Sunday, October 27, 2013
How can a director provide effective training that has a positive outcome for all staff?
A director should build an individual relationship with each staff member just as a relationship is built between a teacher and child. By having a relationship, the director can individualize training that is interesting. Also, there are different learning styles, so understanding the different learning styles can make any training more interesting if the staff member have options. On page 145 in the textbook, there is an example of a training with multiple intelligences in mind; spatial, logical-mathematical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, kinesthetic, musical, and verbal-linguistic. Through my experience, the trainings that I have enjoyed were hands-on and interactive. By making it fun instead of reading verbatim, I am able to retain information. Providing a training is like coaching, everyone needs to learn the play, but they all learn in different ways. With patience, understanding, support, and encouragement, one must create the training and utilize the different intelligences for everyone to personally enjoy and comprehend what is being taught or understanding the purpose of the training.
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Hi Anjoleen,
ReplyDeleteRelationship -- this seems to be what is being discussed across the blogs. How can a director create a space where building and fostering relationships is paramount to the daily work in the program? Can this deep commitment to relationships become a way to envision policy and practice? How might relationship be the impetus of becoming for a director, teachers, children, and families?
I keep thinking about how teaching is moving towards a standardization of teaching evaluations. For example, Head Start uses the CLASS assessment. Even though the intent is professional development, there is something to be said for a checklist created by an outside agency impacting how a teacher works within a classroom. Can this be seen as a way of breaking down the ability to create and develop relationships? Has accountability made relationships a possible add-on rather than a critical component?
Jeanne
Hey Anjoleen,
ReplyDeleteThere are many benefits towards creating valuable relationships among staff members. Knowing the types of training and resources to provide for your staff is important and a characteristic of a quality director. What affect do valued relationships take upon the preschool program? When staff demonstrates respect and support for one another what image does it present to the families and community they serve? Acknowledging the importance of directors to support and coach staff how would this affect the way in which we speak to individual staff members? How would this idea affect the way the director envisions the program as a whole? Should they see from each individuals perspective? Or the group as one entity?
Hello Anjoleen,
ReplyDeleteAs I read your blog I could not help realize this is exactly what in many of my classes we discussed about how to individualized for the students in our classroom. Have you thought about how you would go evaluate each of your staff? What types of tools would you use evaluate? For example, surveys, observations, interviews from past and present parents. I like that you talk about using multiple intelligence to figure how the staff member best learn. How would you integrate all of these styles into a workshop? One last thought, how would you ensure a balance of being the director and building a relationship with staff?
Jenna