No matter the size or type of program you manage, recruiting and retaining quality staff is key to ongoing success
Reflect
Self-reflection checklists can help guide you in creating goals related to building your team. Check out these checklists: Build Your Team: Onboarding New Staff, Build Your Team: Professional Development, and Supportive Interactions, and Accreditation Readiness.
Take action
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Looking for a new team member? Use ECE Jobs CT’s templates and guidance to create an effective job listing through CTShares. Register to post a job listing on ECE Jobs CT.
Family Child Care Homes: Get OEC Approval for staff substitutes and assistants
Are you looking for some professional development for you and/or your staff? OEC has a Professional Development webpage for you. Check out these Professional Development opportunities.
Dive deeper
Check out some more resources to help you build your team.
- Working with your staff on professional development plans? Check out the self-reflection tools in the Core Knowledge Competency and Framework (CKCs)
- Reflective Supervision: Supervisors can find resources to help them talk with staff about their professional development. Check out our reflective supervision tools.
- Looking for information about scholarships and funding for learning? Check out Scholarship-At-A-Glance
- Want to get credit for your experience? Check out Charter Oak Prior Learning Assessment. You can earn your degree faster — and save time and money — by getting credit for what you already know.
- Looking for coursework specifically for program administrators? Program Leadership Initiative (PLI) helps program administrators can get college-credit coursework and other professional development.
- Work at a program that receives state funding for School Readiness or Child Day Care? The ECTC Individual Review Route is one way to meet the Qualified Staff Member (QSM) requirements to become a teacher.
Sample SMART Goals
Here are some sample SMART Goals that you can use to build your Elevate Program Plan for the Focus Area of Build Your Team.
For Family Child Care Homes
- By _____________, I will select 1 person that I will guide through completing the OEC staff application and approval process, with intent to hire as my substitute by ___________.
For Centers or Group Homes
- By _______________, we will create and post a detailed job posting for two open positions at the center, through ctShares, with the goal of recruiting and successfully hiring two qualified candidates to fill these positions by ____________.
Our Service Navigators are experienced guides who can talk about your program’s needs and find out ways to meet them. Connect with a Service Navigator.