In-House Position Newsletter
July 2016
Education Specialist
The Learning Environment Standards: Classroom Job Charts
In order to help children in our program feel a secure sense of community and belonging, you will need to create a classroom Job Chart. Each child still has independent responsibilities, such as cleaning up after playing in a center, throwing trash out, etc. The classroom also has responsibilities to be shared, such as watering plants, helping set the table, etc. that help the classroom function as a whole. Please utilize the backs of toy shelves, cabinets or doors to display at the children’s eye level. Jobs can be rotated daily or weekly to fit the needs of your classroom.
Young Preschool, Preschool, Pre-K Academy and Varsity Club classrooms are required to have Job Charts. The expectations for classroom job charts are as follows:
- Have clear established expectations for the children in your room.
- Allow children to help brainstorm the classroom jobs that are needed in your room.
- Each child in the classroom should have a job every day
- Include children names and picture so they can easily identify their responsibility.
- Pictures of the children in your classroom doing each job should be posted next to each job.
- Classroom jobs must be clearly printed with no grammatical errors and clear penmanship.
Classroom jobs help children understand that they all play a part in taking care of the classroom; you are creating a classroom community. Having children care for their space will help them learn how to be responsible, competent and organized. You can visit the Rainbow Pinterest page for ideas on how to set up the Job Chart in your classroom!
Rainbow Representative
Summer camp is well under way and Summer Social is almost here. We are so excited to see how all of you celebrate with your community! Summer is such a wonderful time to make new connections and build wonderful relationships with both staff and families.
Each month we will continue to provide ideas as well as general tips for connecting with staff and families. We would also love to hear your ideas and see your hard work! Please send ideas and pictures of completed activities to education@rainbowccc.com.
Staff Connection Idea- “Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today!” Place the above quote in the staff break room or bathroom. “Focus on the Good!” send a small card to each staff member with this quote on it and one or two good things about them.
Family Connection Idea- July 27th is Friendship day. Activity kits for families to make friendship bracelets. You set up the kits to be made at home or set up a station in the lobby for them to make them at the center at pick-up. Plan a weekend trip to a local beach or water park were families and staff can mingle and build relationships outside of the center, work with your PIC committee to see if this is something they would like to help plan.
Health and Safety Coordinator
Transportation Safety
Summer is in full swing here at Rainbow Child Care Center! Our Varsity Club students may be heading out on the bus for field trips and safety should be our number one concern. It is important that each staff member is aware of the policies and procedures in place when transporting these children. Transporting children can be a high risk activity for child care centers and teachers should carefully plan and be proactive when it comes to trips on the bus. Making sure that they have Name to Face sheets available and that they are done properly is extremely important. Take a few extra seconds to look at the children’s names and look up at the child to make sure they are present and accounted for. When the time comes to unload the bus, be sure that the teacher/operator walks through the bus and does a very thorough check. Look at each seat, as well as under the seats. A child can easily fall asleep on the way back from a field trip, or play a game of hide and seek and without a complete check of the bus, you may not know they are there. Don’t forget to Look Before You Lock!