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12 Ways to Motivate Staff
March 29, 2012
One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Write the staff person a personal note catching them in the act of doing something positive.
- Highlight a “Staff of the Month” on the bulletin board.
- Give a dollar amount that can be spent for new equipment for their rooms.
- Offer an unscheduled break after a difficult situation within their classroom.
- Close the program to have a staff retreat at a local motel or bed and breakfast.
- Chocolate!
- Close the program during low attendance (before Labor Day or during the holiday season) so staff can redesign their classroom.
- Solicit positive comments from parents and pass them on to the teachers.
- Send staff to conferences and have a staff meeting following it to report on new ideas that can be incorporated into the program.
- Develop a mentorship program for new and experienced staff.
- During Week of The Young Child have a “staff appreciation” day.
- Celebrate holidays outside the program with a potluck evening activity, which could also include different self-care activities.
The July 2012 issue of Exchange will be our "Idea Issue." We will be exploring how ideas are generated as well as sharing creative ideas in a wide range of areas. We invite you to help us build this issue by sharing an idea (100 words or less) in our Ideas Issue Survey #1 that you have employed to motivate staff. You will receive credit when your idea is used in print or online.ExchangeEveryDay
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Displaying 1 CommentAsheville, NC, United States
Most of these are great ideas, but we have to stop using food as a "reward" or "treat"-chocolate isn't helping teachers be better, and we should be modeling for our teachers what we want them to model for the children. We would never give a child a piece of chocolate and say "good job" and we shouldn't for teachers either. Worksite wellness and personal wellness must become a priority for early care and education.
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