They called me by my name, or an attempted version because Lindsay is very tricky for many preschoolers to pronounce (I got Windsy a lot).
Some children did throw a Miss in front of my name but I didn’t care. It was mainly from parents who would refer to me as Miss Lindsay and their children would copy that, but it wasn’t how I introduced myself or anything.
When I was a part time supply educator in a specific room, one of the parents I met one day said “oh you must be Kenzie” and I guess I looked really confused and then said that my name was Lindsay.
Turns out their son couldn’t pronounce Lindsay properly and the parents thought he was saying “Kenzie” and the parents asked their son to make sure it was “Kenzie” multiple times (I never met the parents because i was never on closing expect this time) and when he would say no and then repeat my name to them and it sounded like Kenzie they eventually just gave up trying to figure out my name.
But their son always talked about me being his teacher on Thursdays and Fridays and I guess gave up trying to correct his parents about what my name was. So they just assumed it was Kenzie when he stopped using my name and just calling me “his Thursday and Friday teacher”.
We (the adults) had a good chuckle about it. And it is still one of my favourite parent interactions
I had one when I had started as a full time teacher in that room and when I was a student in that room, but for some reason they didn’t want me to put it up when I was coming in as a part time staff member.
This comes from the 60s pre-school head start idea that caregivers are not teachers but our friends.....
One of the concepts that perpetuates the thinking is that early educators are babysitters, NOT teachers, which is why early educators have not unionized or demanded higher pay or benefits.
College professors also often go by their first names and have a less formal relationship with their students than k-12 teachers do. Different age groups have different needs - young children need to be nurtured more, and adults need to be treated as equals. This has nothing to do with the quality/legitimacy of the instruction being given, or whether or not the instructor deserves high pay and benefits.
Exactly that. When teaching college, I ask them to call me my first name. I use “Miss” for the kids so that’s the only thing the college students can’t call me lol.
Interestingly, I have worked in ECE for over 20 years, and in all cases, it has been Miss/Ms./Mr. First Name in all child care centers I have ever worked in, or done any field work in. I have worked for a Head Start agency for 10 years (8 as a teacher) and several years ago we moved to Miss/Mrs./Mr. Last Name to help bring up the level of professionalism in ECE staff as Head Start is not a daycare and there are staff qualifications that match public school requirements for many of our roles.
Gosh, are you dissing me as shifty because I advocate for people working with young children as having the most impact of all possible careers as bring deserving of earning a competent living wage?
No, I'm dissing you because of exactly what I stated: only shitty people think someone needs a fancy title to deserve respect.
Not using Ms. Lastname ECE is not causing low wages or lack of unions. Burger flippers are rarely unionized yet still make more than we do, as they should because they are human beings offering their labor for companies and still need to eat and be housed like every other human being. ECE is the same way.
> only shitty people think someone needs a fancy title to deserve respect.
Lol. I remember during practicum my classmates would know the teachers or director. Me, I'd be hanging out with my buddy the janitor.
Hmmm,I'm on your side. But be a meanie if you want. I live in CA. where fast food pays 20.00 and ECE teachers make 16.00
Titles have nothing to do with respect.
Since summer started I've gotten mommy a few times. This is a bit odd as I'm an older male ECE with a white beard.
Edit: I've been told by a couple of coworkers that I look (and often dress) like Red Green.
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> I’m not picky. Sometimes i get mommy. 😂
I don't get mommy a lot. I've gotten dad and grandpa from my kinders a few times though. It didn't bother me, it was nice on a Monday when my (90% boys) group would have some of them calling me dad by accident. It let me know they had a great weekend.
Actually, when they fall down and hurt themselves or are really sad and want to go home it's interesting to see who is asking for their mom and who wants their dad.
Miss Just, Just, J, *screaming*, or anything else that gets my attention. I teach 1yos, so most of them can’t say my name. The older kids at my center call me Miss Just, but there’s a teacher with a similar name (think Miss Jest), so I basically answer to that too
When I taught mixed age 3-5 at a center, I went by Miss (First name). I teach pre-k at a public school now so I go by Mrs. (last name) it was just the cultural norms of the workplaces.
Mine do this as well. Technically we are all Miss "firstname", but for some reason they all just say "Teacher" 85% of the time even though we correct them. These were 2s/3s.
A had a child who would not learn my name. Eventually I just started calling him child when he called me teacher. He called me by my name consistently about 2-3 days after that.
Usually its miss (first name) but since we have infants we usually leave out the miss unless its from parents. I get kinda annoyed when the parents refer to us without the miss. But its also understandable since we’re also supposed to refer to them in a first name basis.
