ECE II

1. ECE II Objective 2.02 Understand strategies for staffing early childhood programs.

2. Have you ever been hired for a summer or part-time job? • What do you know about the steps the person in charge went through before deciding to hire you? • Did you have to fill out an application? • Did you provide a resume? A portfolio? An interview? • Did the person tell you why you were chosen to be hired? • What if you were in charge of a child care center? • How would you go about selecting your staff members? • First thing to do is to decide what types of people you are looking for.

3. “Quest for Success” • 2.02 Unpacked Content • list beneath that title the 11 characteristics of employees who can work successfully with children. • Select one of the characteristics. • 20-30 minutes to look up the meanings of words, look in the texts for information, and discuss your own ideas about why their assigned characteristic is so essential for success. • Think about examples that illustrate the importance of the characteristic.

4. Okay…. • You are the owner/director of: • iPlay Learning Center • You need to hire some people to work. • What do you need? • What type of people do you want to hire? • Do you want somebody with a good personality? • Great credentials? • Good references? • Long history of working with children? • Educated?

5. Really…. • What would you look for? • This is something else to think about when you are applying for a position. • What would it take for you to get that job/position? • What would you want from your employees?

6. So…. • That is what we are going to focus on…. • Not just getting a job • BUT • “staffing” our EC Program • One day!!!

7. Glance at what we will be discussing—do not copy! Strategies for staffing EC programs • Staff positions in your EC program • Hire people to work for you • Government regulations regarding hiring practices • Application process • Must fill out an application. • Do you want a resume? • Call references • Forms on file before new employees begin work • New employee orientation • Intern trainings for staff • Look for employees with the characteristics needed to work successfully with children • Consider relevant characteristics of the early childhood program • Identify responsibilities for each position

8. Strategies for staffing early childhood programs • Pretend you run/own your on child care center. What are some qualities/characteristics you would look for in an employee who needs to work successfully with children? May I have a volunteer to come to board? Your classmates will help you come up with character traits. Thank you!

9. Make sure you or your employees are… • Knowledgeable of child development • Patient • Kind • Committed to children and families • Honest • Reliable • Tolerant of family units and differences • Sense of humor • Mature judgment • Willingness to learn • Confident in abilities

10. Your topic • After you have picked 1 of the 11 qualities, you will be determining in your own words what the quality means. • You will then come up with a situation or scenario explaining why you need to possess this quality. • Be ready to put your answers on the board at the end of this PP Presentation.

11. Consider relevant characteristics of the early childhood program • Size of program • # of children to be served • Types of services offered • Sponsorships • Support, funding, finance • State regulations • Policies, rules • Skills & training of available employees copy Relevant: important, pertinent, applicable, related, appropriate, significant

12. Identify responsibilities for each position • Write a job description for each position on your paper • Child care administrator • Lead teacher • Teacher • Teacher’s aide • Substitute • Volunteer • Intern STAFF Positions in an EC program copy

13. Follow state guidelines for staffing a child care program • Staff positions in an early childhood program • Government regulations regarding hiring practices • Application process • Forms on file before new employees begin work • New employee orientation • Intern trainings for staff Do not copy

14. Government regulations regarding hiring practices • 1964 Civil Rights Act and amendments prohibit discrimination in hiring on the basis of race, color, sex, age, disability, or national origin • Equal Opportunity Employer copy

15. Application process • Receive completed application forms • Check criminal backgrounds and references • Screen applicants • select applicants to be interviewed • Interview selected applicants copy

16. Forms on file before new employees begin work • Completed application • Current medical examination with negative TB Test • Clear criminal background check • Emergency contact information • Completed W-4 for income tax purposes • Proof of educational status • Proof of age • Social Security number copy

17. New employee orientation • Tour facilities • Overview procedures used in center • Provide a mentor • Provide copy of staff handbook copy

18. Intern trainings for staff • First Aid Training • Sessions to learn how to respond in emergency situations • Communicable Disease Training • Sessions to learn about diseases that can be passed from one person to another • Safety Training • Basis ways to stay safe • Gloves when handling bodily fluid, raw food, etc copy

19. Which illustrates an early childhood worker who is committed to children and families? The early childhood worker: • cancelled a parent conference for the third time in order to take time from work and go shopping. • complained when her pay check did not arrive on time. • saved one fourth of each pay check toward a down payment on a house. • used most of her lunch break to help a parent of one of her children with a pressing problem. Answer D Copy question and correct answer

