Assistant deputy manager Review

by Sandhills Day Nursery

Rating

8.8/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

    • Running a room, leading a team, managing the whole staff team in managements absence. Planning activities for children and their individual needs, large groups for all of the children. Checking staff paperwork. Checking the health and safety of my room and the rest of the nursery. signing children in and out of the nursery

    9/10
  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

    • Yes, I have. Refreshed on safeguarding. How all of my efforts are actually impacted into the room and the staff even if they don't react to it. The importance of reflecting on your own practice as well as my team members. Dealing with conflict even when it may seem scary

    10/10
  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

    • It was lovely to meet up with my tutor, as she was so friendly all the time and got to know us on a personal level and understood how we prefered to work. She always communicated well with us and supported us well through the trickier questions. Nothing was too much of a problem

    9/10
  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

    • I found it all very clear and self explanatory as [This section of the comment has been removed by a member of the RateMyApprenticeship Team because it did not meet our site terms and conditions] kept a good close eye on our gap analysis and emailed regularly with updated questions we could do etc. I liked the ratio of written work, observations, reflective accounts and speaking over the dictaphone. It was always very clear what [This section of the comment has been removed by a member of the RateMyApprenticeship Team because it did not meet our site terms and conditions] wanted us to complete

    8/10
  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

    • My employer was very supportive and made sure that I was getting my work done each month before [This section of the comment has been removed by a member of the RateMyApprenticeship Team because it did not meet our site terms and conditions] came. She would also let me have some time at work to complete some course work as I also have a very busy home life with two boys and a house to run

    9/10
  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

    • I found it all very clear and self explanatory as [This section of the comment has been removed by a member of the RateMyApprenticeship Team because it did not meet our site terms and conditions] kept a good close eye on our gap analysis and emailed regularly with updated questions we could do etc. I liked the ratio of written work, observations, reflective accounts and speaking over the dictaphone. It was always very clear what [This section of the comment has been removed by a member of the RateMyApprenticeship Team because it did not meet our site terms and conditions] wanted us to complete

    9/10
  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

    • Yes, I have. Refreshed on safeguarding. How all of my efforts are actually impacted into the room and the staff even if they don't react to it. The importance of reflecting on your own practice as well as my team members. Dealing with conflict even when it may seem scary

    9/10
  • 8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

    • No there isn't

    7/10
  • 9a. Would you recommend Sandhills Day Nursery to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 9b. Why?

    • Because it is like one big family and we make sure the children are the centre of every decision we make. All of the staff are trained in the same way so that everyone is on the same page and teaching the same in the same way especially with behaviour

  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Sandhills Day Nursery?

    • Just be yourself

Details

Higher Level Apprenticeship

Teaching

Boston

April 2020

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