by Heather Stallard | 26 February, 2015 | Childcare, Nursery management |
Following my recent speaking debut at the Nursery World Show, a few early years practitioners have asked me for a copy of the slides from my presentation ‘How to motivate your team without giving them cake’. So, I thought I’d add them to our blog in case you too were...
by Heather Stallard | 25 February, 2015 | Childcare, Nursery management |
Reflective practice has been a buzzword of this era of teaching. As students, our college and university lecturers drummed it into us, “reflect, reflect, reflect”! We kept reflective portfolios, created daily lesson reflections or had one-to-one reflection meetings...
by Heather Stallard | 11 February, 2015 | Childcare, Nursery management |
Nurseries are continually full of the unexpected. Staff call in sick at the last moment, children have accidents, disagreements break out between children or the heating can suddenly break down. No two days are the same. In this environment full of the unforeseen, how...
by Heather Stallard | 19 January, 2015 | Childcare, Nursery management |
Unmotivated, uninterested, underachieving and underperforming. If these are words that you apply to your team, it’s about time you did something about it! However, there is no quick fix. Practitioners have a demanding and multifaceted job. Throughout the course of the...
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