Posts Tagged ‘staff appreciation’
How to Recruit Head Start Staff During a Labor Shortage
Early childhood education programs across the country face unprecedented shortages in staff, a problem that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The child care industry employment rate is down more than 10 percent from pre-pandemic levels and child care staff hiring has become more challenging than ever, as the Office of Head Start (OHS)…
Read More16 Cheap and Easy Ways to Show Staff Appreciation in Head Start
This month on the blog, we’ve been talking about Staff Appreciation, and the importance of making it an ongoing activity weaved into your day-to-day tasks. On that note, we’ve put together a few ways to show your fellow coworkers that they are appreciated throughout the year. Have more suggestions? Leave them in the comments below!…
Read MoreStaff Appreciation: How to Care for Ourselves
Self-care isn’t a one-time deal or a one-sized approach. Are you rolling your eyes? Do you think you don’t have time for this? Then you need to read this and start figuring out how to take care of yourself. How many vacations do you take per year? What makes you feel refreshed? When in your…
Read MoreStaff Appreciation in Head Start: 14 Ways that We Can Do It!
So nobody really talks about it. We speak about big data, family engagement and school readiness all the time. We write memos about it and have meetings and trainings. Are we forgetting there is something else very important? Once a year, perhaps on teacher appreciation week, Office of Head Start may tweet or blog appreciation…
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