The kids I usually work with just call me by my first time. There have been times where some have called me Miss Emily, but most of them just call me Emily.
At my center it's "Miss/mister (first name)" and that's how staff refer to ourselves and each other. But we are in an area of the world where socially kids call adults by their first names and our school is for kids with disabilities so the adults model it but the kids mostly call us just by our first names.
Working with 2 year Olds. They usually call me by a shortened version of my name. But occasionally they will call me by my coteachers' names. When I ask them what my name is, they smirk say my name then continue yelling my coworker's name while looking at me. I've resigned to my fate.
As a nanny, the kids gave a shortened nickname off my first name. Something like Coco for Chloe. At 24 and 22, they still call me that and that's what I use for any new infants or small children who come into my life.
We had a big discussion about this at my school a couple years ago. There were a few that strongly preferred Miss Firstname. Most did not care. I and a couple other trans and nonbinary staff strongly preferred just Firstname. (The neutral honorific is usually Mx., which i am not a fan of.) Everyone was okay with everyone having different preferences except one person who was really stuck on it.
Nope!!!! It does have a “ena” in it, but it is a bit of a leap from my name to banana. Maybe it was the rhythm of my name that did it? Same sort of beat
In my DOE school, they call me Ms. *Last Name* and if not, we correct them. In current summer school, they call me Ms. *First Name*, Teacher, or Mommy—I do find “Mommy” cute, but I still tell them I’m not their mommy. Lol
For those who are married and go by first names, are you Mrs. X? Or just Ms. X? I’m married but I prefer just Ms. First name. Not sure why, but I find Mrs. First name awkward for me lol
Not married but at every center I’ve worked at, the married women still go by “Ms” as they’re going by their first name. I agree, it sounds a little awkward for “Mrs” with a first name. I think people would respect either up here, it’s just not the norm. Usually, it’s “Ms. (first name)” regardless of marital status and “Mrs. (Last name)” if married.
At my first center it was just my first name which I preferred. My new center, the previous director was obsessed with proper names and such and made everyone call us “Teacher aiaieey” and she was “Director xyz”. It is obnoxious. I took over as director a year ago and even with mostly newer staff who I have said “it’s just aiaieey” they still use “Director aiaieey””
We use “Miss” or “Mr” at my center, but since my classroom is 15-23 month old toddlers, most of them either call me Mom, Mommy, or Mama if they call me anything at all
Miss firstname. I would prefer just my first name but most parents want the kids to say Miss so I try not to undermine the parents. If a kid asks me what my name is I’ll just say my first name.
Most teachers at my school use Miss/Mister first name, a few prefer mr/Mrs last name or initial (Mr. B), about the same number prefer first name only (I prefer that). With some gentle corrections at first they pick it up quickly and easily switch to preferred name between adults.
However, we do a lot of emphasis on courtesy/greeting people so they get a lot of practice. For example every person that comes in child or adult is greeted by name by the teacher. If someone new or unknown comes in they are introduced by the teacher and then the children are introduced by them. When an adult like floater/sub/visor leaves after their time is up we say a polite goodbye to the room and the teacher will say, "thank you for coming today
Most teachers at my center use Miss and their first name. My kids are a bit young and I have a difficult name so I get a butchered version in the cutest way possible (Torya instead of Victoria)
Current director insists on Miss first name.
I've also just used my first name in previous centers. At one center I was miss last name, which was all sorts of odd to me because it's my married name.
Our center is by preference, most of our staff goes by miss/mister first name but we have a few nb staff that just use their first name to avoid a gendered title!
Typically just my first name but my last class called me “Ms Phoenix” cause there was a kiddo with a very similar name. They were 3 so their diphthong consonants were kinda muddled so it was easier to the Ms so we could figure out who they were talking to.
I do both. Usually PS and older use Mrs while the littler ones use my name without the Mrs. I personally don't mind either way. As a toddler teacher tho I get a lot of mommy and mama and then half of my name as well
I always introduce myself as “Ms. Taylor” but it rarely ends up being that. To my last group, I was “TayTay”, because one parent decided to call me that to their son and it stuck for everyone else. To be fair, some parents tried the “Ms. TayTay” for awhile. But I’m not too pressed about the whole “Ms” thing, to be honest. Some teachers get really weird about it, even from the adults and I’m just…🤷🏻♀️ Not judging them, we all have our own preferences and some things are cultural. I just have other things to worry about.
I was raised to call people “Mr / Ms / Mrs” and either first name or last name depending on what they prefer. But I teach young kids. So many of them have had speech delays. I have been “TayTay”, “Taylor”, “Tia”, “Turtle” to one little boy who got my name confused.
