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Training New Staff is a Vital Part of Building a Safe Childcare Program

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On April 9, 2024, I received a newsletter from my insurance courier, Markel. The newsletter was all about the importance of training new hires in childcare. Moreover, the newsletter included the following statistic: The U. S. Bureau of Labor statistics, as many as 78,000 Americans were forced to stay home from work each month during 2023 because of childcare problems.

After reading the introduction of the newsletter mentioned above, I thought about the fact that I have noticed a decline in experienced childcare professionals and the training demand that it has placed on the management team at my facility.

In fact, many years ago, you could hire a teacher that had formal childcare education from a local college. Today, that seems to be very rare and Owners or forced to provide on the job training, then provide professional development assistance to further education.

Today, it is vital that Childcare Owners, assure that new staff are trained well to assure quality care. Moreover, when you hire staff that are not properly trained, here are some potential risks that come with hiring inexperienced and untrained staff:

  • Poor supervision in classrooms and on the playground
  • The inability to provide proper first aid.
  • Work injuries
  • Broken equipment
  • Unmet sanitation standards
  • Inappropriate disciplinary actions
  • Transporation problems, safe sleep issues, etc.

You can reduce your business risk and take steps to assure that new staff are properly trained to assure safe childcare. Here are seven things that you must do upon hiring new staff:

  1. Conduct background screenings on all new staff members.
  2. Be sure that all new staff members have first aid and CPR training.
  3. Host an onboarding orientation and review all of your center policies and procedures at the orientation.
  4. Hold a training on safety and supervision.
  5. Assign an experienced staff member to train, work with and mentor the new staff members.
  6. During the 1st 90-days of employment, provide ongoing training in the following areas: medication administration, emergency preparedness, indoor outdoor safety, child abuse & neglect and child development.
  7. Provide the new staff with weekly childcare articles or resources to empower the staff member.

I hope that you found this blog post to be helpful to you and to also reflect on how safety issues could even affect your insurance rate. The next time that you hire a new staff member, keep the safety of the children in mind.

Source: http://www.markel.com |The importance of training New Hires in Child Care

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It’s Time to Change How We Do Business!

1378884_10203583732824100_1697272836321419097_n Several hours before writing this blog post, I took a trip to the Grocery store and to the Post office.

In fact, As I began to check out at the grocery store, I noticed there was tape on the floors to promote social distancing between each customer and I saw COVID 19 signs all over the store. Then I thought, COVID 19 has truly changed How we Do Business! 

Seeing  all those yellow signs all over the store and yellow tape on the floor inspired me to think about what I needed to do differently to protect my employees, children and staff.

Then after leaving the grocery store, I went to the post office and I saw red tape on the floors and plexiglass in front of the help counter. When I saw that plexiglass, I thought: that’s a great idea.

So, I immediately called my husband and I asked Him if He could install  some hanging plexiglass in front of our receptionist desk at our center to protect the health of our office staff.

I don’t know about you, but I’m convinced that we cannot continue doing business as usual. In fact, this is the time to implement new practices that will reassure your parents that you care about their well being and their health. Most of all, you must protect your very own health as well.

My center closed for 2 weeks and while we are closed, I have been thinking of ways to prevent the spread of germs during this COVID 19 Pandemic.

We have a upcoming summer camp and I’m wondering how this pandemic is going to affect where we go on field trips. Furthermore, I am already considering having a private preschool graduation with just the kids and staff and go Live on Facebook for the families to see our ceremony.

Whatever you decided to do, please remember to keep the health and wellness of your families in mind.

I would like to ask you a question? What have you decided to do differently to prevent the spread of the COVID 19 virus? Please share below.

I look forward to your response.

Shiketa

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