1 Survival Guide for Early Childhood Services Presented by: Colleen Gigliotti, Jennifer Jones, Allison Roth, Marci Stout, Patricia Schlegel & Dolly McCloskey Patty to do introduction

2 Our Motivation Different guidelines for ECS and School AgeCalendar different IEP, Progress Reports and Re-evaluations due at different times Most orientation and induction is geared more towards school-aged classroom teachers We are in various locations and it is difficult to contact each other for help Design something for new ECS staff members that does not currently exist Colleen

3 Project Design We aim to provide a guide to paperwork timelines, resources (I.e., data collection sheets, caseload forms, etc), and helpful information we have acquired for new employees. Jen….hand out guide

4 Primary Components Guidelines and due datesGoogle, caseload forms, travel IEPs, Progress Reports, Re-Evaluations When are they due? What needs to be included? SharePoint Online Resources Moodle, SharePoint, AESOP, Coursewhere, Pelican Marci

5 Where do we go from here??? Guide given to service coordinators to distribute to new employees in their region Available to mentors in the induction program All resources on SharePoint All new ECS employees should receive a binder, links, and/or zip file of all the forms included on SharePoint Encourage future year 2 inductees to update/revise our project. Allison

6 Conclusion What have we learned???Guide could have been beneficial to new employees Acclimated more quickly and efficiently Experience less frustration and increased confidence Dolly – We learned that we really could have benefitted from having a ECS guide and resources/information provided to us when we were hired… We feel that this collection/guide will help new employees to become acclimated with Early Childhood Services more quickly and efficiently, experiencing less frustration and increased confidence in their service provision.