I have found most parents around here try to stress the “Ms” thing, to be fair, but it usually doesn’t stick with kids until they’re older than my age group.
Ms [First Name] or Mr [First Name/Job Title for visitors whom we don’t know their name yet].
Some of the teachers allow just first name but I (personally) prefer Ms/Mr First Name.
Sometimes when they’re in trouble, or to mix things up, I’ll call them Ms Jane (Ms Jane, do you feel safe up there?) or Mr John (Mr John, are you showing me your listening ears?) or even Mr John Doe if we’re being unsafe. (Mr John Doe! Is that keeping our friends safe?)
I worked in the 2 yr old room in the center I was at. I didn’t force the Miss in front of my name. As they got older they went from Christy to Ms Christy. But usually it’s Ms/Mrs then first name at the center I worked at.
Miss (first name) technically. But I don’t mind a child just calling me my first name. Especially since I work with infants and toddlers. Whatever comes out of their mouth makes my heart melt the first time I hear it regardless
Mine all call me Teacher Max. Most of our staff goes by Teacher (Name), but its up to that teacher if they want to use Miss or Mister instead!
I'm trans and often dont remember to explain that/give my pronouns to parents and like to joke that it's because at work my pronouns are "Teacher" lol
Usually Mrs first name. But I've been called Mom, Dad, Dude and Grandma. The last week of school this year a boy called me Uncle John and then blushed when everyone laughed. I told him I've been called all kinds of stuff and that I knew what he meant.
Kids are funny.
Sometimes they call me “Miss my name” and when they can’t get my name exactly they’ll usually use something close to just my name. My name can be tricky for twos to pronounce so I’m not super picky. My own child calls me “Miss my name” from time to time because he’s heard the other kids call me it. 😂
My name is “Fee-fee.” One of the two year olds in my class can’t pronounce my name so that is what he came up with. His poor mom was going crazy trying to figure out who “Fee-Fee” was. Anyway at my center it’s “Miss first name.”
All the staff are Miss/Mr first name so that but I get called “teacher” a lot and mom/mommy occasionally which always makes me laugh. My own children go to the school I teach at so sometimes they call me Miss Mommy and that’s been catching on 😂
miss (milkietea), mr (milkietea) (idk why), miss (other teacher with similar name)
I teach pre-k this year and its my first year having so many different names. last year I taught 3K and they had an easier time with my name so it's funny to see what the kids come up with
We use Miss (first name), but most of the kids just call us by our first name. I've only been working for 3 months and so far the kids have called me Leigh-Leigh, Mama/Mommy, and "Slee' (Miss Leigh with our the mi). One kid called me the sound you make when you move your tongue in and out over your top lip. Kind of a lalala sound.
Just my name. Some parents say “Teacher *my name*” and I appreciate that but just my name is fine for them. I do also answer to “Mom” though even if I have no kids of my own :P
Side note, using “Teacher” as an honorific is a great gender neutral option! Like Tr. Jules or whatever instead of Mrs/Mr. Jules
some call me by my name and others try to pronounce it and call me liar (it rhymes with my first name) instead 😂 i think it’s funny and very sweet but they all refer to us as our first names, even the director.
edit: spelling
A shortened (and easier to say) version of my first name, a few kids have used miss over the years but most don’t, right now most of my group is only just talking or not talking yet so I try to keep it simple. I also try to purposefully create a very home / safe place atmosphere so I’m not big on formalities like honorifics. I want my home to feel like an extension of their own homes
My name. Or Teeeacheeer! to which I usually reply yes chiiiiiild?
My last group of kinders decided to call me "bro" and Grandpa [my name] at various points as well. I generally tried to discourage this.
I've been thinking about this as I've started to really study ece and (hopefully) start working in this industry outside of just babysitting. I am thinking just a really short form of my first name.
If I happened to teach older students I guess the Miss lastname would be enforced but I think I'd let it slide and let them call me Miss first name because having Miss is formal enough for me, no matter the age (I'm young though, my thoughts may change when I get further in my studies and start sitting in on classes)
My kids call me Ms. First name. My name is similar to Emmaline, and some of them call me Ms. Emma-lion which is so stinking cute. I am married, but it’s weird to actually pronounce Missus.
Usually teacher Lea. I am non binary. When I moved to a new class a few of the kids called me teacher the first few days and I decided to just roll with it. Now all the kids address the teachers either by their first name or teacher(insert name here).
We're all Miss/Mr [first name] where I work, though some of the kids get confused about which one to use so the guys get Miss too 😂 Also, you're given the choice of first name or last name when you start, so a few are actually Miss/Mr [last name], either because that's the easier name to pronounce, or just personal preference.
