Team Development Day

Each Friday morning, all team leaders are meeting with Margaret, Kate and Karen. The purpose of these meetings is to further develop the Child Initiated Approach and the way we work with children. We decided as a team to focus on transitions for the children.

We began the process by looking at the way we greeted families and children to the centre. Our aim was to make families and children feel welcome to the centre, as well as engaging with children and developing a smooth transition for them in the morning. You may have noticed a change in the way our educators have been greeting you. Thank you to the families you have given such positive feedback about this morning transition. We greatly appreciate your comments and have also noticed the positive benefits which have resulted from this change.

Our next progression was to concentrate on the morning tea transition. We looked at being prepared by setting the environment ready for children, working with small groups during this time and assisting the children and scaffolding their needs according to their individual development. We have also encouraged families to be involved in this process by helping to wash children’s hands, seating them and possibly helping them with any resources they need, such as water bottles.

After the morning tea transition, the next process was to look at nappy change and toileting transitions. We focused on preparing everything needed and then preparing the children by talking to them about the process.

Article submitted by Karen Mitchell, Senior Team Leader, July 2009

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