Building a High Performing Team for Early Childhood Leaders

How can Early Childhood Leaders Manage their Team Effectively through Essential Human Capital Management Skills?

As a leader, building a high-performing team is crucial to achieving your centre success. A high-performing team can be a powerful force for driving innovation, delivering quality service, meeting business objectives, and boosting morale. In addition, such a team usually work very collaboratively with each other, have a strong sense of accountability and trust among its members, which further enhances staff engagement and retention.

This workshop aims to equip Early Childhood Leaders, especially Centre Leaders, or Centre Leaders with crucial human capital management skill-sets to build up their teams, such as (1) identifying who you need in your team; (2) getting the right people onboard your team; (3) leading and inspiring your team towards excelling; (4) growing and strengthening your team; as well as (5) developing future leaders within the team for succession planning

As a result, the Early Childhood Leader can have better assurance to entrust the daily centre operations under her team, which enables the Early Childhood Leader to focus on more strategic and value-adding areas in the organisation.

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

• Develop viable manpower plans to address operational needs
• Better strengthen organisation capability to recruit potential candidates in the labour market
• Carry out career planning & progression in a structural manner to better engage and retain staff
• Carry out effectiveness succession planning to maintain healthy talent pipeline and organisational sustainability
• Apply performance leadership to build a high morale and positive team culture

Payment from 1^st January 2024 (9% GST applies)

	Individual/Non-SME, PR/SC aged 21-39 years		MCES, SC aged 40 and above		SME-sponsored (ETSS)
	Up to 50% baseline subsidy		Up to 70% subsidy
	Without GST (S$)	With GST (S$)*	Without GST (S$)	With GST (S$)*	Without GST (S$)	With GST (S$)*
Original Fee	370.00	403.30	370.00	403.30	370.00	403.30
After Subsidy	185.00	218.30	111.00	144.30	111.00	144.30
	90% UTAP disbursement amount (if eligible)				90% SFEC disbursement amount (if eligible)
Payout	Total Nett Fee Paid x 50%**				99.90	–
Actual Cost	Total Nett Fee Paid x 50%				11.10	44.40
* 9% GST is based on full course fee
**Capped at $250 for ≤ 39 years old, $500 for ≥ 40 years old, $200 for Starter members

Grants (if applicable)

• SkillsFuture Credit (SFC): Please refer to the following guides on how to claim your SkillsFuture Credit. Mobile  |  PC

• WSS Funding: Singapore Citizen aged 30 and above, earning $2,500 or less per month

• MCES Funding: Singapore Citizen aged 40 and above

• Absentee Payroll: You can now easily apply for absentee payroll through the Enterprise Job Skills (EPJS) Portal. Please click here for the Absentee Payroll Claim Onboarding Guide.

• SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC): Eligible companies can benefit from an additional 90% funding support from their out-of-pocket training expenses. Please refer to the full SFEC claim guide here for a detailed outline of the claim process.

• Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA): For individuals below 31 years old. To withdraw the funds in your PSEA account, simply complete the ad-hoc withdrawal application form. For the step-by-step guide on submitting PSEA Withdrawal Form, click here.

• Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP): NTUC members enjoy 50% unfunded* course fee support for up to $250 each year when you sign up for courses supported under UTAP. NTUC Members aged 40 and above can enjoy higher funding support at up to $500 per year for courses attended between 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2025. NTUC Starter members can enjoy funding support at up to $200 per year. Click here for more information on how to submit UTAP claims.Unfunded course fee refers to the balance course fee payable after applicable government subsidies. This excludes material fees, registration fees, misc. fees etc.

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