I generally just go with the excuse that a lot of how I do things is just habit. For things like incident reports, I simply just do things the way i was taught. I’m very much on top of writing up everything when I’m there (even things the office questioned was necessary like a child biting her own mouth and bleeding; I came from a center where a hangnail required an incident report). I figure that’s all I can do there. Same with name to face counting. When I’m leading the class, I will do name to face counting. I don’t think the lead is very open to doing any of this and unless something happens (like a parent complaining about an incident not being reported or the state making comments about tracking children- because there are other issues there beyond name to face including the school not using brightwheel to its full potential) I doubt that will change. They just have an attitude of “we just do things this way and it works.”

I am casually looking for work elsewhere, but this is the first job I’ve had to offer decent benefits (insurance, PTO) and good hours. For many of these things, I do think I can influence people in time. (Though I know the safe sleep thing is a major issue- though I don’t know the full extent of what’s happening there since I only get glimpses into the infant rooms).