Employer Guides and Managing Early Childhood Education Staff

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When staff are using controlled drugs or impaired by alcohol, this is what you need to know and do

All early childhood service providers are required under the regulations (Health and Safety Practices criterion) to make sure that:

No person on the premises uses, or is under the influence of, alcohol or any other substance that has a detrimental effect on their functioning or behaviour during the service’s hours of operation.

If you wish

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Performance Appraisals for Early Childhood Staff and Managers

The Teaching Council no longer requires teachers to participate in an appraisal process – this requirement was replaced with a Professional Growth Cycle requirement.

However, the Ministry of Education’s licensing criteria that sits alongside the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations requires that services have processes for human resource management; including “a system of regular appraisal” (GMA6 home-based; GMA7 education and care centres; GMA7 playcentres; GMA7 kōhanga reo; GMA7 hospital-based).

The templates and guidance provided here covers performance appraisals for managers who may also be the service owner, and teaching staff (including unqualified and qualified staff).

This article also covers

How to conduct a performance appraisal, the process involved and 6 simple steps to follow

Tips for setting the scene properly and conducting the performance review effectively.

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The ECE Employer Guide to Employing and Managing Staff

The ECE Employer Guide is for all managers and persons who employ or are involved in the recruitment and employment of staff. It is a comprehensive resource with detailed information on employment matters as well as on managing your team.

The ECE Employer Guide has been prepared for teacher-led services but there is much in this gui

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Creating a Team Contract and the Behaviours of a Well-functioning Team

Creating and signing a team contract is a great idea – it fosters teamwork by acting to cement agreed behaviours and establishing a platform for effective professional conversations.

Having effective professional conversations supports continuous improvement of practices by allowing teachers to examine beliefs and assumptions and understand how these impact on children, the service, and each other.

Spending time discussing service philosophy, behaviour and kaupapa are important aspects of teaching. This can be linked to the Te Ao Māori concepts of tapu and noa.

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Employment References

Have you been asked by a colleague, student, or employee for an employment reference?

Here we explain your obligations, what to write, and ways to provide a job reference.

If you are asked by an employer to provide a reference for a person who has not asked you to be a referee, do not provide a reference without first checking and obtaining

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Non-Contact Time Needs and Your Entitlement

Early Childhood Teacher Non-Contact Time.

At centres and home-based services, teachers or educators have a wide range of responsibilities in their roles and finding time to do everything can especially be a challenge depending on things like the number of other teachers, how many hours your service operates and the demands/ needs of caring of

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Staff Benefits and Wages Guide

The Staff Benefits and Wages Guide for Employers.

We provide data on usual and common benefits provided to staff, such as discounted childcare, and by which services. Data on pay rates at different services, for staff in different positions and regional variations is also shown below. Because data on pay rates can become dated as soon as it

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Getting Relievers and Managing Relief Staff

An early childhood reliever is a much welcome part to any ECE service. Teachers and home-based coordinators will require annual or sick leave, or you may need someone to fill in, while you look for a new staff member. Whatever the reason for your need for using a reliever, there are many questions and concerns that may arise for employers and manag

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Staff Discipline and Competence Policy

DISCIPLINE AND COMPETENCE POLICY.

A template to use for your discipline and competence policy.

Date Effective: __/__/20__

Review Date: __/__/202_

Rationale

<Service Name> is committed to providing children, staff and whānau with an environment which is safe and welcoming and promotes positive outcomes for all childr

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Staff Lateness for Work or Other Problem Behaviour

Here is what you need to know when deciding how to respond to an employee who is late for work.

Late for work – a one off or infrequent occurrence

If you pay the employer by the hour you are under no obligation to pay for time when the employee is not at work.

If an employee is late without a reasonable exp

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Mandatory Reporting of Teachers

Here’s information on mandatory reporting of teachers includes for not meeting the required level of competence, dismals and resignations, possible serious misconduct, and criminal convictions.

Should a confidentiality agreement be put in place as part of the settlement of an employment grievance, this may not over-ride the legal obligation to

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Job Descriptions

Job description templates for various centre and home-based positions and examples.

Creating an effective job description is an important part of the hiring and employment process.

An appealing job description will attract the best candidates for the job you are advertising and will ensure you have a range of different applicants to choose

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Safety Checking of Staff and Others under the Children’s Act

Safety checking is required of every person who has or may have access to children as part of their work, such as cleaners and cooks at early childhood services, must be safety checked in accordance with the Children’s Act 2014 before being allowed to start work. The fine to the early childhood service of failing to do this is up to $10,000 upon c

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Being Inclusive of LGBT Teachers

Equality and acceptance of LGBT teachers in the New Zealand education system is still far from established.

Discrimination can be subtle, such as whispering the word ‘gay’ so that the children can’t hear, but can also be obvious and inappropriate through direct discrimination and exclusion.

Teachers, and particularly leaders, in early c

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Leadership and Delegating

Delegating as a leader.

A key reason why the workload of a manager or leader can become unreasonable is that they can take on too much!

When a teacher takes on a management role a common mistake is to assume that the job consists of ensuring that they comply with regulatory and licensing requirements, health and safety and financial systems

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Overtime – Paying Staff for Work Outside Normal Hours

Employers’ obligations and rights on paying staff overtime and when they work outside of normal hours. This article covers what constitutes work outside of normal work hours that an employee must be paid for. NZ employment law that cannot be negotiated out of with an employee. Legal requirements for waged and salaried staff. It also tells you

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the importance of touch as part of caregiving and teaching children

Owner Worried about Putting Service at Risk By Employing Men

“I have nothing against employing men – but why put my centre at risk? Parents don’t want a male tending to their child’s personal needs. This is the type of society we now live in.”

owner of an early childhood service

Dr Alexander Replies

* In a childcare/early childhood education context children are not any safer with wo

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Fostering Teamwork

Good teamwork is vital. When most teachers/ educators are asked who the most important people in an early childhood service are, they will answer, “The Children”.

Children are the ultimate reason that teachers have chosen a career in early childhood education and probably the main reason why you got involved in the sector. It is, however,

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Dismissal Letter

EXAMPLE LETTER OF DISMISSAL.

Below is a general draft letter of dismissal to assist you in learning how a letter can be constructed, and what things you need to consider including in it,

Private and Confidential

DATE:

Dear <Insert Name>

Termination of your employment

This letter is to formally advise you of the termi

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