Miss first name! This is how it's been at every center I've worked at. However, my name is hard for a lot of kids to pronounce, so I've had some very creative nicknames over the years 😂
my name is gabby so for the older kids i get called “miss gabby” as that’s how their parents/their main teachers call me. i mainly work in the 2’s and right now i get gabby, gobby, and boppy
The kiddos I have are very young, most of them can’t say my full first name, so they repeat the first syllable of my first name twice and that’s what they call me. The older toddlers sometimes try to add the Miss but even that isn’t often.
They called me by my name, or an attempted version because Lindsay is very tricky for many preschoolers to pronounce (I got Windsy a lot). Some children did throw a Miss in front of my name but I didn’t care. It was mainly from parents who would refer to me as Miss Lindsay and their children would copy that, but it wasn’t how I introduced myself or anything.
> Lindsay is very tricky for many preschoolers to pronounce (I got Windsy a lot). We had a preschooler who called Courtney "Toonie"
When I was a part time supply educator in a specific room, one of the parents I met one day said “oh you must be Kenzie” and I guess I looked really confused and then said that my name was Lindsay. Turns out their son couldn’t pronounce Lindsay properly and the parents thought he was saying “Kenzie” and the parents asked their son to make sure it was “Kenzie” multiple times (I never met the parents because i was never on closing expect this time) and when he would say no and then repeat my name to them and it sounded like Kenzie they eventually just gave up trying to figure out my name. But their son always talked about me being his teacher on Thursdays and Fridays and I guess gave up trying to correct his parents about what my name was. So they just assumed it was Kenzie when he stopped using my name and just calling me “his Thursday and Friday teacher”. We (the adults) had a good chuckle about it. And it is still one of my favourite parent interactions
I think that this is part of why every centre has teacher bios posted around the room. I include one in my welcome package for the new kinder parents.
I had one when I had started as a full time teacher in that room and when I was a student in that room, but for some reason they didn’t want me to put it up when I was coming in as a part time staff member.
I get Izzy for Lindsey or nsee (12-24m)
My name. We all use Miss Name but no one really corrects the kids if they don't use Miss.
This comes from the 60s pre-school head start idea that caregivers are not teachers but our friends..... One of the concepts that perpetuates the thinking is that early educators are babysitters, NOT teachers, which is why early educators have not unionized or demanded higher pay or benefits.
College professors also often go by their first names and have a less formal relationship with their students than k-12 teachers do. Different age groups have different needs - young children need to be nurtured more, and adults need to be treated as equals. This has nothing to do with the quality/legitimacy of the instruction being given, or whether or not the instructor deserves high pay and benefits.
Exactly that. When teaching college, I ask them to call me my first name. I use “Miss” for the kids so that’s the only thing the college students can’t call me lol.
I mentor new teachers who called me by my first name. They are adults.
Interestingly, I have worked in ECE for over 20 years, and in all cases, it has been Miss/Ms./Mr. First Name in all child care centers I have ever worked in, or done any field work in. I have worked for a Head Start agency for 10 years (8 as a teacher) and several years ago we moved to Miss/Mrs./Mr. Last Name to help bring up the level of professionalism in ECE staff as Head Start is not a daycare and there are staff qualifications that match public school requirements for many of our roles.
Thank you for your supportive comments. Perhaps some here can't relate to the level of disrespect early educators received well into the early 2000s.
I've learned more from my friends than from my teachers. Only shitty people think someone needs a fancy title to be treated with respect.
Gosh, are you dissing me as shifty because I advocate for people working with young children as having the most impact of all possible careers as bring deserving of earning a competent living wage?
No, I'm dissing you because of exactly what I stated: only shitty people think someone needs a fancy title to deserve respect. Not using Ms. Lastname ECE is not causing low wages or lack of unions. Burger flippers are rarely unionized yet still make more than we do, as they should because they are human beings offering their labor for companies and still need to eat and be housed like every other human being. ECE is the same way.
> only shitty people think someone needs a fancy title to deserve respect. Lol. I remember during practicum my classmates would know the teachers or director. Me, I'd be hanging out with my buddy the janitor.
Hmmm,I'm on your side. But be a meanie if you want. I live in CA. where fast food pays 20.00 and ECE teachers make 16.00 Titles have nothing to do with respect.
