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Download Library Blogs Our Download Library Is Packed with Useful Resources Spring 2021 | Issue 27 times Online Research Symposium 2021 How to make remote and in-person teams work for you Learning Hub update Barometer 2021 Membership benefits and services Supporting and Mentoring Membership Learning and Development Special Interest News Early Years Employer Service Books Business Raising children to raise the world 10% discount on all orders How to claim your Early Childhood Ireland discount? 1 - Phone: Call us on 091-860822 and we will take your order by phone and apply your discount. 2 - Email: Email your order to us at [email protected]. 3 - Online: Email us your contact detEXCLUSIVEails and w eOFFER will FOR ECI MEMBERS register your new account to order online. In these times of uncertainty, it’s time to go digital... Does the thought of technology seem overwhelming? Our trusted, highly recommended, and easy to use software platform, will transform the way you do business. 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Early Childhood Ireland Online Research 19. Universal Design Guidelines for Early Learning and Symposium 2021 Care Settings 9. The joy of judging the Inspired Practice Award 21. Caring and Learning with children under 2 10. Having a bird’s-eye view of excellent practice and 23. Membership Update children’s learning 25. Business Page 11. Learning stories: making valued learning visible 26. Online Shop – Books and Resources WELCOME Dear member, You are very welcome to our spring edition of Early Times and Early Pedagogy. Although the current environment remains challenging for us all – both professionally and personally - there is hope on the horizon as the COVID-19 vaccination programme continues. While looking forward to brighter days ahead, we must also acknowledge the unfaltering dedication and hard work of those employed in our sector. Huge efforts are being made to keep vulnerable children and those children of essential workers safe while in settings and also to maintain contact with, and support to, families during the latest lockdown. Early March sees the return of children on the ECCE programme and hopefully, a full reopening later in the month. The critical role that our sector plays for children and families has never been more evident than in this latest lockdown. This understanding must cement a more sustainable level of investment in the entire early years system in the future. This edition of Early Times boasts a wide variety of articles aimed at informing, inspiring and supporting you and your staff. Our membership team has an important update on the Garda Vetting process while our EYES team has helpful advice on how managers can get the best performances from their teams – whether they are working remotely or on -site. We also shine a spotlight on Early Childhood Ireland’s Learning Hub – a key benefit of membership, which can support both induction of new staff and ongoing learning and development of existing staff members. Our Research and Professional Learning team shares key dates for the diary in relation to the upcoming Early Childhood Ireland Online Research Symposium 2021. We also celebrate the winning entries from Early Childhood Ireland’s National Annual Awards 2020, which took place at the end of last year. Our Policy, Advocacy and Campaigning team shares the findings of our recently launched Childcare Barometer 2021, as well as providing an overview on our research report on pay and working conditions in the early years sector, called Pathways to Better Prospects. Finally, we conclude our deep dive into the Universal Design Guidelines for Early Learning and Care settings, with part 4 of the series. We welcome any queries or comments you may have during these challenging times and look forward to working with you in the months ahead. Please stay safe and well. Teresa Teresa Heeney CEO, Early Childhood Ireland We would love your feedback and ideas for Early Times. Email us at: [email protected] The information contained in Early Times is, to the best of our knowledge, accurate at the time of publication. The views expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect those of Early Childhood Ireland. Designed by Stray Dog Design - www.straydog.ie Printed by Doggett Group Editor: Ken Pepper EARLY YEARS EMPLOYER SERVICE How managers can make remote and in-person teams work for them By Gillian Moore Early Years Employer Service Manager n recent months, ELC and SAC settings have had to quickly important that where teams are working both on-site and adapt to new ways of working, in particular working remotely, each staff member feels valued and included. remotely. Despite the fact that remote working isn’t I There are many ways in which a manager can achieve this. necessarily suited to the type of work that the professionals Above all, communication is key and it is the role of the from these settings are used to, they have adapted manager to lead out on this and ensure to simplify it as much successfully to the call from the Department to engage as possible. Each type of team will have specific needs based with children who are not attending online via videos, social media messages, newsletters etc., or other types on their location, so it is important to tune into that. Speak of work such as administrative work, curriculum planning to each person, find out how they are doing and what they or additional CPD. This, of course, has a lot of benefits for need. Managers need to be mindful of employees personal the employee who may need to be at home for whatever and home circumstances which may impact on their ability to reason during this time, but it also presents challenges for engage remotely and work with the employee to get around employees, managers and the rest of the staff team. It is any issues. Try to keep the conversations going, a daily check 1 early times spring 2021 EARLY YEARS EMPLOYER SERVICE in - in person or by phone call depending on where they are conferencing, it is vital that you monitor these to ensure can facilitate this. This helps also to manage expectations, there is no misuse leading to harassment or bullying which so each team member knows what is expected of them can easily and inadvertently happen when using remote in terms of their work and ensures that they do not suffer methods. Managers need to have clear mechanisms for any issues from a reduction in the amount of management staff to raise any issues or concerns so that they can be support that they would be used to. ironed out easily. It is a good idea to update staff training in the areas of dignity and respect and what this means when Teams can also benefit from opportunities to connect engaging with colleagues in a virtual environment. Above with each other. Creating a ‘break room’ can help with all, as managers, you need to offer employees support and this. By setting up informal video calls where you can all encouragement so they can take up the challenge of these be together virtually to share stories and experiences new ways of working with each other. will help each staff member feel the value of their own work and see the value of others’ work. You can also Valerie Gaynor of Creative Kids and Co. spoke to us about consider setting up a work chat to share information, their experiences of remote working and how they have but this needs to be closely managed. All of these made it work for their settings.At “ Creative Kids and Co., measures ensure that everyone has access to the same relationships and interactions are very central to our information and will help eliminate tribalism or a ‘them practice. Therefore, it was an automatic assumption and us’ situation. that we would continue to engage with the children and their families while the service is closed. Keeping in Fiona Buckley, Work Behaviourist (https://www.linkedin. touch with staff is central to this process. We had some com/in/fbuckley/) advises “ One of the things we need to team meetings on zoom, and we use group whatsapp be very mindful of as some of our workforce return to for regular communication. We send CPD ideas by the setting and a portion may stay at home is to ensure email. Room leaders have a whatsapp group for a ‘fault line’ doesn’t appear between these groupings. A discussing themes and ideas. We also have a whatsapp fault line is like a crack in group for each the cement that deepens room. We use voice over time and this can messaging to share happen with teams ideas and staff can who have different pop in and out at their work arrangements. leisure. It is important We need to ensure to be cognisant of inclusion, fairness and staff and their own reasonableness at all children at home and times and to ensure so regular checking in positive behaviours are is important.
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