tinkerbell1403 Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Morning everyone, Would anyone be kind enough to share their tracking formats with me? I am in a pre-school setting and am after some inspiration to revamp our current tracking which I know is not good enough. We rely too much on the keypersons knowledge, which although is vital, I worry that if ever a keyperson wasn't around for any reason, it would make it more difficult for another keyperson to pick up quickly. I also know that although Mrs O praised our keypersons for knowing exactly where individual children are at in their learning, that written evidence of this is not up to scratch! TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblejack Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Have you thought of using PRAMS? excellent for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerbell1403 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 I would love to use PRAMS Bubblejack. However, I have a long way to go to get all of my keypersons on board with this as two of them are afraid to go near a computer. We only have one laptop for use by the staff as well so I don't know how we would get round allocating time for inputting etc. It is my aim to get us over to PRAMS eventually. I was thinking maybe I could tackle this over the Summer and have a play around with it. Have you thought of using PRAMS? excellent for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 So, do you want each key person to be able to input information or keep written information which then gets written up onto some kind of master sheet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoolahoney Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Hi, we have tracking sheets for each child that go in LJ's and a large one that goes on the wall for all children to show their next steps so that all staff can see straight away for each child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I have a tracking sheet for each child, key people track 3 times per year and i colate it onto PRAMS It really is a great tracking system and very easy to do. My staff could track on PRAMS but i like to do this as a way of a. knowing where the children are and b. making sure staff are covering everything. If you want your staff to do the tracking, i would give some in house training and set it as part of their appraisal targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawchaz Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 How do you allocate time for PRAMS? I'm a pack away pre-school and have to be out of my hall on time as it used by others. I'd love to switch to online assessments etc but can't seem to figure out when staff would be able to do it as we only have a few hours with the children as it is!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I think that Sue is saying that she adds the data to PRAMS from her staff's tracking sheets - that's the way I do it too :1b 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerbell1403 Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 So, do you want each key person to be able to input information or keep written information which then gets written up onto some kind of master sheet? Sorry Panders, I somehow missed your reply. I would ideally like everyone to be able to input but I don't think this is possible as we only have the one laptop and we have keyworker time for an hour altogether on Tuesdays. Would like to see everyone's written formats/master sheets to see how everyone else manages it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Our sheets are the grid of the development statements with children's names across the top. The boxes are dated when we have a strong enough observation or evidence that children have achieved it. This then forms a grid of progression which our LA were impressed with on their recent visit. We have one spiral bound booklet per keygroup. It took a while for the Manager to set up, but definitely worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Sorry Panders, I somehow missed your reply. I would ideally like everyone to be able to input but I don't think this is possible as we only have the one laptop and we have keyworker time for an hour altogether on Tuesdays. Would like to see everyone's written formats/master sheets to see how everyone else manages it. In the children's learning journeys we have individual trackers, on the left hand side we have all the DMs on the right hand side columns with up to eight terms. Each key person after making an observation numbers it in the learning journey and numbers it on the DM it refers to. After 12 weeks key persons assess all their observations and then on the right hand side where the terms are, write in emerging developing or secure within the age bands for the DMs They then give me this information and I plot it onto master sheets which give each child's name age in months and then where they are for that term SIMPLES!!!!!!!! Would send you a copy if you pm me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawchaz Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Our sheets are the grid of the development statements with children's names across the top. The boxes are dated when we have a strong enough observation or evidence that children have achieved it. This then forms a grid of progression which our LA were impressed with on their recent visit. We have one spiral bound booklet per keygroup. It took a while for the Manager to set up, but definitely worth it. Would you share you sheet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) Lawchaz I often work at home, so some time is not within the setting but if i wanted my staff to add bits on, i do what they are on the rota for so that allows them to sit for 15 mins to add on stuff. I am not supernumeracy but there is always a few moments to do stuff, we free flow from 9.30 til 11.30 so there is always a bit of time, we are also packaway and have to be out Edited May 10, 2013 by Suer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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