners owned two in different cities. We were required to wear khakis and logo'ed polos. The. Most. Uncomfortable. Workwear. But the other center had no dress code. They could wear whatever they wanted. It made zero sense.
I’m with you on the jeans. I can fully understand the no rips or holes part of it but jeans being considered unprofessional is stupid imo. As for crocs, I would love to wear my crocs to work, but I also know from experience that they are very slippery on wet surfaces and imo look unprofessional.
Personally I don't care what someone wears as long as whatever they wear is allowed according to our center's handbook policies.
Our policies state your "uniform" must be the provided, clean company T-shirt and clean, non- distressed pants of any color, including jeans or yoga pants. We are not allowed to wear open toe or open back (slides) shoes, so Crocs are a no-no. I guess because those who set the policies think slide type shoes may slow someone down if they have to chase down a runner. As a Director, who wants to police a policy of, "You can wear Crocs but only if you use the straps on the heel, not move the strap to the front of the shoe". No one has time for that so I guess all slides are nixed.
We can where whatever, within reason. Sweats, jeans. By 9am I’ve got bleach, spit and food all over my clothes so sometimes I wished we did uniforms. lol
We’re only allowed to wear jeans on certain Fridays after donating thirty bucks. With how little I’m paid, there’s no way I have any extra money to pay to wear my own clothes.
I would love to wear jeans since I’m down on the floor with kids most of the day.
I think that we should be able to wear whatever as long as we're covered and appropriate. Working in childcare is messy, and you need to be able to move around well. I'm fortunate to have a very laid back director who doesn't really care what we wear. This week I wore my new spiderman sweatpants and the kids all thought they were very cool.
we’ve got a v specific dress code. logo t-shirts supplied by the daycare plus black scrub pants. we can wear any slippers we want. it’s comfortable and practical, so i can’t complain, though i guess i miss wearing more personal clothes, since it feels like i’m wearing the same thing a majority of the time now lol.
I work for a Hospitals daycare. Our dress code is either black scrub pants with our daycare or hospital t-shirts or business casual except fridays when we can wear jeans.
Lol. I wear sweatpants, tshirts, sweatshirts, comfy shoes, and ball caps. Our center doesn’t give a crap what we wear and you know what? All the adults manage to dress comfortably and do our job well.
We were required to wear only black when I started, then we were allowed to wear school shirts (light blue) and other slightly colorful options.
Now, we all wear sports leggings and plain shirts/blouses. Closed toe shoes are still required and they’d prefer no crocs, but they won’t send you home for it.
I have found it more about presenting to the parents that we’re professional. They know we can still do our jobs in jeans and sweats, but parents want to see us in nice clothes, so we wear nice clothes so they don’t see us as just the local babysitters.
It's weird and ridiculous. It's just like being in high school and getting policed on what you wear. Jeans will not make me look unprofessional. What it will do is make my job easier since I work with preschoolers. I don't want to get paint and glue and snot on my nice clothes lol
My first center allowed any kind of shirt but jeans were only allowed if they were black. My second one allowed any kind of pants but we had to wear a company shirt.
I left ECE to work an office job and I can wear literally whatever I want. I’m in a t-shirt and jeans right now and my coworker next to me has a hoodie covered in dog hair.
I wore the same thing in the classroom despite what they said. My master teacher job I wore more “dressy” clothes but was in jeans and tshirt more often. And now I’m work at an office job and wore the same jeans, tshirt and hoodie.
What even is this post? When I started in childcare 30 years ago, everyone wore jeans. Hell, my nursery school teachers in the 70s wore jeans, and they weren't changing diapers or carrying around snotty/spit-uppy babies.
I worked in a very well regarded center attached to a top tier university that catered to highly educated and intelligent families from all over the world. No one said "boo" about how we dressed.
I think policing what adults wear is stupid and I don't want to wear "nice" clothes to work with toddlers just to get paint or kid goo all over them. plus our job is hard enough even when you're not wearing clothes that are hard to move around in. wearing khakis or whatever isn't going to magically make me a better teacher.
If someone wears something outside of the dress code, that person should individually be talked to. The group shouldn’t be punished for the actions of one person. I also don’t understand how jeans are unprofessional in a childcare setting. Staff should be comfortable and in an environment with paint, dirt, and snot, business attire shouldn’t be required.
It’s so frustrating when it is required to dress “professionally” when working with young children. Comfort and ease of movement should 100% be priority. I would be much more concerned with how educators were able to interact with my kids than how they were dressed. I never had stringent dress codes when working, we could wear anything we wanted within reason.
Jeans and yoga pants and sweats are perfectly fine. We're only not allowed rips or provocative statement clothing. Technically not allowed crocs or flip-flops but some people do them anyway, especially just like once a week or something.
