We are doing these Training with our staff on regular basis
- Workshops
- Effective Supervision
- Building Relationships with Children
- Building Relationships with Families
- Allow me to have a Moment
- Emotional Vocabulary
- Play in the Environment
Coaching
- Effective Supervision
Transitions, safety procedure moving from one room to the next, positioning, scanning, room rules and implementing rules - Supportive Responsive Relationships
Positive specific feedback, positively stated expectations, Use specific and descriptive encouragement for children’s skills, behavior and activities. - Give directions that are short, simple, and specific. Make sure children understand the directions you have given.
- Give positive and specific encouragement to children.
- Comment frequently on children’s appropriate behavior
- Join children’s play and support/expand their interactions
Co-workers Relationships
- Provide encouragement and support to the colleagues
- Plan with classroom staff on how to work as a team
- Make teaming and collaboration a priority
High Quality Environments Transitions
- Prepare children for changes that occur in the schedule
- Provide a whole class warning prior to transitions
- Develop games and songs to create engaging transitions
- Teach steps of transitions and expectations
- Provide positive specific feed back to children who transition appropriately engage all students in the transition
Schedules and Routines
- Plan both large and small group activities
- Include a balance of teacher directed and child led activities
Classroom Design
- Adequate number and variety of centres to maintain children’s interest
HR Support
- Policies and Procedures and organizational tools and skills
- Staff retention and Staff discipline procedure
- Professional development support
- Community Resources
- Leadership team and task list
- Coaching floor supervisor
- Using a strength based approach with staff
- Inter staff relationships
- Leadership support –building on strength of directors
- HR Resources Occupational Standards Task list and manual
- Use of HR Toolkit and Childcare Lounge web resource.
- Getting back to Nature
- Expand your thinking, Imagination in play