20. Which is an example of a substitute in a child care center? • Miss Barton works in a center one hour each day as part of her Early Childhood course. • Mr. Cash assists the lead teacher each day with activities for the children. • Mrs. Darnell plans the daily activities for the children when the regular teacher is out. • Ms. Evans hires the workers in the child care center. Answer C Copy question and correct answer

21. “Want Ad---The Ideal EC Employee,” Appendix 2.02A • Write a want ad for an ideal early childhood employee, being as clear and concise as possible. • May I have a volunteer to Google or call the local newspaper to find out the cost per word of a want ad. • Then, calculate the costs of their ads at the going local rate. • Have students evaluate their own and other students’ ads according to “best message” and “most economical” giving 1 to 5 stars in each category per ad. • Share and discuss. Completed Friday-make sure it is in your notebook!

22. Directions: Use the space to write a want ad for the ideal early childhood employee. Remember that the objective when writing an ad is to use as few words and characters as possible to keep the cost down. Find out how much it costs per word to print a “Help Wanted” ad in your local newspaper. Google? Write your want ad, being as clear and concise as possible. Then, calculate the cost of your ad at the going rate. Ads will be evaluated according to “best message” and “most economical.” Want Ad---The Ideal EC Employee HELP WANTED

23. “How Can You Tell?” Appendix 2.02B • Directons: • May I have a volunteer to read the opening paragraphs? • Discuss meanings of terms used to describe successful employees. • You may use your notes as a reference for terms and definitions. • Develop applicant profiles according to directions on handout. • Group yourself according to DOB…whoever has a birthday closest to yours….talk to each other to find out. • Collect all applicant profiles and distribute randomly. • For each profile, have teams of students plan and present a two-minute role play in which the applicant is seen displaying, or not displaying, the characteristics described in the profile. • Observe and see if you can identify the characteristic and tell how an employee with this characteristic might affect the effective operation of a child care center. • Look at next slide…..

24. It seems a “no-brainer” that anyone would want an employee who is honest, patient, kind, reliable, and so on. The list of desirable characteristics for staff members is not surprising at all. Perhaps there are other positive qualities that you would add to the list; but the more critical question becomes: How can you tell when a person has these characteristics? Basically, when you are the person doing the hiring, you may have to be very observant to determine from an interview whether an applicant has the characteristics needed to be effective as a member of the staff and to work well with children. Let’s use role play to gain some practice at this. Write a profile of an early childhood applicant. Include the person’s name, age, and other characteristics of your choice. Include evidence of at least three positive characteristics and evidence that at least one positive characteristic is missing. Describe the person in such a way as to make him/her seem “believable.” We will use the applicant profiles to role play excerpts from interviews and see how observant we can be! Please do not share what you have written with any other students. Characteristics Needed to Work Successfully with Children Patient Reliable Willingness to learn Kind Sense of humor Confident in abilities Honest Mature judgment Tolerant of family differences Knowledgeable of child development Committed to children and families How Can You Tell? Do not cut apart!

25. “Things to Consider When Hiring Staff.” Appendix 2.02C * Size of program---number of children to be served * Types of services offered * Sponsorships * State regulations * Skills and training of available employees • Use textbook and/or notes, not a partner to find more info. and take notes in and around the spaces on your handout.

26. “Who Does What?” Appendix 2.02D • Fill in the blanks naming staff member positions in a child care center. • Word bank on next slide • Outline an organizational chart for staff in a center. • Have them use flow chart format with boxes for positions and lines to show relationships among positions. • I will show you how • Or you can use publisher

27. 2.02 D word bank • Intern • Volunteer • Patient • Substitute • Kind • Administrator • Committed • Teacher • Honest • Reliable • Tolerant • Lead teacher • Confident Teacher • Teacher’s aide

28. “Write a Job Description.” Appendix 2.02E • Use textbooks and supplemental references to find information needed to write a job description for one of the staff positions in early childhood programs. • Child care administrator • Lead teacher • Teacher • Teacher’s aide • Substitute • Volunteer • Intern • When finished, trade papers, and read job descriptions for other positions. • Compare the tasks and responsibilities of the various positions, as well as the requirements for obtaining these positions

29. “State Guidelines for Staffing.” Appendix 2.02F • Find answers to the questions using your notes. (or textbook, mostly notes) • Record answers in your own words whenever possible.