Employee Engagement for Early Childhood Leaders
(Maximising Engagement & Leading Effectively)
This workshop aims to equip Early Childhood Leaders, especially Centre Leaders with important knowledge and skill-sets pertaining to developing and driving employee engagement and communication in their preschool.
These include (1) having a well-research and practice-based mental framework on effective employee engagement; (2) knowing how to develop employee engagement initiatives in a structured manner using relevant tools and templates; and (3) common employee engagement initiatives for improvement.
As a result, the Early Childhood Leader will feel confident and be able to carry out review of the current state of employee engagement within their preschool and develop appropriate initiatives to better engage and retain their employees.
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Deploy an employee engagement survey for determining the existing needs of the centre
- Develop appropriate and effective employee engagement initiatives for the centre based on data-driven findings
- Gain best-practice insights on dealing with common challenging employee engagement scenarios in Early Childhood landscape
- Communicate effectively to employees when rolling out centre-level initiatives
Outline
- Harnessing the Potential of Employee Engagement to Lead Better as an Early Childhood Leader
- Understanding employee engagement & why it is important to a leader
- Introduction to employee engagement framework
- Overview process of developing employee engagement initiatives
- Roles & responsibilities of key stakeholders in employee engagement
- Diagnosis of Existing Employee Engagement Needs
- Common methods to determine current employee engagement level & needs
- Introduction to employee engagement survey as an effective & data-driven tool for diagnosis
- Development of Appropriate Employee Engagement Initiatives
- Types of employee engagement initiatives
- Workplace flexibility programmes
- Staff recognition programmes
- Identifying appropriate staff engagement initiatives in relation to employee engagement needs
- Evaluation & Refinement of Employee Engagement Initiatives
- Possible performance indicators & qualitative information for evaluating effectiveness of employee engagement initiatives
- Responding to challenging engagement issues
- Critical steps involved in succession planning
- Centre-Level Communication as a Leader
- Common type of communication at workplace level
- Staff communication planning framework for structuring effective communication
Course Dates | Registration Closing Date |
25 April 2025 | 10/4/2025 |
17 July 2025 | 3/7/2025 |
29 October 2025 | 15/10/2025 |
Payment from 1st January 2024 (9% GST applies)
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 up to $500 per individual each year, capped at 50% of unfunded course fees, for courses attended between 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2025. 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.
Organisation-sponsored training: Funding information
Self-sponsored training: Funding information
Course Code
TGS-2024041155
Support period:
31 March 2023 to 27 November 2025
UTAP Course Code
C00032872
Support Period:
25 July 2024 to 31 March 2027
Duration
9am to 6pm
1 day (8 hours)
- 7 hours facilitated workshop
- 1 hour assessment
CPD Hours
7 Hours
Venue
Marina Square or Similar
Funding
WSS/MCES/Absentee Payroll/SFC/SFEC/PSEA/UTAP
Who should attend
Lead Early Years Educator & Lead Preschool Educator; Deputy Centre Leaders & above from Early Childhood Education. Lead Early Intervention Educator and above, and Lead Learning Support Educator & above
Methodology
Participants are guided through practical steps of the topic with a combination of lectures, case studies and group discussions.
Mode of Assessment
– Case study
– Written assessment
Minimum Entry Requirements
– Professionals in the Early Childhood or Social Service sector, dealing with Early Intervention.
– No individual registration will be allowed; only registrations from entities in the stated sectors will be accepted.
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