Do you think maybe the director gives her more "direction"? I had an assistant for a while that would only respond to direct instruction and I had to let her go because it doesn't work for me, but because you can't fire her could you start setting her up with 5-6 kids (her half) and give them an activity to do? Or chat with her and let her know that you will be doing x and expect her to do x.

I have also noticed with my current assistant that the kids just don't mind her as well as they do me. She has to say something twice to my once. Maybe since she isn't there as often as you are the kids are taking advantage and she doesn't know how to handle it.

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