New DCD Just Shushed One Of My Assistants

[Preschool/daycare teacher]

DCD called about an hour after I sent the email. He profusely apologized for doing what he did, and while he did just do it to sneak up on DCB, he can see how it came across to my assistant and he stresses that it will never happen again. He also wanted her number so he could apologize to her.

Wasn't about to give him her number for multiple reasons, but I told him I'd pass along the message and let her know. He seemed genuine enough, but nobody gets my assistants numbers.

Just to note: I wasn't "threatening" him with termination. I "warned" him that this could be classified as disrespect and THAT was grounds for termination. I could care less if he was trying to sneak up on his kid, but anything less than complete and utter respect for either of my assistants ruffles my feathers big time.

I can easily replace a family. I CANNOT easily replace an assistant as great as my two. I chose to back up my assistant and it paid off well

Not to go off-topic, but just curious why no one gets your assistant's phone number? I'm just merely curious because I like when the parents have my number and can contact me directly if they need to instead of having to do a chain of phone calls and bother the owner if it's something I can help with or am in charge of at the time (when the owner is not at the daycare, has a day off, on vacation, etc). But wondering if maybe there's something I'm missing, or a potential problem this could cause?
I want to work for you, too! I love hearing someone talk about how much they value their assistants. That is great!

[cheerfuldom]

Not to go off-topic, but just curious why no one gets your assistant's phone number? I'm just merely curious because I like when the parents have my number and can contact me directly if they need to instead of having to do a chain of phone calls and bother the owner if it's something I can help with or am in charge of at the time (when the owner is not at the daycare, has a day off, on vacation, etc). But wondering if maybe there's something I'm missing, or a potential problem this could cause?
I want to work for you, too! I love hearing someone talk about how much they value their assistants. That is great!

Oh I NEVER give my assistants numbers out either. I dont allow them to babysit for daycare families either. I dont want a family trying to entice my assistant away from me after all my hard work in finding and training her (my current one is wonderful and has been here over a year). The parents talk to me about any issues, not the assistants. In fact, I like to time the assistant shifts for when they do not even have direct contact with the parents. Parents trying to take assistants away IS a big issue.