Aussie Childcare Network Forum

please help, i am completely stuck on this one.

Question 1 :
What are the steps involved in identifying and incorporating an effective practice? What are the potential benefits to employees of having effective practices?

the only thing i have is:

1. making sure that the staff have a clear vision.


im not sure if im on the right track or not


thanks

Well I have decided to start with the basics as my approach to this question: Starting with the simple question, what is practice? Simply put, a practice can refer to an activity, strategy, methodology, system, process, technique, tactic,or approach. For example, a youth-serving mentoring organization may discover that utilizing online social
networking sites to recruit mentors or electing youth ambassadors to sit on the organization’s board of directors are both effective practices or a child care provider my discover that retraining of staff on service policies and procedures every three months is effective practice.Definitions and standards around what constitutes an effective practice vary throughout child care centres or educators. You may consider revisiting your personal philosophy and service philosophy to identify what constitutes effective practice. That said potential benefits are many but not limited to;
1- Meeting National Quality standards
2-Best outcomes for children and familiesWhy Identify Effective Practices?
3-Improved quality of services offered to clients
4-Improved use of resources by avoiding “reinventing the wheel”
5-Identification and replacement of poor practices with proven strategies and programs
ƒ6-Increased knowledge and understanding of best practice and consequently increased performance from management and staff.
I hope this sets you in the right direction.
Cheers!

ok thanks for that

Pleasure!

hey quick question

would you know where to find the info to answer this??

10. What considerations should be covered in a policy / procedure addressing confidentiality in relation to staff processes?

thanks

-Verbal and written information -- including texts and social networking posts -- photos and video; child enrolment records; child assessment records; information on children's health and medical conditions; information about families/ individual children and other staff members and information about your employer.

Thank you so much

HI another Question sorry to be a pain.

What are some of the training and professional development activities that you can encourage and facilitate staff to access, to address an identified skills gap?


All i have is WHS training i can't think off any other's. thanks