Staff training for school Part 2

The staff at a school are also people :-). Here is an easy personality test to determine the different personalities. After that is determined people will understand why some people act the way they do.

http://72244.netministry.com/images/PersonalityScoreSheet.pdf

If you need more information about the personality traits described please let me know.

Example weekly planning

Here is a tool for the weekly overview of lesson plans. This way at the beginning of each week you can see what you'll need for the rest of that week.

Weekly planning

Term __ Week:___________________                              Theme: _________________ Teacher: ________

Class:___________

	Focus of the day	Resources
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

This table can also be downloaded from: http://filegooi.co.za/get2/a8800cd0b0eb8c26de7106374c798853/Weekly+planning1.docx

Staff Training for School Part 1

Training

This is Part 1 in a series on staff training for your school.

Training is very important for every school. It introduces employees to the ins and outs of the school. Team building also builds relationships in the team.

Training includes the following elements:

·         General training relating to the organisation, including values and philosophy as well as structure and history, etc.

·         Mandatory training relating to health and safety and other essential or legal areas.

·         Job training relating to the role that the new starter will be performing.

·         Training evaluation, entailing confirmation of understanding, and feedback about the quality and response to the training.

general organisational induction training checklist

·         Essential 'visitor level' safety and emergency procedures

·         Washrooms

·         Food and drink

·         Smoking areas and policy

·         Timings and induction training overview

·         Organisational history and background overview

·         Ethics and philosophy

·         Mission statement(s)

·         Organisation overview and structure

·         Local structure if applicable

·         Departmental structure and interfaces

·         Who's who (names, roles, responsibilities)

·         Site layout

·         Other sites and locations

·         Dress codes

·         Basic communications overview

·         Facilities and amenities

·         Pay

·         Absenteeism and lateness

·         Holidays

·         Sickness

·         Health insurance

·         Pension

·         Trades Unions

·         Rights and legal issues

·         Personnel systems and records overview

·         Access to personal data

·         Time and attendance system

·         Security

·         Transport and parking

·         Grievance procedure

·         Discipline procedures

·         Career paths

·         Training and development

·         Learning Styles Self-Assessment

·         Multiple Intelligences Self-Assessment

·         Appraisals

·         Mentoring

·         Awards and Incentives

·         Health and Safety, and hazard reporting

·         Physical examinations, eye test etc.

·         Emergency procedures, fire drill, first aid

·         Accident reporting

·         Personal Protective Equipment

·         Use, care, and issue of tools and equipment

·         Other housekeeping issues

·         General administration

·         Restricted areas, access, passes

Some of the information is from www.businessballs.com

Separation anxiety links

Take a look at these articles regarding separation anxiety in babies:

http://www.babycenter.com/0_separation-anxiety_145.bc

http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/sep_anxiety.html

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/separation_anxiety_causes_prevention_treatment.htm

http://www.babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=80822.0

Good morning.

Good morning everyone! The mornings are getting really chilly. I can feel it's almost winter. I'm busy with a blog about separation anxiety that I will publish tonight. I will also publish a new theme. It's either my family or my senses. What do you think?

Lesson ideas for the theme: My body (4-6 year olds)

Lesson ideas for the theme: My Body (4-6 year olds)

Theme discussion

My Body Parts. Name and show all body parts.

·         Head/Body/Arms/legs

·         Discuss the fact that everybody looks different and are unique.

How does my body work?

·         Head: turn, nod

·         Lungs: breathe

·         Arms: turn, bend, swing (swing arms as wide as you can)

·         Hands: touch, wiggle,clap

·         Legs: bend, twist

·         Organs: Lungs

·         Organs: heart- live (pulse)

·         Organs: brain- think (tells your body what to do and how.

How do I look after my body? (wash,comb my hair etc.)

Privacy of my body

·         NO ONE is allowed to touch my private parts. The parts that my swimwear cover.

·         If it happens I MUST TELL my teacher or mommy.

·         May I undress myself in front of other people?NO

·         Only at the doctor,my mother…

Literacy

·         Teacher points to a body part and the learners need to say what each body part is.

·         Play the game: Simon says.

·         Listening game.

Clap your hands every time you hear the word ‘nose

o   Nose, eye, ear, hand, thumb.

o   Nose,foot, toe, hand, ear.

o   Ankle, nose,hand, finger, hand.

Numeracy

·         Let learners sit opposite each other. Let them count how many noses,mouths,hands etc. everyone has.

Art

·         Teacher traces the body of one of the learners the others colour it in.

·         Build yourself with play dough

·         Draw a picture of yourself

Lesson ideas for Highveld theme suitable for 4-6 year olds.

Lesson ideas for Highveld theme suitable for 4-6 year olds.

·         Discuss the Highveld. Where is it? The Higveld is usually grassland. Past grass on a paper to create a grassland.

·         Discuss the straw coloured fruit bat found in the Highveld. Colour in a picture of the bat.

·         Discuss all the animals of the Highveld and paste pictures of them.

·         Discuss mining in the Highveld.

·         Talk about big cities on the Highveld eg. Johannesburg and Pretoria.