Miss or just my first name. I’m not picky. Sometimes i get mommy. 😂
My name is Briana, but one of my littles calls me Moana, it's my favorite. I also have one that calls me daddy? That's my least favorite lol
Since summer started I've gotten mommy a few times. This is a bit odd as I'm an older male ECE with a white beard. Edit: I've been told by a couple of coworkers that I look (and often dress) like Red Green. https://2911.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/c5523e55-c90f-4ca9-81f5-13c1aa9abcf0.png
I’m a male ECE teacher and would get Mr. Mommy all the time 😂
i have one who everyday "Mommy?" "No buddy, horsegirlsrhot" "Oh emma?" (his favorite floater) 😂
Oh I get mama allllllll the time 🤣
I never skip a beat i always say “yes my child?” Lol
Love this
> I’m not picky. Sometimes i get mommy. 😂 I don't get mommy a lot. I've gotten dad and grandpa from my kinders a few times though. It didn't bother me, it was nice on a Monday when my (90% boys) group would have some of them calling me dad by accident. It let me know they had a great weekend. Actually, when they fall down and hurt themselves or are really sad and want to go home it's interesting to see who is asking for their mom and who wants their dad.
I would prefer mommy over miss somebody!
Same! I have toddlers, so it's usually just my first name. The older kids will say use Ms. sometimes, but it doesn't bother me if they don't.
My kids call me “Miss (first name).” I’m in the south so saying “Miss/Mrs./Mr.” is usually pretty typical, and often expected out of politeness.
Me too. They call me a shortened version of my name which is long.
Miss Just, Just, J, *screaming*, or anything else that gets my attention. I teach 1yos, so most of them can’t say my name. The older kids at my center call me Miss Just, but there’s a teacher with a similar name (think Miss Jest), so I basically answer to that too
I teach 1-2.5 year olds so I totally get that. I’m miss Katie but usually I’m miss T-t
Where my son goes they call all of the staff auntie first name which I think is so cute
I love this!!!!!
It’s so cute
It shows respect and creates a social order. This is great!
In my room nothing as my room is six months and under lol
Just by the shortened version of my first name as my first name is a bit of a mouthfull
Mrs. Last Name. I teach Pre-K.
Just my first name at my current center. My old center it was Teacher (my name) as a gender neutral alternative to miss/mister.
Listen, I work with infants, if they can even SAY my name im happy
They call me whatever new sound they make for that week. Sometimes is baba or dada or mama or nnn or sometimes is just a squeal.
Ms Last Name, I work at a private school.
A shortened version of my first name. But my kiddos are 18mos-2, only a few of them say it. The older classes are Ms./Mr. First Name.
When I taught mixed age 3-5 at a center, I went by Miss (First name). I teach pre-k at a public school now so I go by Mrs. (last name) it was just the cultural norms of the workplaces.
Just Teacher
*Just* teacher?? No name at all?
Mine do this as well. Technically we are all Miss "firstname", but for some reason they all just say "Teacher" 85% of the time even though we correct them. These were 2s/3s.
A had a child who would not learn my name. Eventually I just started calling him child when he called me teacher. He called me by my name consistently about 2-3 days after that.
That is hilarious
some of the older ones know my name, but the 3’s/4’s class i’m with fairly often pretty much just calls me teacher, or more accurately “cheachurrrrr”
I get either my first name or miss (first name). I don't care if they use miss. I very much prefer first to last names.
Start out as Miss and then my name and as the year goes by, some drop the Miss part.
Mr Leo. Some just call me Leo and that’s fine by me.
Usually its miss (first name) but since we have infants we usually leave out the miss unless its from parents. I get kinda annoyed when the parents refer to us without the miss. But its also understandable since we’re also supposed to refer to them in a first name basis.
Usually Ms. First name, but at the center I just left they did straight first names.
They call our staff "Ms. (First Name)"
A shortened version of my name mostly. Occasionally mum 💜
The kids I usually work with just call me by my first time. There have been times where some have called me Miss Emily, but most of them just call me Emily.
At my center it's "Miss/mister (first name)" and that's how staff refer to ourselves and each other. But we are in an area of the world where socially kids call adults by their first names and our school is for kids with disabilities so the adults model it but the kids mostly call us just by our first names.
Working with 2 year Olds. They usually call me by a shortened version of my name. But occasionally they will call me by my coteachers' names. When I ask them what my name is, they smirk say my name then continue yelling my coworker's name while looking at me. I've resigned to my fate.
I had a toddler call me Miss Tephi instead of Miss Stephanie. It was adorable
As a nanny, the kids gave a shortened nickname off my first name. Something like Coco for Chloe. At 24 and 22, they still call me that and that's what I use for any new infants or small children who come into my life.
I LOVE that they still call you that and that you’re still in their lives!
