Detail of daycare registrations in Ahrensfelde: What is behind it?

Detail of daycare registrations in Ahrensfelde: What is behind it?

In the Ahrensfelde region, a further decline in new registrations for crèche and day care center is currently being found. According to Barnim Aktuell , the persistently low birth rate and a lower influx rate are responsible for this. Some facilities are now only around 70 percent. This development means that changes in the staff of the daycare centers were necessary.

The municipality of Ahrensfelde reacted to the declining registrations. The pedagogical specialists are adapted to the current number of children, with redistribution to other facilities. This affects educators who have reoriented themselves professionally without laying down. As the current situation shows, the specialist staff used continues to ensure high quality support, which also corresponds to the legal requirements for personnel assessment.

Personnel assessment and quality

In the Brandenburg region, the entire childcare rate is estimated to be 73 %, with only 60 % of the children under the age of three in a crib. Around 98 % of the kindergarten children are looked after in a daycare center, as the Brandenburg specialist portal for childcare.

Personnel assessment is not based on fixed key numbers, but is designed on the basis of the total number of children. The guidelines state that a specialist can take care of up to 13 children in individual cases. The general assessment basis says 1: 4.25 for U3 children, 1:10 for over three years old children and 1:15 from primary school age. The management staff of the facilities organize the care in such a way that the safety and well -being of the children is preserved.

Overall, the municipality of Ahrensfelde operates four daycare centers and two after -school care facilities, in which 119 educators and six leaders are employed. This personnel equipment guarantees the quality of the care in the future. The district of Brandenburg has also invested over 500 million euros annually in childcare since 2020, an amount that has been increased to 685.2 million euros for 2023, such as data from Destatis show.

The changes in Ahrensfelde are part of a more comprehensive trend that affects childcare in all of Brandenburg. Above all, the adjustments in the staffing and the new advisory structures aim to meet the challenges of low registrations and the changing social structures.