My son attends a parent co-op preschool. Unfortunately, some personal issues have come up for the teacher he had last year, and she’s having to leave in the middle of the school year. I will be taking over for her (I have a Masters in education and two years teaching experience at the second grade level). I am very excited for this opportunity but nervous to be taking over someone else’s classroom in the middle of the year and looking at a lot of unknowns for the future (I may take this position long term.) I will have some curriculum calendars that I can follow if I want, and there is another teacher with the same class level, so we will be working together closely. On that level, I’m not nervous. I am, though, wondering what it is that makes you love your child’s preschool teacher. I was a fairly strict second grade teacher (I taught in a rough neighborhood and Chicago). And was very focused on academics (my classroom was fun but my students were 1-2 years behind grade level, so we had to be pretty focused). This school is play-based. I will be teaching three and four-year-olds.