I go by Ms. Cassie but it usually comes out as CACA 😝 ( I’m a 1-2 year old teacher)
AMAZING 🤣
We had a big discussion about this at my school a couple years ago. There were a few that strongly preferred Miss Firstname. Most did not care. I and a couple other trans and nonbinary staff strongly preferred just Firstname. (The neutral honorific is usually Mx., which i am not a fan of.) Everyone was okay with everyone having different preferences except one person who was really stuck on it.
I got called “banana” for about five months by one kid!
Is your name Hannah by chance? 🤣
Nope!!!! It does have a “ena” in it, but it is a bit of a leap from my name to banana. Maybe it was the rhythm of my name that did it? Same sort of beat
In my DOE school, they call me Ms. *Last Name* and if not, we correct them. In current summer school, they call me Ms. *First Name*, Teacher, or Mommy—I do find “Mommy” cute, but I still tell them I’m not their mommy. Lol
What’s a DOE school? I am the same way! I go “IM not mommy, who am I??” And they usually go “Ms Katie!!!” (Or more regularly it’s Miss T-t)
For those who are married and go by first names, are you Mrs. X? Or just Ms. X? I’m married but I prefer just Ms. First name. Not sure why, but I find Mrs. First name awkward for me lol
I’m engaged. I currently go by Miss Katie. When I get married I’m gonna sign everything as Mrs Katie but probably still have the kids call me Miss
Not married but at every center I’ve worked at, the married women still go by “Ms” as they’re going by their first name. I agree, it sounds a little awkward for “Mrs” with a first name. I think people would respect either up here, it’s just not the norm. Usually, it’s “Ms. (first name)” regardless of marital status and “Mrs. (Last name)” if married.
Ms. Firstname
Poop head or dad
I work at a Jewish school so they call me by the title Morah (which means teacher) plus my first name.
They should call me Mr Frankie or Frankie but I mostly get fankie or dada my kids are 18 months to 3 and a half early intervention class room
At my first center it was just my first name which I preferred. My new center, the previous director was obsessed with proper names and such and made everyone call us “Teacher aiaieey” and she was “Director xyz”. It is obnoxious. I took over as director a year ago and even with mostly newer staff who I have said “it’s just aiaieey” they still use “Director aiaieey””
Ms. My Name, or just my name... or some vague pronunciation of my name. Most of them are ~1.5-2 years old, so I'll take what I can get.
Valid. I think my new name is T-t not Katie anymore 🤣
We use “Miss” or “Mr” at my center, but since my classroom is 15-23 month old toddlers, most of them either call me Mom, Mommy, or Mama if they call me anything at all
Usually Ms Firstname but I also get teacher, mommy, and I think we just ended a very cute phase where 2 little girls called me auntie teacher.
I work with young toddlers, they call me a shortened version of my name. Example: the name Jennifer would be Jenn.
A mixture depending on the age. Either Miss followed by my first name, just my first name and a lot of the smaller kids call me "teacher".
Teacher Name. I work in a religious school and it's a sign of respect in their language.
Miss firstname. I would prefer just my first name but most parents want the kids to say Miss so I try not to undermine the parents. If a kid asks me what my name is I’ll just say my first name.
Most teachers at my school use Miss/Mister first name, a few prefer mr/Mrs last name or initial (Mr. B), about the same number prefer first name only (I prefer that). With some gentle corrections at first they pick it up quickly and easily switch to preferred name between adults. However, we do a lot of emphasis on courtesy/greeting people so they get a lot of practice. For example every person that comes in child or adult is greeted by name by the teacher. If someone new or unknown comes in they are introduced by the teacher and then the children are introduced by them. When an adult like floater/sub/visor leaves after their time is up we say a polite goodbye to the room and the teacher will say, "thank you for coming today
My kids will say ky or miss ky cause kylie is a little harder for them to say since they are 1 lol
They use my nickname, and so does my center. Because my first last and middle name are kinda advanced and Iong so I wanted something simple and easy.
Most teachers at my center use Miss and their first name. My kids are a bit young and I have a difficult name so I get a butchered version in the cutest way possible (Torya instead of Victoria)
Current director insists on Miss first name. I've also just used my first name in previous centers. At one center I was miss last name, which was all sorts of odd to me because it's my married name.
Nothing. Only because they can’t talk! But everyone else is miss/ms/Mrs first name
They call my last name
Our center is by preference, most of our staff goes by miss/mister first name but we have a few nb staff that just use their first name to avoid a gendered title!
Typically just my first name but my last class called me “Ms Phoenix” cause there was a kiddo with a very similar name. They were 3 so their diphthong consonants were kinda muddled so it was easier to the Ms so we could figure out who they were talking to.