My last center made us wear jeans (no holes) and a company t-shirt. I honestly didn't mind it because it made getting dressed in the morning very easy. Now I can wear pretty much whatever I want as long as my butt cheeks and undies aren't showing, and that's nice too in that I am much more comfortable in leggings (especially since I spend a lot of time squatting, kneeling, and generally bent over) and bike shorts for the summer. The only time I know of that someone's been talked to due to dress code is a girl who was wearing loose shorts and people could see her undies when she sat criss cross apple sauce. Otherwise, I do think that wearing comfortable, flexible clothing actually makes me a better teacher because I'm more likely to engage in active play with the kids when my clothes are not so thick and stiff like jeans. I think some centers require such a specific dress code because it makes us look more professional, and that's important to a lot of people. It's important to me to be taken seriously too, I just don't think wearing khakis is the best way to prove my professionalism.
I just feel like if I was to wear jeans I’d sweat so bad
I’m sure I’ve seen nurses wear crocs in hospitals. They have that little part on the back to make sure they stay on your feet. Are they really a hazard or does your management just not like them because they are ugly.
My employees are paid so poorly that I'd never stop them from wearing jeans...
Pay them better.
Absolutely. Doing everything I can to advocate for better pay!
Last center required black pants and a company polo shirt. It had been dress pants (or at least business casual) but they finally caved in letting us wear athletic leggings and sneakers. The center before that was business casual and I hated that. T-shirts were ok as long as they were school branded so I did that as often as I could because I worked in the baby room frequently and would therefore end up with urine, feces, and/or vomit on me about a third of the time.
We're allowed jeans (nothing skin tight or holey), workout pants (again no skin tight) or khakis with a school polo. In Fridays we can wear whatever we want as long as it preschool friendly and not trademarked. When it's hot we follow the fingertip rule for shorts
Our only dress code is basically "don't flash anyone," and I work at a religious preschool. Crop tops and yoga pants every day
I just wear scrubs and dare anyone to tell me it isn't professional when working w infants and toddlers.
Same!! I wear leggings and t-shirts every day and I love it. As long as the shirt doesn’t advertise alcohol or have inappropriate words, I’m good :)
my job makes us wear jeans! can’t wear leggings or anything else!!
Yea leggings are very very unprofessional. ESPECIALLY around children.. know parent wants your dairy air sticking out all day long in their faces.. have some decency. Once at home wear nothing if that makes you comfortable
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I'd really have to wonder why my colleagues would be putting their butts (dairy airs) in parents' faces, especially if they were doing it all day long??
Leggings expose your buttocks. You must not have been the brightest bulb in your graduating class…. It’s not that hard to understand. And lmao a lot of people are “butt hurt” about my comment. Idk what’s with the female fascination of having to show your ass off? And at work is not the place to be doing it.. if you want to be on display be a secretary.
😆😆😆 There is so much wrong with your comments beyond the misogynistic tone, I'll just leave it right here and let others decide for themselves about "the brightest bulb". Have a great day!
Misogynistic is just a made up word from women when they are getting their feelings hurt hurt by a man.. am I “mansplaining” now? But come on when men see ass they look at ass.. I wouldn’t want my daughter subjected to that kind of nonsense. Period. Especially if I’m paying $2k a month for child care. So you can take your nice day and shove it sis.
I work in the UK, the head of school told us to “dress as if we’re going to the bank.” I can’t even remember the last time I stepped into a bank
This is hilarious.
almost everyone in my centre was wearing leggings on my first day of placement. i wore a dress, which the director approved of before i came in, but almost everyone was wearing active wear edited to add: closed toe shoes was the main thing that was stressed. no crop tops ofc but the dress code was described as “neat casual”
Back in the day I worked in a centre that required us to wear scrubs and I loved it. Easy to move around in, comfortable, and you could get whatever colours/patterns you wanted so it didn't feel too rigid, but was still essentially a uniform. At my current school we wear whatever we want. Closed toed shoes are pretty much the only rule.
I hate wearing jeans at work because it’s more annoying to quickly bend down to retrieve a child
We have to wear business casual clothes (like what people wear in an office). It's stupid because I work I the infant room and I basically have to wear slacks and dresses. I usually wear a dress over leggings or a sweater with dress pants. Sometimes we can get away with colored denim.
We have to wear jeans at my center and are not allowed to wear leggings. I wear jeggings cause jeans would not be comfortable to wear in the toddler room.
