Employee Handbook
True or False
If you use one of your "free" sick days you may still qualify for the monthly attendance bonus?
False
Where should your dish buckets go so they can be picked up?
By the door
Should walkies be used for student bathroom breaks?
No
-Take your class. (or enough children to leave your co-worker in ratio). It's ok if they need to stop what they are doing.
-Only exception is during naptime.
When are About Me's and lesson planning forms due?
At the end of nap time every Thursday.
Who receives incident reports?
Both families involved
What is the timeframe for requesting time off?
½-1 day: 2 weeks
1-2 days: 3 weeks
3-5 days: 4 weeks
5+ days: 2 months
What should be in the Friday folders?
Center Closures
Room Schedules
Menu
Monthly Calendar
Monthly Curriculum Newsletter
Sample Assessment Form
Development Continuum
Art work/curriculum items that need to be sent home
When can you leave your assigned classroom?
When should you call for your room to checked out?
When it is completely done.
How do we communicate with parents about discipline or behaviour issues in the classroom
The compliment sandwich
Good, the bad, the good
Ask Molly or Crystal for help
What is flex time?
Can you use your break to make up flex?
It is for hours you want to trade off during your 40 hour work week and the hours that you want to flex must be approved by management.
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No-based on center needs
When should you have your walkie?
What should you do if you don't get a response?
ALWAYS
Wait a few minutes and call again. If no answer by 3rd time then there isn't someone available.
How many staff should be in the room during nap time?
1 if they are all sleeping.
Toddlers & Prep- 1 if 4 kids are awake (if more than 4 then 2 staff)
Preschool- 1 if 8 kids are awake
When should you take your trash out?
After lunch and at end of day or if there are some really smell diapers through the day
What is the incident report procedure?
Who can approve?
What are the center's open hours?
What holidays are the center closed for?
What days does the center close early?
Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and New Year's Day
4pm the last Friday of each quarter and on Good friday.
What should you do if you are not able to get to your laundry or dishes?
Call for a someone to help you with them.
If there is not someone right away then someone will switch out with you when they are available so they can get done.
Laundry:
For splash pad days it should be brough to the laundry room before end of nap (take before your break if needed)
For nappers it should be brought to laundry room before 3:30 (if you are not able to take it, walkie for someone to grab it for you)
What are the radio protocols?
When to use?
Radio etiquette?
Posted in walkie ring channel
Always ask for who you are calling for first, then your name
Staff bathroom breaks, supplies, teacher break, ratio, meds, emergencies but NOT for chatter
Remember to use please and thank you
What needs to be signed off on before you can leave at the end of your shift?
Who do you have check you out?
Checklist
Crystal, Kierra or Katie
When a child is misbehaving what don't we do?
-restrain them, bear hug only accept for safety purposes
-no "time out" in corner, drop-in table or directors office
-no standing over them, dragging them
What is the timeframe for requesting flex?
When do flex hours need to be made up?
minimum of 1 week before
Hours must be made up within the same work week (not work period)
Your new job is at the Custom T Shop, where T-shirts are printed to order. For each order, Custom T Shop charges $8.00 per shirt plus a one-time set up fee of $15.00.
Write an equation in y = mx+b form
Bonus: If you ordered 5 shirts, what would your total be?
y = 8x+15
y = total cost of shirts ordered
m = $8 (amount per shirt)
x= the number of shirts ordered
b = the $15 set up fee
Bonus:
y = 8(5)+15
y= $55 total
What should we be doing during splash and outside time.
Interacting with the children.
Be spread out
NO sitting on the shelves or huddling in groups chatting.
What are the SOPs for room organization?
- Cupboards are clean and organized
- Old CI is taken down
- Friday folders are up-to-date
When a child is misbehaving what do we do?
-get on their level
-redirection, support & love
-explain the why
-take a break
-call for backup
-bear hug them or let them be if not a danger to themselves or others