I think it must depend on which Tutor Time. I think they are all independently owned. My child attends one in Queens and I like it a lot - although to be honest I’m a first time mom so I don’t have a real frame of reference.
But I do know that so far I’ve felt comfortable leaving my child there and I’ve made a surprise visit more than once to the school and found him to be happy and healthy. His school posts the menu for the week as well as the curriculum for the week so that I can see what he’s eating and doing each day. I’ve also got a nice collection of things he’s “made” at school.
Also, I get a “report card” each day detailing his activities for the day. The teachers in his class know I am concerned about his language development and have been keeping me posted if he says anything and have been working with him in that regard. Granted, I call the school twice a day to check in, so maybe they are more attentive to my son. I ended up sending my son there based on the recommendation of another mom who loved it there. She was referred herself by a mom who takes her child to another Tutor Time in Queens.
The one thing that does concern me is the turnover rate. He lost two teachers when he was in “tinfants” and now he’s losing a teacher in toddlers. I really liked his teacher in toddlers.
I need to double check this but I think the director told me when we applied that the teachers in the older classes have to be real teachers by law.
I’ve even been chastised a few times by teachers for things like not having the proper shoes for the baby when he was 1st learning to walk (I immediately went out and bought the pair of shoes she told me to buy), for not giving him enough floor time at home when he was small, etc. My friend got into “trouble” from one of the teachers for walking into the infants room with her feet uncovered. Even though being scolded made me feel like the worst mom in the world, I feel like the teachers are very conscious of my son’s development. That's just my experience, thus far.