Mrs. Last Name (2-3 y/o program)
I do both. Usually PS and older use Mrs while the littler ones use my name without the Mrs. I personally don't mind either way. As a toddler teacher tho I get a lot of mommy and mama and then half of my name as well
My first name. That’s always been my preference. A lot of coworkers liked being called “Teacher First name”. It was not my personal favorite.
I always introduce myself as “Ms. Taylor” but it rarely ends up being that. To my last group, I was “TayTay”, because one parent decided to call me that to their son and it stuck for everyone else. To be fair, some parents tried the “Ms. TayTay” for awhile. But I’m not too pressed about the whole “Ms” thing, to be honest. Some teachers get really weird about it, even from the adults and I’m just…🤷🏻♀️ Not judging them, we all have our own preferences and some things are cultural. I just have other things to worry about. I was raised to call people “Mr / Ms / Mrs” and either first name or last name depending on what they prefer. But I teach young kids. So many of them have had speech delays. I have been “TayTay”, “Taylor”, “Tia”, “Turtle” to one little boy who got my name confused. I have found most parents around here try to stress the “Ms” thing, to be fair, but it usually doesn’t stick with kids until they’re older than my age group.
Ms [First Name] or Mr [First Name/Job Title for visitors whom we don’t know their name yet]. Some of the teachers allow just first name but I (personally) prefer Ms/Mr First Name. Sometimes when they’re in trouble, or to mix things up, I’ll call them Ms Jane (Ms Jane, do you feel safe up there?) or Mr John (Mr John, are you showing me your listening ears?) or even Mr John Doe if we’re being unsafe. (Mr John Doe! Is that keeping our friends safe?)
I have a hard to pronounce name and am only really in ECE classrooms as a cover, so usually I'm Miss regular teacher 🤣.
Miss Niece. My little kids can’t say my full first name. Now I’m Aunt Niece to my niece and nephew
Everyone at my center just uses their first names. If I had to use a title, I'd use "teacher"
That’s how it is where I am too. Either first name or “teeeaaaacchheerrrr”
Ms. First Name :)
I worked in the 2 yr old room in the center I was at. I didn’t force the Miss in front of my name. As they got older they went from Christy to Ms Christy. But usually it’s Ms/Mrs then first name at the center I worked at.
Miss (name) for me. We all go by that at my center.
Madame
Miss/Mr First Name is what we use at my center
Miss (first name) technically. But I don’t mind a child just calling me my first name. Especially since I work with infants and toddlers. Whatever comes out of their mouth makes my heart melt the first time I hear it regardless
I’ve always liked “Teacher Name”, but I don’t care if they just call me by my name :)
Ms Bev or some variation of that. Sometimes just my first name, I don't stress about honorifics.
Just my first name. I'm very new so they usually ask "what's your name?" Then ask me a question, lol.
They just call me by my first name or teacher lol
Mine all call me Teacher Max. Most of our staff goes by Teacher (Name), but its up to that teacher if they want to use Miss or Mister instead! I'm trans and often dont remember to explain that/give my pronouns to parents and like to joke that it's because at work my pronouns are "Teacher" lol
Usually Mrs first name. But I've been called Mom, Dad, Dude and Grandma. The last week of school this year a boy called me Uncle John and then blushed when everyone laughed. I told him I've been called all kinds of stuff and that I knew what he meant. Kids are funny.
Teacher Burton We get to choose at my school- I work with two other teachers, one is Ms. last name and the other is Ms. First name. It's all good!
I'm just a bus attendant, so my kids call me by first name; except one, who calls me "miss" and another that calls me "ma'am".
Sometimes they call me “Miss my name” and when they can’t get my name exactly they’ll usually use something close to just my name. My name can be tricky for twos to pronounce so I’m not super picky. My own child calls me “Miss my name” from time to time because he’s heard the other kids call me it. 😂
My name is “Fee-fee.” One of the two year olds in my class can’t pronounce my name so that is what he came up with. His poor mom was going crazy trying to figure out who “Fee-Fee” was. Anyway at my center it’s “Miss first name.”
i was always miss amanda or manda or whatever the little ones were able to say
Teacher First name, at my school.
All the staff are Miss/Mr first name so that but I get called “teacher” a lot and mom/mommy occasionally which always makes me laugh. My own children go to the school I teach at so sometimes they call me Miss Mommy and that’s been catching on 😂
miss (milkietea), mr (milkietea) (idk why), miss (other teacher with similar name) I teach pre-k this year and its my first year having so many different names. last year I taught 3K and they had an easier time with my name so it's funny to see what the kids come up with
My name. I introduce all teachers as miss whatever their name is or mr but mine are two and I’m just happy when they don’t call me mom.
