Early Years Setting Management
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Job Descriptions
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As we return for a new year and term our staffing situation has changed......joint supervisor has returned from maternity leave to step down to deputy working 2 days a week...another lady has been taken on to 'job share' and do the 3 other days. I would like to give all members of staff at our next meeting a job description showing their roles and responsibilities....i have done a search on here but can't seem to find anything!!! This is a list of the staff and job titles that I would like to have descriptions for:::: Supervisor Deputy Senior assistant Nursery assistant I've probably got mine somewhere(?!)but can't put my hand on it Anyone help please …
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Staff! Hmmmmm
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Hi all you wonderful people here, I need some advice...... I have a staff member who has received a written warning for leaving a child in the room alone (this was November 07). At this time we also had issues with this member of staffs attitude, and the fact that the staff member seemed generally uninterested in being aorund the children and involved in nursery life. following the verbal warning things did seem to improve... however, today i have had a written complaint from a member of staff telling me that the member of staff (the one with the warning) had told a child to go away (she then guided him away from herself but did this a little forcibly and …
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How much information do you think a committee run pre school should give a pre school leader. I ask because it seems that in my pre school the committee have become very secretive in providing any form of imformation about the finances, meetings they have and general fundraising and ideas for the future. It feels as though the staff are just there to run the session. We are not allowed to view any information that is sent to the setting and now outside agencies(EYDO) speak to the Chair and not the leader or deputy as before. All staff feel as though we are not trusted but I feel the chair has almost taken over and is on some form of power trip! I would welcome yo…
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Hi, Wonder if anyone can help me. I need some guidance on how to do staff appraisals. Not done them before and unsure where to start, what format they should take and general good practice that should be followed. We are a small village pre-school and I have 5 staff members who work part time. Suzie
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Has anyone got any tried and tested methods for reducing staff absence. I have a large setting with an outrageous level! Have made inroads to the problem but would like to introduce something that has a dramatic and immediate impact! Any ideas? Anyone had a similar problem that they have resolved?
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Milk Claims
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I have spent ages this morning going through the last term's registers and calculating actual attendance for my milk claim form. Half way through it occurred to me that maybe expected attendance is sufficient, eg 20 on a Monday, 19 on a Tues, calculated over the term. Does anyone know? I haven't ever completed the actual form as our Treasurer does this so am not sure what it asks for.
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Parents Questionaire
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Good evening all, i am now approaching the end of the first half term in my new job- nursery reception and i was going to try and do pupil perceptions, just to get idea of what they thought so far. i was also hoping to do one for the parents and this is where i need help, the parents are involved quite a bit and i thought it might be useful to get some views. i would be very grateful if you had some ideas of questions i could ask of if anyone has an example of this, thanks all ger
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Persistent Abscence
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Has anyone had any experience of a staff member who is frequently off ill. I am experiencing this. She is either ill or off with her daughter - a lot more than is acceptable. It is really starting to affect the team she works with and the quality of provision. Have had meetings with her but there are no causes. Half the time tho I don't believe her.
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Committee Problems 1 2 3
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Hi , I am a pre-school leader and have been for six years. We have recently got a new chairperson who is a close friend and next door neighbor of a member of staff. This week I have Has anyone any thoughts?
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Raising Profile Of Deputy
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Because we open such long hours, and are such a large nursery, I am lucky to have 2 deputies. One is full-time and is based on one floor of the nursery; the other works 20 hours and leads the pre-school on the other floor. Her shifts vary greatly from week to week, and she does not get out of the room much, because I want her to lead the grant times as much as possible. Therefore, if I am off, it it usually the full-time deputy who steps in as manager. Anyway, I was off all of last week, and it materialises today that they found the week a bit tough. In particular, the part-time deputy said that on the day she was acting as manager, she had staff who either went ag…
