Apprentice Early Years Practitioner Review

My role is apprentice early years practitioner. On a day to day basic this involves me following the EYFS system to educate young children by following the polices set out by my setting. I follow planning and keep the children’s learning journeys up to date with observations and pictures. I also complete my coursework in my own time set out by my tutor and if I need help, I can easily contact them or even ask my colleagues or managers for help.

I have learnt how to adapt my style to suit a child’s needs. I have also learnt how to put my authority across without coming on to strong to the children. I’ve picked up the routine that has to be carried out every day.

I 100% enjoy my job. I’ve met some wonderful children who make my job fun and when they tell me that there happy, inside it makes me feel like I’m doing something right. The people I work with are very supportive and teach me new skills along the way.

My programme Is structured to suit me. I work Monday to Friday which leaves The weekend and evenings for me to do coursework. I have regular visits from my tutor who will talk me through my assignments that she is setting and she will also ask me if I need any help. The deadline are reasonable and easy to meet.

I receive a lot of support from my employer. That have an open door policy which means if I need to talk to them at any time, there office door is always open. As well as having the open door policy, they have regular meetings with me to discuss how I’m getting on. This is also the chance for me to raise any concerns I may have and they deal with them.

I get a lot of support from my tutor. She makes regular visits to my workplace and will discuss with my my new assignments and what the criteria is to get them completed. I also know how to get into contact with her in case I’m having trouble and need to ask her something. Responses are mostly immediately.

My work set by paragon is relatable to the job I’m doing. For example one of my units was about radicalisation, and it made me think about the children at the setting and what they could me going through. I just have to listen to what there saying and how there behaving.

There is extra courses I can be enrolled onto which could help me in my job role. For Example, I can do the first aid course which means I will Join the team who are also first aid trained and it means I can administer first aid. My manager tells me about courses I can enroll onto.

Yes

I would recommend paragon skills because there tutors are really supportive and they have workshops that you can book yourself onto which can help you with your coursework.

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