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[Guest sinfin]

Hi

 

I am in the process of updating staff job descriptions and after recently attending some training OFSTED see the role of nursery nurse as more of a teacher as they are ensuring the children have all the teaching and learning opportunities whilst attending the settings and are teaching the children.

I was wondering if you would still call them a nursery nurse or early years practitioner or even early years educator.

Thanks

[SueFinanceManager]

HI

I have moved this to the wider forum area where there is a little more traffic so hopefully people will be along soon with some suggestions for you

Sue

Admin team

[AnonyMouse_63]

Hi Sinfin

 

At present time we are using Early Years Manager, Early Years Deputy and Early Years Assistant as role titles and all staff are referred to as Early Years Practitioners.

 

Carol

[AnonyMouse_12960]

I would stay away from qualifications based job descriptions like EYE as I think it causes confusion, ie new EYE qual is so very different from the old level 3 qual. I go with manager, deputy, nursery nurse (for all other qualifieds) and nursery assistant for unqualifieds.

 

I think that early years really does have a plethora of names for roles that must be so very confusing for parents. I personally hate the "room leader" titles, but it's just a matter of personal taste I guess.

 

At the end of the day, we are all practitioners.....so i guess each to their own.

[AnonyMouse_22106]

We are 2 - 4yr old setting in 1 hall

Manager

Deputy Manager

Keyworker (still can't get my head around keyperson!)

Assistant - no key children

[AnonyMouse_33773]

We call the key persons 'leaders'. Those without key children are 'assistants'. I'm a 'leader' and 'manager'. Another is a 'leader' and 'deputy manager'. In the job description we are 'early years educators'.