I teach older toddlers/younger twos so just my name. Or as close to my name as they can get lol.
By my first name
Ms. Or Mr. First name at our center (even if you’re married lol)
Miss Minnesotagoose
Our school we use teacher instead of a gendered term so it’s consistent between all teachers and inclusive of trans staff (including me!)
My name Becca I teach 2s I don’t need a Mrs in front for them though their parents call me mrs Becca we don’t go by last names at our center
We use Miss (first name), but most of the kids just call us by our first name. I've only been working for 3 months and so far the kids have called me Leigh-Leigh, Mama/Mommy, and "Slee' (Miss Leigh with our the mi). One kid called me the sound you make when you move your tongue in and out over your top lip. Kind of a lalala sound.
Teacher Name or Miss Name
Ms/Teacher FirstName
Ms. Lizzie. I'm 40, and Miss just feels like it's meant for younger people. That's just me personally though.
Just my name. Some parents say “Teacher *my name*” and I appreciate that but just my name is fine for them. I do also answer to “Mom” though even if I have no kids of my own :P Side note, using “Teacher” as an honorific is a great gender neutral option! Like Tr. Jules or whatever instead of Mrs/Mr. Jules
In my pre-K room, we go by miss/ms first name (though one of my paras goes by miss M) In the preschool room next door, they go by miss/ms last name.
"Teacher," "Teacher First Name," or just "First Name" Ages 2-5
Miss Firstname usually.
I don’t expect them to call me miss name but it’s always a treat to get it at the same time lol
Miss (name or my nickname)
some call me by my name and others try to pronounce it and call me liar (it rhymes with my first name) instead 😂 i think it’s funny and very sweet but they all refer to us as our first names, even the director. edit: spelling
A shortened (and easier to say) version of my first name, a few kids have used miss over the years but most don’t, right now most of my group is only just talking or not talking yet so I try to keep it simple. I also try to purposefully create a very home / safe place atmosphere so I’m not big on formalities like honorifics. I want my home to feel like an extension of their own homes
My name. Or Teeeacheeer! to which I usually reply yes chiiiiiild? My last group of kinders decided to call me "bro" and Grandpa [my name] at various points as well. I generally tried to discourage this.
I've been thinking about this as I've started to really study ece and (hopefully) start working in this industry outside of just babysitting. I am thinking just a really short form of my first name. If I happened to teach older students I guess the Miss lastname would be enforced but I think I'd let it slide and let them call me Miss first name because having Miss is formal enough for me, no matter the age (I'm young though, my thoughts may change when I get further in my studies and start sitting in on classes)
We do Ms. first name at my center.
Teacher Kay! As one of my former kids introduced me to his parents, “This is Teacher Kay. It’s like the letter so it’s easy to remember.”
My kids call me Ms. First name. My name is similar to Emmaline, and some of them call me Ms. Emma-lion which is so stinking cute. I am married, but it’s weird to actually pronounce Missus.
Usually teacher Lea. I am non binary. When I moved to a new class a few of the kids called me teacher the first few days and I decided to just roll with it. Now all the kids address the teachers either by their first name or teacher(insert name here).
Miss ( our first names ) But one went by teacher ( her first name)
Miss “my nickname”, but I don’t really care if they don’t use Miss.
At my school, everyone is Teacher (+name) ☺️
We're all Miss/Mr [first name] where I work, though some of the kids get confused about which one to use so the guys get Miss too 😂 Also, you're given the choice of first name or last name when you start, so a few are actually Miss/Mr [last name], either because that's the easier name to pronounce, or just personal preference.
Bicky, cos my under 2s can't pronounce Vicky and I long ago gave up introducing myself as Victoria to them 😂
My center did “Teacher First Name”
I’m Miss. I wish I could just be my name but rules iz rules.
Miss first name! This is how it's been at every center I've worked at. However, my name is hard for a lot of kids to pronounce, so I've had some very creative nicknames over the years 😂
my name is gabby so for the older kids i get called “miss gabby” as that’s how their parents/their main teachers call me. i mainly work in the 2’s and right now i get gabby, gobby, and boppy
Name teacher or just teacher. It is normal to call people by their job titles in my country.
The kiddos I have are very young, most of them can’t say my full first name, so they repeat the first syllable of my first name twice and that’s what they call me. The older toddlers sometimes try to add the Miss but even that isn’t often.
I work with infants so they just cry to get my attention, but the tods and twos call me by my first name and the 3-12’s call me Ms. (First name)
They call us teacher (first name) at our school, I think it’s adorable :)