Leading a Team in the Early Years
Hazel Selby
Unit 7 – Leading a team in the early years
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Contents page
Assignment: 3 -12
Cited references: 13
Appendices: 14-18
Bibliography: 19-20
Assignment
Gemma (manager)
Ba (hons) Early childhood studies & Early year’s professional status
This is a layout within my organisation.
Hazel (deputy)
BTEC National Diploma Level 3 working towards HPD level 4
Hazel (pre-school supervisor)
Kirsty (toddler supervisor)
BTEC certificate level 3
Diane (baby supervisor)
CACHE Level 3
Georgina (pre-school assistant)
NVQ 2 working towards NVQ 3
Katy (toddler assistant)
BTEC National Diploma level 3 Health, social and Early years
Vicky (baby assistant)
NVQ 2 working towards NVQ 3
Our main goal within the setting is to increase the number of children. Other members of staff’s goals are to finish level 3 to develop knowledge, work as a team, ensure children have fun while learning within a safe and happy environment.
The other members of staff goals will help with the overall goal. The children having fun which lead to them being happy as well as the parents, also having no complaints will lead to recommendations.
Our team is small and most of the team are working towards the main goal by ensuring their rooms are well presented and look interesting. During viewings the children and staff look happy and inviting. Two members of staff’s goal are to finish their level 3, although this doesn’t exactly link it helps their knowledge for the running of the nursery and why we work towards goals.
“Dr Meredith Belbin studied team-work for many years, and he famously observed that people in teams tend to assume different “team roles”. He defines a “team role” as a “tendency to behave, contribute and interrelate with others in a particular way” and named nine such team roles that underlie team success”.
(http//www.mindtools.com/pages/article/new LDR_83.htm Accessed 12th July 2010) He categorized them into three
Unit 7 – Leading a team in the early years
PBB4879
Contents page
Assignment: 3 -12
Cited references: 13
Appendices: 14-18
Bibliography: 19-20
Assignment
Gemma (manager)
Ba (hons) Early childhood studies & Early year’s professional status
This is a layout within my organisation.
Hazel (deputy)
BTEC National Diploma Level 3 working towards HPD level 4
Hazel (pre-school supervisor)
Kirsty (toddler supervisor)
BTEC certificate level 3
Diane (baby supervisor)
CACHE Level 3
Georgina (pre-school assistant)
NVQ 2 working towards NVQ 3
Katy (toddler assistant)
BTEC National Diploma level 3 Health, social and Early years
Vicky (baby assistant)
NVQ 2 working towards NVQ 3
Our main goal within the setting is to increase the number of children. Other members of staff’s goals are to finish level 3 to develop knowledge, work as a team, ensure children have fun while learning within a safe and happy environment.
The other members of staff goals will help with the overall goal. The children having fun which lead to them being happy as well as the parents, also having no complaints will lead to recommendations.
Our team is small and most of the team are working towards the main goal by ensuring their rooms are well presented and look interesting. During viewings the children and staff look happy and inviting. Two members of staff’s goal are to finish their level 3, although this doesn’t exactly link it helps their knowledge for the running of the nursery and why we work towards goals.
“Dr Meredith Belbin studied team-work for many years, and he famously observed that people in teams tend to assume different “team roles”. He defines a “team role” as a “tendency to behave, contribute and interrelate with others in a particular way” and named nine such team roles that underlie team success”.
(http//www.mindtools.com/pages/article/new LDR_83.htm Accessed 12th July 2010) He categorized them into three
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