Journal 5

Staff Meeting Agenda

v  Attendance

Ø  Remember to sign in and out correctly daily.

Ø  If tardy please remember to call in and if absent please remember to speak to the person in charge 1 hour before your shift, No voice mails. No habits please.

v  In the Classrooms

Ø  Remember to greet each child and parent with a smile.

Ø  Television is an educational tool not a babysitter. If it is on it must be part of your lesson and on your lesson plan.

Ø  All rooms free of clutter and kept clean and neat.

Ø  Please make sure bleach water is made daily and clearly marked.

Ø  NO CELL PHONES in the classrooms.

v  Infant and Toddler Rooms

Ø  Make sure we are doing daily sheets hourly and properly filling them out.

Ø  Make sure each child’s items are marked with their name, bottles, formula, food, and etc., this is very important.

Ø  Make sure you check diapers before departure, even if you just checked it 5 minutes before.

v  Reminders

Ø  Make sure we are washing our hands, and the children’s. Keep those germs away!

Ø  Daily health and safety checks for classroom and playground.

Ø  Please do health checks on children upon arrival, I know it gets busy at times but do your best as soon as possible.

Ø  Let’s make sure our lessons plans are kept up to date and posted, and remember they are to be approved by the previous Wednesday.

Ø  Make sure we are reading, and the art center is open EVERY DAY!

v  Upcoming Events

Ø Our parent meeting is next week; we need to increase parent involvement! Any ideas?

Ø  We will be starting our fundraiser next month. Final decision will be made in parent meeting.

Ø Deadlines for Mini Prom and Graduation themes are approaching. Ideas will be presented in parent meeting next week.

Ø  Sign-up sheet for CPR and First Aid will be up front for those who need it.

Ø  No Staff Birthday Party this month, because there are no birthdays, sorry guys.

v  Open Topic

Ø  Any questions or suggestions?

Ø  I will continue to do monthly observations and weekly room checks.

Ø  Welcome our new staff member!

v  Thank You

Ø  I want to thank you all for all your hard work, dedication, and for working as a team. We are doing a great job, but we need to remember what we discussed today and the importance of it, we had a great month now let’s have another one!

I think it is important to have monthly staff meetings because it cuts down on confusion, helps everyone get on the same page, and gives the staff an opportunity to give their feedback. It is a great form of communication that is beneficial to both staff and management, your main focus can be on the children if you are all on the same page.  Staff meetings are also a great time to inform staff of new rules and remind them of old ones.  In a good staff meeting everyone should leave knowing what is expected of them and why it is expected.