Room leader Review

To lead a small group of practitioners through the educational development and safetyof the children in our setting. To guide staff through understanding policies and producers of the nursery, and support prationers with building strong relationships with there key children and track there development correctly. I have to make strong relationships with parents and carrers and be available to discuss and problems or concerns they might have. I report to my manager about the running of my room on a daily basis.

I have gained a better understanding on how to correctly plan for the children in my room, and to help motivate and encourage my staff to be involved in changes that I have made. It has given me better understanding on leadership and management skills and is something I am using now in my everyday practice.

Since starting my level 5, it has made me become a better practitioner and room leader, I can already see the improvement that I have made. The course opened my eyes to my strengths and weakness, as has given me the resources and strategies to develop my learning. I am throughly enjoying learning again this year, and currently all the learning as been interesting and well thought out.

My course is split into 6 weekly sessions where we attend a all day training webinar. We are then given tasks to complete throughout the 6 week period and then simmitted through an online platform. We were given the structer of the programme with dates and times before we started the course , which was great so we could flag any times that we weren't available. Realise will then re arrange a time for you to complete your online learning so you don't miss out!

I am very lucky to have such a supportive management team at my current workplace and my manager is always willing to answer any questions that I may have and will guide me to look at further research and will constantly encourage me to further my learning. She is happy to attend my progress reviews and will help me set goals to achieve through out my course.

I feel very lucky to have a extremely enthusiastic TA guiding me through this course, who is willing to answer any questions I may have and to work around my extremely busy schedule at work so we can fit in our one to one meetings! She presents the teaching webinars well, and often encourages us to share our own experiences as well as her own.

It has helped me to assess and reflect on my own practise and has given me the tools to observe, analyse, and change things within my room. It has given me the confidence to be able to fulfill my job role and given me a better understanding on leadership and management which is something I have not done before.

Christmas and summer parts where staff can socialise. I am currently trying to organise a work book club as there are lots of staff members who enjoy reading, and this is something that would help boost our social aspect of The Villa. We also attend a summer fair, where we can meet new parents as well as network with our current parents.

Yes

Realise is a very professional company that delegates competent TA to support and deliver the live lessons. They are very organised, and willing to help you as much as they can to get you learning and online there training courses. I found they communicated well with myself as well as my workplace. I know if I have an issue they would be very prompt with sorting something out for me.

My advice would be, if you want to find a company who is as passionate about your learning as you are, then Realise is the company for you. My TA is amazing and is always there for guidance when needed. The company were extremely good at communicating with myself and my workplace, and couldn't fault them on the induction process at all.