Difficulties and efforts of nursery teachers in communicating with parents

This study tried to investigate the difficulties experienced in communication between childcare teachers and parents at early childhood education institutions and the efforts of teachers to overcome them. To this end, we conducted in-depth interviews from June 26 to September 31, 2023 with 10 care teachers currently working at early childhood education institutions and analyzed the data collected. The results of the study are as follows. First, childcare teachers had a lot of difficulties communicating with parents while working at an early childhood education institution. Second, care teachers made various efforts to communicate smoothly with their parents and made efforts to build trust with their parents. Third, care teachers wanted the director to act as a supporter and become a reliable person, and they wanted various support to protect teachers at a national level by demanding various educational opportunities. These results can be used as meaningful data for smooth communication between care teachers and parents at early childhood education institutions.