SFw 201: Skills Framework for Early Childhood and Early Intervention Leaders

The Early Childhood (EC) and Early Intervention (EI) operating landscape is highly dynamic, with ever-evolving changing expectations and requirements from various stakeholders, e.g. parents, regulatory authorities, etc.  

In response, EC / EI leaders need to have strong leadership and performance management skills to lead their staff to adapt accordingly.  At the same time, EC / EI leaders will also need to build a continuous learning and performance culture which makes it easier for staff to better to adapt and respond to meet the expectations and requirements.

This workshop is intended to help EC centre leaders, curriculum / pedagogical specialist and lead teachers to recognise the importance of their leadership roles, as people-managers and developers.  This involves finding and getting the right people into their teams, helping them to become proficient in their roles, delivering the expected outcome and results, and preparing them for future roles as they grow in their teams.

Participants will learn how to make the best use of the Skills Framework, as a valuable resource to establish selection criteria for making hiring decisions, establish a skills onboarding plan for their new staff, set and communicate work expectations and desired behaviours, and diagnose learning & performance gaps to help staff to improve.

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

• Recognise the importance of their role in people management and development as a leader
• Recognise important factors to effectively manage staff performance in organisations
• Determine selection criteria for identifying suitable candidates for talent attraction using Skills Framework
• Establish a skills onboarding plan to guide and manage the skills development of their new staff using the Skills Framework
• Set work standards and expectations using the Skills Framework
• Deploy documentation techniques to accurately record staff performance for feedback and coaching purpose
• Apply appropriate technique to rate staff performance consistently
• Use appropriate tools and available resources to facilitate professional development planning with their staff

Grants (if applicable)

• Training Grants: Up to 70%
• Individuals: Please refer to the following guides on how to claim your SkillsFuture Credit.
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• Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA): For individuals below 31 years old. Please click here for how to claim your PSEA funds
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