Nursery World - Rebuilding Your Staff Team, Part 2

Now is the time to encourage staff to see change as a positive process and to reflect on their practice and identify any areas for improvement, explains Jo Caswell

As leaders juggle the challenge of welcoming children back into settings, they must also prioritise the need for updated staff training. Now is a key time to review practice and ensure all staff fully understand, and adhere to, new guidance which dictates how settings can stay open safely. Reflecting on the professional development of staff has never been more important.

In my first article, I wrote about the importance of ensuring staff felt fully supported by leaders on their return to work. The importance of pastoral care and the assessment of individual need is vital. So, what have staff meetings and individual discussions told you? What do staff need and how will you provide for this? In my experience, many leaders devise setting improvement plans and annual training logs. But how relevant are these now? Are targets which were set prior to the coronavirus outbreak still relevant?

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