Description
HOW WILL THIS PLANNING MADE SIMPLE PACK HELP MAKE MY ROLE EASIER?
You will become an empowered and confident leader when you use the resources in this leadership pack compiled especially with the needs of Ed Leaders in mind! Understand exactly how to mentor and guide educators on your team to meet the steps of the planning cycle, engage in critical reflection, participate in meetings and communicate effectively. Use the tools in this leadership pack to inspire educators to upskill and try new approaches.
Gain a clearer understanding of the educational leader role and know exactly what you want to achieve and how to get started making it happen!
Resource #1 - Leader Journal
Organise & Link
Collect and write down ideas, suggestions and reflection topics as you go for important focus areas to help you bust myths, explain and simplify linking frameworks to learning outcomes.
Review & Reflect
Use simple checklists to reflect on and summarise your week and month in just a few minutes. Tick off those important jobs that need to be done then keep in your journal folder to share evidence of processes and action taken regularly.
Prepare & Take Action
Take your journal to meetings, mentor sessions, planning reviews and day to day activities to ensure you are always well prepared, organised and feeling empowered and supported in your role.
Who is this for? Educational leaders, Coordinators and Directors.
Use this journal to help you lead confidently, plan, mentor, motivate, inspire, manage your time effectively & simplify your role!
Resource #2 - Planning Cycle Review Checklists & Guide
Organise
Set up an efficient process for reviewing, reflecting and discussing room programs and planning documentation.
Review
Confirm an ongoing cycle of observations, analysis of learning, forward planning and evaluation or identify gaps.
Take Action
Create an easy to follow action plan with timeframes for individual educators. Identify any possible professional development needs.
Who is this for? Students, All Educators, Educational leaders, Coordinators and Directors.
Use this guide and checklist tool to help you regularly review, reflect on, simplify, identify gaps and discuss Educator room programs and planning documentation while keeping clear evidence of your commitment to support team members and their ongoing professional development!
Resource #3 - How to Organise & Manage Meetings
Prepare & Mentor
Set up clear processes and expectations for all staff and create meaningful agendas. Mentor and inspire educators rather than just directing or monitoring.
Engage & Lead
Record meeting minutes that can be used to show evidence as well as record important decisions and action steps. Feel organised and well prepared for different learning styles and opinions raised in group meetings.
Take Action
Consistently plan, review and identify new areas for quality improvement as a team then record progress on team action plans and collaborate to assign new tasks and goals all in the one place.
Who is this for? Educational leaders, Coordinators and Directors.
This tool will show Leaders step by step how to prepare, organise and present team meetings that educators actually look forward to attending rather than dreading or finding excuses not to attend!
Resource #4 - Connect & Grow Mentor Session Guide
Connect & Review
Provide opportunities for growth, mentorship, motivation and ongoing
learning. Simplify frameworks, outcomes and principle and regularly reflect on current practice in a supportive and friendly 1:1 space.
Motivate & Inspire
Provide opportunities for active learning - share and inspire with programming ideas and inspiration. Present a balance of problem-solving issues and opportunities for learning and creative discussion.
Empower
Record progress on individual action plans and collaborate to assign new tasks and goals.Ensure team members are recognised for their achievements and hard work building a sense of capacity, empowerment and wellbeing
Who is this for? Educational Leaders, Coordinators and Directors.
This guide gives Educational Leaders the prompts, templates and reflection questions to help them organise and conduct productive yet informal catch-up and mentoring sessions with other team members. Links with the Empowered Educator Leader Journal and Planning Cycle Review Form. The idea behind this action guide is to prompt conversation, reflection and
discussion as you work through the guide together in an informal ‘chat’ session first rather than an intimidating formal meeting.
Resources 5, 6 & 7 - Critical Reflection & Professional Development
Journal
This journal will help you to put a simple time-saving system in place using the pages and prompts already done for you so that reflection becomes a positive habit and not a daily, weekly and monthly chore you avoid at all costs until someone asks to see your paperwork!
Organiser
Breakdown the reflection process visually into manageable steps that will show the HOW, WHEN & WHY. Feel confident talking to an assessor or validator about how you (or team members) use documentation and reflection throughout the planning cycle steps, self-development and day to day work with the children.
Development Planner
Set professional development goals and raise awareness of extra support or training you and other team members require. Record progress on those goals and collect new ideas to share. Works well for educators with different skills, qualifications and levels of experience!
Who is this for? All Educators, Students, Educational Leaders, Coordinators and Directors.
Tired of being told you NEED to be reflecting in your role as educator and able to show evidence but not being shown HOW to do this in a way you understand? Here is your solution! The Critical Reflection Resource Pack gives you the ideas, prompts and guidance so you understand HOW to reflect across different areas step by step and most importantly HOW to organise and use that information in your forward planning, professional development and then set realistic goals you can confidently achieve.
Resources 8, 9, 10 - Communicate & Lead
Communication Book
This communication resource has been specifically created to ensure every educator in the centre/room has an opportunity to take part in meeting required steps of planning, communicating, observing and reflecting – no matter the role or experience level! Use as a source of evidence displaying a cycle of ongoing reflection and forward planning.
Reflection Story Cards
Reflection cards will help you look past the obvious answers and dive a little deeper by creating a simple 3 step story. Use them in team meetings, mentor sessions, to help guide critical reflection or just as a tool to prompt regular reflection in different areas. Use as individuals or collaborate together.
Quickstart Guide
Use this Simple Series Guide to help you lead confidently, plan, mentor, motivate, inspire, manage your time effectively & better understand the requirements of your role! Better understand the expectations of your role by using the Empowered Ed 5 core areas to focus on first as Educational Leader
Who is this for? Educational Leaders, Coordinators and Directors.
Not sure what you are meant to be doing as a leader? Feeling out of your depth? Need a step by step action plan to help you get on track? This collection of resources will give you the answers and support you need to lead and communicate confidently!
This digital resource pack includes everything Educational Leaders and Coordinators need to inspire and mentor educators with new ideas, simpler processes and tools to keep everyone happy and motivated to try new things!
**You will receive a confirmation email with an official receipt and link to download the digital journal resource immediately after payment is completed…all files are in PDF format. Please note these are digital resources and not mailed out as hard copies.
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