And kindergarten teachers are in a particularly difficult position as far as skills and training, because most of them are only certified for early education (age 2.9 through 8). Unless they have an additional certification, they literally have only been taught how to teach through second grade skills. So not only are they dealing with situations for which they have no prepared curriculum or routine experience, they have zero training as educators for any level of material beginning from grade 3.
Since early ed certification usually goes up through grade 2, you have to expect that many second grade teachers are in exactly this situation; they've topped out their instructional range. Actually, this might be a subtle argument for double promotion from second to third, if otherwise on the fence, as it raises the probability that the teacher will have skills for above grade-level instruction.
