Posts Tagged ‘staff’
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 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…
Read MoreIntroducing Geoffrey Lowry, the Newest Member of The Gravely Group Team
I am excited to introduce another new consultant with The Gravely Group. We are expanding Knowledge Management our branch of Head Start learning to include new consultants who are accomplished professionals in the areas of Head Start and non-profit administration. Knowledge Management (KM) describes the process of gathering, classifying, analyzing and sharing information so that…
Read MoreMeet The Gravely Group Staff: Yvette Dobbs, Head Start Management Expert
It is with great pleasure that I introduce Yvette Dobbs as a member of The Gravely Group. Yvette has been with us for the last year working behind the scenes to develop new systems for the Group and drive our work into a new direction to better serve our clients. Yvette is the Head Start…
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