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THE  PROFESSIONAL  DEVELOPMENT  AGENDA  

“Your greatest investment!”  

 

   With  the  advent  of  the  Educational  Leader  role  comes  an  opportunity  to  utilise  your  team’s  unique  abilities  and  ensure  an  effective  balance  between  the  organisational  and  educational  requirements  of  operating  a  busy  childcare  service.  

 

 The  process  of  setting  the  Professional  Development  Agenda  for  the  year  can  be  implemented  and  shared  in  the  

following  way;  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Review;  Job  Descriptions  

(Completed  by  Director  /  Nominated  

Supervisor)  

 This  particular  step  should  be  completed  before  establishing  the  Professional  Development  Plan.  It  

enables  you  to  recognise  more  concisely  where  the  skills  are  required  to  support  the  structure  and  deliver  an  

effect  service.  

Provide  each  team  member  with  Ambitions  and  

Reflections  form  to  fill  out.  Ask  for  a  level  of  honesty  and  detail.  When  allocating  education  and  training  you  need  

to  be  confident  it’s  applied  in  the  right  places  to  get  the  best  long-­‐term  results.  

Complete;  Ambit ions  and  Reflect ions  (Facilitated  by  Nominated  Supervisor)  

Review;  Ambit ions  and  Reflect ions  

(Nominated  Supervisor  and  Educational  Leader)  

Once  the  Ambitions  and  Reflections  forms  have  been  completed  and  handed  in,  the  Nominated  Supervisor  and  Educational  Leader  can  now  review  the  information  and  gain  an  understanding  of  each  team  member’s  personal  goals  and  aspirations.  (The  Educator’s  perspective)    It’s  a  great  way  to  learn  a  team  member’s  passion  and  

natural  or  unique  ability.  

In  this  example  the  majority  of  responsibility  to  facilitate  this  process  (to  date)  has  been  with  the  Nominated  

Supervisor.  An  important  part  of  the  ‘Compliance  Trail’  is  now  in  place  in  the  form  of  the  Ambitions  and  Reflections  forms  and  while  the  Nominated  Supervisor  remains  in  a  guidance  role  the  remaining  physical  tasks  are  now  handed  

over  to  the  Educational  Leader.  

 

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Form  the  Professional  Development  Plan  

(Educational  Leader)  

To  do  this  part  of  the  process  properly  the  Educational  Leader  needs  to  meet  with  the  Educator  and  discuss  the  

outcomes  of  the  Ambitions  and  Reflections  form  as  the  Professional  Development  Plan  is  filled  out.  

Optional:  A  simple  SWOT  analysis  can  be  used  to  help  form  clear  objectives  (Strengths,  

Opportunities,  Weaknesses  and  Threats)  

Consideration  needs  to  be  given  to  the  Educators  current  role,  relevance  of  goals  and  any  obvious  areas  of  

unique  ability.  From  the  information  provided  and  discussed  the  annual  Professional  Development  Plan  can  

be  filled  in  and  signed  off.  

Source  In-­‐services  and  Workshops  

(Educational  Leader)  

Now  that  the  Educational  Leader  understands  each  

team  member’s  goals,  ambitions  and  short-­‐falls  they  are  in  a  good  position  to  seek  the  appropriate  In-­‐service  or  

workshop.  It  all  becomes  an  effective  exercise  based  on  facts  rather  

than  a  knee-­‐jerk…‘let’s  just  get  this  done’  affair.  

Schedule  Training  (Educational  Leader)  

All  in-­‐service’s  and  workshops  are  now  either  submitted  

to  a  calendar  or  booked.  

Share  New  Knowledge  (Educators)  

It’s  most  likely  that  team  members  will  be  participating  in  a  variety  of  workshops  and  not  necessarily  together  so  

provide  an  opportunity  at  staff  meetings  for  a  team  member  to  present  the  important  points  of  what  they  

have  learnt.  

Notes:  

-­‐ The  above  process  of  setting  the  Professional  Development  Agenda  shares  the  responsibility  between  the  Nominated  Supervisor  and  the  Educational  Leader.  

-­‐ It  provides  the  Educational  Leader  the  opportunity  to  understand  and  shape  the  skills  required  to  effectively  deliver  the  service.    

-­‐ Room  Leaders  are  well  supported  with  the  development  and  scheduling  of  their  educational  needs  and  ambitions.  -­‐ The  process  creates  the  opportunity  to  discover  unique  or  special  abilities  of  individuals.  -­‐ It  provides  for  a  more  accurate  and  effective  In-­‐service  or  workshop  selection  

Compliance  Trail:  

-­‐ Documented  Job  Description  review  date  -­‐ Completed  Ambitions  and  Reflections  forms  for  each  team  member  -­‐ Completed  Professional  Development  Plan  documents  for  each  team  member  

Supporting  the  Compliance  Trail:  

-­‐ Training  calendar  or  scheduled  events  -­‐ Meeting  minutes  providing  evidence  of  shared  knowledge