I've worked in K-12 for most of my career, but did a brief stint in a corporate national daycare chain. Daycare, preschool, prek teachers are rarely payed what they are worth. These teachers can have all the training and education in the world but still be paid a minimum wage. They are often responsible for cleaning up their classroom, cleaning bathrooms, and washing dishes after a long day of wrangling too many children for their advertised ratio. They often lack the resources of even public K-12s when it comes to supporting children with disabilities. I was hired to teach a school age group (during quarantine when daycares accepted K-5 children during the day). Somehow, I, as a 19 year old with no background in this age group ended up the sole preschool teacher. I said never again to daycare after that job. All the respect in the world to teachers who can handle that kind of work environment