At no point in my previous letter (2 November) did I state that I felt hard work and dedication were enough. Training is very important to our profession. What I said was that asking a playgroup manager or supervisor to be qualified to degree level was unrealistic and unnecessary. Melissa appears to have failed to take in my point which she herself has found out - namely, playgroups do not generate enough money to be able to pay staff to be qualified to this level and, as she has found out, if you pay for it yourself you cannot get a job in early years to repay that investment.
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