Promote Professional Development
Promote professional development
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1. Explain the importance of continually improving knowledge and practice Within my role, it is important to continually improve knowledge and practice so I am aware of how to give the best diverse and equal care to children, stay fully up to date with all standards and legislations. Regarding parents, they are the customer and this entails all care towards their child may need to be explained to them. E.g. what is the Early Years Foundation Stage? Parent evenings help me to improve knowledge of the child’s home life and personal care needs, as well as building bonds with parents so they feel they can further their trust in myself and my team. I also update the children’s learning Journeys which gives parents the opportunity to feed back and enhance their child’s learning.
My practice is reflective and this helps me to recognise my strengths and weaknesses. I make my team aware of this practice, so they can better themselves and support me also. The Manager also enables me to improve knowledge and practice verbally and through appraisals. Knowledge and practice can be improved by formal or informal training, education, e- learning or one- to – one support.
2. Analyse potential barriers to professional development Barriers happen daily within the childcare industry. This should be seen as a challenge, whereby there is a solution, and by liaising with my manager, team and parents, this can be resolved. A common barrier I face relates to finance. Especially as central training budgets have been affected in recent years, this means therefore, my company having to find additional funds, which are rarely available. This then means only mandatory training is carried out. Talking to parents on an informal basis means I can uphold excellent bonds with parents; an example of this is so they can feel at ease with talking to me about personal issues. E.g. the child’s home situation, although this may have a
CU2942
1. Explain the importance of continually improving knowledge and practice Within my role, it is important to continually improve knowledge and practice so I am aware of how to give the best diverse and equal care to children, stay fully up to date with all standards and legislations. Regarding parents, they are the customer and this entails all care towards their child may need to be explained to them. E.g. what is the Early Years Foundation Stage? Parent evenings help me to improve knowledge of the child’s home life and personal care needs, as well as building bonds with parents so they feel they can further their trust in myself and my team. I also update the children’s learning Journeys which gives parents the opportunity to feed back and enhance their child’s learning.
My practice is reflective and this helps me to recognise my strengths and weaknesses. I make my team aware of this practice, so they can better themselves and support me also. The Manager also enables me to improve knowledge and practice verbally and through appraisals. Knowledge and practice can be improved by formal or informal training, education, e- learning or one- to – one support.
2. Analyse potential barriers to professional development Barriers happen daily within the childcare industry. This should be seen as a challenge, whereby there is a solution, and by liaising with my manager, team and parents, this can be resolved. A common barrier I face relates to finance. Especially as central training budgets have been affected in recent years, this means therefore, my company having to find additional funds, which are rarely available. This then means only mandatory training is carried out. Talking to parents on an informal basis means I can uphold excellent bonds with parents; an example of this is so they can feel at ease with talking to me about personal issues. E.g. the child’s home situation, although this may have a
References: Gibbs, G. (1988) Learning by Doing: A guide to teaching and learning methods. Oxford: Oxford Polytechnic Further Education Unit. Kolb, D.A. (1984) Experiential Learning: experience as the source of learning and development, New Jersey: Prentice –Hall Schon, D.A. (1991) the Reflective Practitioner, London: Basic Books. ----------------------- Gibbs, G. (1988) Schon, D. A. (1991) Kolb (1985)