At this time, a qualified educator earns $17 an hour, on average. A director earns $22 an hour, median wage.
Here is what happens. These are often non-profit centres. Each centre is managed by small volunteer parent associations. Often there are no pension plans, and there is really nothing attractive about the profession. We ask a lot from the educators; they often work long hours, in difficult conditions, without any real compensation. So these jobs are not really attractive.
What I have seen over the past few years is that not only do we have trouble recruiting new educators, but also many of them leave the profession.
They work between three and five years in the profession, and then they leave because it's not worth it.