littlewaysteam Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I'd really appreciate as much input as possible What experience did you have when you became one? (or what experience does your FSL have?) What are the extra responsibilities on top of your daily teaching role? What makes a special Foundation Stage Leader? Thank you everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 What experience did you have when you became one? (or what experience does your FSL have?) six years in playgroup, KS 1 teacher in three different schools, including Year R in all of them, ten years teaching altogether (sounds like I moved around a lot, but husband's job meant we moved around the country), then KS1 teacher in current school before settling in year R. Became Year Group leader after three years in Year R. What are the extra responsibilities on top of your daily teaching role? Year group planning - long, medium and short term, continuous provision and outside provision - head up meetings and type up planning documents; ensuring progression and continuity with pre-schools and KS1 Organising support staff - who works where at the beginning of the year, and then ensuring all classes are properly staffed each day, monitoring sickness and having 'return to work' discussions, support staff call me if they are unable to came to work supervision for support staff and appraisal for teachers Year group data analysis half-termly, and subsequent 1:1 meetings with teachers to discuss individual children's progress SLT member working with other schools to share good practice, keeping myself and all staff up-to-date with developments organising which child goes into which class on admission, organising home visits, talking with new parents and feeder preschools holding workshops for maths, reading and phonics for parents ensuring safety of outside learning area researching and ordering equipment, shopping for consumables deciding what colour paint the walls are going to be when they are painted in the Summe keeping everyone positive and morale high fighting the EYFS corner and not allowing it to be swamped by the phonics check What makes a special Foundation Stage Leader? knowing the strengths of each staff member and making sure they can succeed, being able to deal with the difficult bits and keep smiling, an appreciation of what it means to be four years old, a clear vision of what children need to learn and a sense of reality and fun Can I ask why you are asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlewaysteam Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 Thank you so much. That was very informative. I'm new to temporary leading and just needed a little more clarification on some things and advice. Your post has given me some great insight, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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