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Motivate Your Staff With Incentives

Staffing a childcare center with dependable staff can be a challenge for Center Owners and Directors. In fact, I must say that when a center is not staffed with dependable staff, it can have a negative affect on the center. Most of all, this is why it is important to have dependable staff on your team and systems in place that motivates good attendance and excellent performance.

I recently incorporated a point system to keep track of staff tardies and unexcused absences. Also, I incorporated an incentive system to encourage the staff to show up on time and to consider our point system before calling off. In fact since we incorporated the point system, there has been fewer tardies and no call offs.

I’m not claiming to have the answer to all your staffing issues, however, I felt led to share with you what has worked for my center.

  1. My Director bought a spin wheel for the staff to spin when they have no tardies or call off for each month of employment.
  2. We also reward the lead teachers for decorating their classrooms with our curriculum theme in mind. The teacher with the best creativity wins a gift basket and a gift card.

This new incentive system has added accountability and also motivated our staff. What are your thoughts about this post and has this post inspired you to reward punctuality? Please feel free to share your thoughts..

Shiketa Morgan

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Empowering Your Team

I believe that if you want a successful Child Care Business and if you want quality, it is vital that you empower your teachers.

Teachers that are not empowered will require lots of correction and feedback. In fact, teachers that are not empowered may be an major situation waiting to happen.

On the other hand, teachers that are empowered, need very little supervision and they are empowered to provide Quality Care.

Let me ask you several questions?

1.Are your teachers empowered to implement quality care?

2. Do you have a system in place that Empowers your teachers?

No matter what your answers were, I want to share with you five ways to empower your teachers:

  1. Upon hiring your staff, be sure they are training by an experienced and appointed staff member.
  2. Follow up with the teacher until He or she has mastered their duties.
  3. Inspect what you expect. This could simply be a weekly observation of each teacher.
  4. Reward the behavior you want to see. This could be lunch on you, gift cards; etc.
  5. Issue resources that empower your team weekly and inspire staff to share with oneanother.

Happy Empowering!

Shiketa Morgan

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