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Staff Roles and Responsibilities
- Plan for a play oriented environment.
- Respect and value the individuality of each child
- Recognise, respect and affirm individual cultural differences
- Implement affirmative action to ensure equality of opportunity for all children and families in respect of gender, marital status, physical and intellectual ability, race, nationality, sexuality and social economic status.
- Articulate the goals for the curriculum content.
- Are well organised and prepared so that most of their contact time is spent interacting with the children.
- Are constantly evaluating each child's development.
- Are flexible and responsive to spontaneous events.
- Use language which challenges the children's thinking and imagination.
- Model appropriate values and attitudes through personal example.
- Address problems by careful observation and skilful intervention.
- Are relaxed and show warmth in their contact with children and adults.
- Acknowledge and celebrate achievement.
- Welcome parents and encourage their participation.
- Have strategies to ensure accountability to the children, their parents, the agency and the profession.
- Observe, record and evaluate our programme to assess its effectiveness and plan for improvement.
Behaviour Management
At Bertram Hawker kindergarten we:
- believe everyone has the right to feel safe
- teach children to take responsibility for their own actions
- provide a supportive environment
- model and encourage positive ways of behaving
- provide explicit behaviour guidelines.
