Description

Hiring and recruiting staff is one of the biggest challenges that child care directors face in this day of early care and education.You are not alone in the challenge of finding qualified, dedicated and knowledgeable staff while maintaining a high-quality center as well as maintaining staff/child ratios. Once we find staff, we want them to learn and succeed which will ensure that the children in the program are learning and are successful. Often, we find ourselves hiring staff and having them start immediately in the classroom (on-the-job training) with a scant orientation. With the "sink or swim" mentality the new teacher/staff will often sink. At this training we will explore the value of creating a progressive orientation process as a way to fully integrate teachers/staff into your program. We will focus on the hiring and orientation process as a method for retaining staff. We will discuss ways to lead new teachers/staff to become a part of your team with a common mission and vision.