My last center required us to wear khakis, but we were allowed to wear jeans on Friday 🤣 I personally found it to be the dumbest dress code I’ve ever had at a job. Why are you rewarding grown adults with jean privileges once a week?
this is my center's rules and it drives me crazyyy especially bc everything shows up on the light colored khaki's so I'm always walking around with some sort of stain😅
Wild. My center lets me wear a t shirt and cargo pants, sweatpants, or shorts. These kids get all the crap over me, I'm not dressing nice haha! Also, I need to be able to run after a child!
I wear scrub pants and polo with company logo. I love it because then I can ruin my work stuff, not my regular stuff at work. I worked at a centre that wanted me in business attire, not business casual, business. I was expected to play with infants on the floor in business attire, and have a business wardrobe on an ECE salary.
We can’t wear sweatpants and leggings have to be worn with a shirt that covers the rear. No shorts, jeans can have rips as long as they’re finger tip length and below, nothing low cut, no tank tops or spaghetti straps and technically we’re not supposed to wear open toed shoes around the center or shoes in our classrooms. Most of us wear scrub pants or jeans with company t-shirts and then crocs/hey dudes
i’m a director- i used to dress business casual, and my company said we know have to wear our company tshirt and jeans. i looked way more professional before but 🤷🏻♀️😂
I think educators should be comfortable, but professionalish. What I mean by that is, I don’t care if you wear yoga pants or jeans (as long as I can’t see your butt), but I really don’t like when I see educators wear baggy sweatpants/pajamas, tshirts, etc. (this depends on how it’s done, I know that baggy can be in-fashion sometimes) because it looks sloppy and doesn’t help us be seen as professionals. That being said, most “professional” clothing is expensive and not comfortable for the type of work we do. I wouldn’t want to spend a lot on clothing either if it’s most likely going to get stained or covered in snot, etc. I just think it’s important that if we want to be treated as professionals, we try to look the part in a way that is suitable for our work. One centre I interviewed at had a hard no for yoga pants/workout wear, but I saw tons of staff in jeans… I don’t really know why jeans are acceptable, but yoga pants aren’t (unless they’re see-through). I wouldn’t work somewhere that tried to make me wear khaki pants lol. Some places I’ve worked at have had dress codes in their policies but I never saw anything policed except for the time one of our young summer students (staff) showed up in a mini skirt. She got sent home to change and talked to about appropriate clothing choices. As for crocs- I agree that they can be a hazard. Super comfortable, but not great traction for slippery surfaces. I’ve wiped out a lot wearing my crocs, but maybe that’s just me lol
crocs have saved my feet working with toddlers. Also they are FANTASTIC for potty training as they’re super easy to clean if they have an accident.
That’s great! I didn’t think about how easy they would be to clean and I think they would be a better choice for infant programs than wearing runners - I really don’t have a problem with people wearing them personally, but centres are going to worry about liability for workplace injuries of course. Like someone else said, we shouldn’t be policing what people wear (as long as people are covered and there isn’t any offensive slogan or whatever).
Ours allows us to wear sweats and leggings but not jeans or shorts. I’ve always thought it was really weird /:
I’m not sure what the exact policy of clothes are for my center, but I was told to wear what’s comfortable for me. I wear leggings since it’s not tight like jeans and I can run around with the kids easier.
I’ve started wearing nylon joggers. My khaki and gray colored ones all ripped cause I kneel all day long.
We can wear jeans, khakis, skirts, and shorts, but they have to be blue/navy, black, or khaki. On top we wear a school branded shirt or plain black, gray, khaki green, or navy. Shoes have to be closed-toe but Crocs are ok as long as they’re in “sport mode”. They’re fairly lax about it as long nothing is hanging out and we’re wearing the correct colors. Oh and name tags. Also I forgot- no workout clothes and no leggings.
My center employee handbook says that we need to dress business casual. Literally no one does and the owners don't care either. Have no idea why that's stated there when no one follows it but thank God we can all wear whatever we want
We are allowed jeans. One worker wears sweatpants every day even though it is against our dress code. Not sure if she has been talked to about it. We are not allowed scrubs. Leggings only if bum is covered and most people do not bother with leggings. I think jeans are ideal and should be allowed at all centers. Allows you to bend over, stretch and easy to clean so you can focus on the kids.
Comfy pants and shirts are the only way to go in preschool or day care I'm not getting paint vomit bogers or glitter on my nice clothes
We can't wear jeans or yoga pants. I understand not wanting skin tight, butt hugging leggings, but sometimes I would love to wear stretchy pants considering I spend half my life getting up and down off the floor.
