In-House Position Newsletter
November 2016
Education Specialist
November – Positive Guidance Support Tool
Challenging behaviors can occur in all classrooms. Rainbow Child Care Center has created the Positive Guidance Support Tool to help guide teachers in responding with behaviors such as:
- power struggles
- problem solving
- the FLIP IT steps when dealing with challenging behaviors
- when children spit
- when children knock over furniture
- when children throw toys
- when children climb on the fence
- when children throw a temper tantrum
- when a child refuses to clean up
- when children bite
- when children swear
- when children hit, kick, or scratch
- when children won’t nap
- when children refuse to transition
- when children climb on furniture
- when children refuse to wash their hands
- when children refuse to go to the bathroom or get their diaper changed
- when a child won’t sit with the group or is constantly moving around
- when children play in the bathroom
- when a child opens the door or leaves the classroom
- when children fight over toys
- when children say mean things to peers or teachers
Having this support tool at your fingertips can be very valuable and helpful to you! It breaks down the challenging behavior and gives you steps and strategies to try in the classroom. This tool can be used with all ages and should be in each classroom. If you do not have one or can’t seem to find yours, you can ask your management team to print a PDF version from SharePoint > Education > Challenging Behaviors and Special Needs > Positive Guidance Support Tool or they can order more from OEX. This tool should be an internal tool only and should not be displayed in your classroom for families to see.
Rainbow Representative
Every teacher brings unique talents and ideas to a center. Encourage your staff to learn and benefit from each other’s ideas and perspectives. Creating a team atmosphere where teachers work together makes every day more enjoyable and will help create a center that is brimming with creativity!
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 Appreciation Idea- “No act of Kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.” Aesop. November 13th is World Kindness Day. Encourage the staff members to perform small acts of kindness throughout the week. Create a board in the staff break room where staff members can recognize each other for the acts of kindness!
Family Connection Idea- Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks! Be sure to let all of your families know how thankful you are for them! You don’t have to spend a lot of money! A hand written note or a poster in the lobby full of reasons why you and the staff are thankful for the families at your center are great ways to connect. If you do a poster you can hang a second poster and allow families to write reasons why they are thankful for the staff and center.
Health and Safety Coordinator
Bottle Feeding:
The below procedure is in place to ensure that the children who are cared for by Rainbow Child Care Center receive their correct bottles only. We all know that the infant room can become a chaotic place at times especially when all the babies are fussing because they are hungry and it takes one split second of not checking the label and matching it to the correct child which results in the wrong bottle being fed to the wrong child. By following the steps and procedure in place, we can ensure the parents that their child will be receiving the bottles that they sent in with their child.
Staff members are expected to adhere to these procedures, which are designed to minimize health and safety risks to the children in our care, and address the proper handling, storing, preparation and disposal of food. State licensing regulations will take precedence if they conflict with Rainbow Child Care Center policies or procedures. If Rainbow Child Care Center policies or procedures are stricter, they take precedence.
Color Coding and Dating Bottles/Containers: ALL bottles and containers should be marked with each must be our company bottle labels as well as child’s full name, the date, the contents, and the amount. A color-coded system for breast milk bottles will be used.
- Breast milk bottles will be marked with a bright green RCCC company label that will identify the child’s full name, the date, and the amount of fluid.
- All other bottles and containers will be marked with a white label that will identify the child’s full name, the date, the contents, and the amount. These labels will be available at the center, and can be given to the parents to fill out prior to arriving at the center.
Confirmation Checks: The caregiver who is responsible for the infant should handle the bottle/food feedings through these checks, unless noted on the Daily Communication Sheet.
- Three (3) checks are performed before a bottle is fed to an infant, as follows:
- When a bottle is removed from the refrigerator, the name on the bottle is verified. The caregiver will record the time the bottle was removed from the refrigerator on the label itself, and initial next to it.
- When a bottle is removed from the warmer or, if not warmed, immediately before it is fed, the name on the bottle is checked with a colleague and the Daily Communication Sheet is initialed in the “Bottles and Meals” section.
- Immediately before feeding, a verbal check is performed with a colleague, as follows: Caregiver: “This is (child’s name) bottle and this is (child’s name) that I’m feeding now.” Colleague checks the name on the bottle and responds aloud: “(Child’s name) is being fed.”
- If you are alone, contact an administrator for 2nd verification and complete the verbal check as stated above.