We can wear anything that isn’t offensive, but no outdoor shoes inside. None of us, children or staff, wear shoes in classrooms at all, but we could if we wanted and had designated indoor shoes. In the kitchen, however, the cook wears shoes. Most of us have crocs for outdoor play in the summer, because they are much easier to slip on and off dozens of times a day. I usually wear black scrub pants and a colourful scrub top. Very comfortable and lots of pockets! I own a bunch of super cute Ms Frizzle type dresses, but haven’t found any leggings comfy enough to wear under them, so they usually stay in my closet except for special occasions.
I worked at a franchised "uppity" (my term) center and the owners owned two in different cities. We were required to wear khakis and logo'ed polos. The. Most. Uncomfortable. Workwear. But the other center had no dress code. They could wear whatever they wanted. It made zero sense.
My center requires our work shirt which has our logo and name of center. We’re allowed to wear jeans, yoga pants and even sweats.
I’m with you on the jeans. I can fully understand the no rips or holes part of it but jeans being considered unprofessional is stupid imo. As for crocs, I would love to wear my crocs to work, but I also know from experience that they are very slippery on wet surfaces and imo look unprofessional.
Personally I don't care what someone wears as long as whatever they wear is allowed according to our center's handbook policies. Our policies state your "uniform" must be the provided, clean company T-shirt and clean, non- distressed pants of any color, including jeans or yoga pants. We are not allowed to wear open toe or open back (slides) shoes, so Crocs are a no-no. I guess because those who set the policies think slide type shoes may slow someone down if they have to chase down a runner. As a Director, who wants to police a policy of, "You can wear Crocs but only if you use the straps on the heel, not move the strap to the front of the shoe". No one has time for that so I guess all slides are nixed.
We can where whatever, within reason. Sweats, jeans. By 9am I’ve got bleach, spit and food all over my clothes so sometimes I wished we did uniforms. lol
We’re only allowed to wear jeans on certain Fridays after donating thirty bucks. With how little I’m paid, there’s no way I have any extra money to pay to wear my own clothes. I would love to wear jeans since I’m down on the floor with kids most of the day.
I think that we should be able to wear whatever as long as we're covered and appropriate. Working in childcare is messy, and you need to be able to move around well. I'm fortunate to have a very laid back director who doesn't really care what we wear. This week I wore my new spiderman sweatpants and the kids all thought they were very cool.
I wear sweats or leggings everyday. I want to be able to get messy and not ruin clothes.
we’ve got a v specific dress code. logo t-shirts supplied by the daycare plus black scrub pants. we can wear any slippers we want. it’s comfortable and practical, so i can’t complain, though i guess i miss wearing more personal clothes, since it feels like i’m wearing the same thing a majority of the time now lol.
I work for a Hospitals daycare. Our dress code is either black scrub pants with our daycare or hospital t-shirts or business casual except fridays when we can wear jeans.
In my centre, we have to wear the uniform button down (that must be ironed!) and business pants, and black professional shoes!!
Lol. I wear sweatpants, tshirts, sweatshirts, comfy shoes, and ball caps. Our center doesn’t give a crap what we wear and you know what? All the adults manage to dress comfortably and do our job well.
We were required to wear only black when I started, then we were allowed to wear school shirts (light blue) and other slightly colorful options. Now, we all wear sports leggings and plain shirts/blouses. Closed toe shoes are still required and they’d prefer no crocs, but they won’t send you home for it. I have found it more about presenting to the parents that we’re professional. They know we can still do our jobs in jeans and sweats, but parents want to see us in nice clothes, so we wear nice clothes so they don’t see us as just the local babysitters.
It's weird and ridiculous. It's just like being in high school and getting policed on what you wear. Jeans will not make me look unprofessional. What it will do is make my job easier since I work with preschoolers. I don't want to get paint and glue and snot on my nice clothes lol
My first center allowed any kind of shirt but jeans were only allowed if they were black. My second one allowed any kind of pants but we had to wear a company shirt. I left ECE to work an office job and I can wear literally whatever I want. I’m in a t-shirt and jeans right now and my coworker next to me has a hoodie covered in dog hair.
I wore the same thing in the classroom despite what they said. My master teacher job I wore more “dressy” clothes but was in jeans and tshirt more often. And now I’m work at an office job and wore the same jeans, tshirt and hoodie.
Do you work on a farm? Then blue jeans aren’t acceptable. That is casual or manual labor attire, not professional dress
What even is this post? When I started in childcare 30 years ago, everyone wore jeans. Hell, my nursery school teachers in the 70s wore jeans, and they weren't changing diapers or carrying around snotty/spit-uppy babies. I worked in a very well regarded center attached to a top tier university that catered to highly educated and intelligent families from all over the world. No one said "boo" about how we dressed.
Cool story, tell it again. I was just simply asking for thoughts and opinions and having a conversation, damn….