New deputy manager - HELP!

[AllyS]

Hello all, 

I am so thankful for finding this forum, as I think this will be a big help for me on my new journey as deputy manager. Technically this is my first ever management role. Unfortunately, due to some unpredictable circumstances, I am the only management in at the moment, however, big boss has now had to step in, but I of course need to do jobs that I wouldn't necessarily do due to my job role being assistant deputy head. I am enjoying the challenge! The teaching and learning has not been managed well, and I am expected to ensure planning, leaning environment, areas set up, and learning outcomes are all from development matters. Could anyone please help me how to get the perfect planning in (currently using curriculum bites), what are we looking for in learning environment (curiosity approach). Any forms, or help from you lovely lot would be so appreciated, as I have had no handover and most of the time I am winging it, there has been quite a lot of improvement since I have started, boosting staff morale and making sure staff are all doing their jobs effectively. 

 

Thank you so much !!!!

[BenTapestrySupport]

Welcome to the forum!

I think this is an ideal time to look at using something like Gemini or ChatGPT (or other AI tools). It's not going to do the whole thing for you, but it will certainly give you a great starting point. 

You could look at uploading Development Matters and then asking something like "Focus on each area from the document. The children I am planning for are X to Y months old. We are looking at the following topics XYZ and would like to plan activities and the environment that meets their developmental needs whilst sticking close to the topic."

I did this with the following prompt: 

"Focus on each area from the document. The children I am planning for are 24 to 60 months old. We are looking at the following topics "Growing things" and "Who is in my Family" and would like to plan activities and the environment that meets their developmental needs whilst sticking close to the topic. Give me some ideas that would help me to plan a suitable curriculum and some ideas for activities that I can design for a 6 week block."

 

It gave me the following results: 

Output from the above prompt

Whilst this might not be perfect, it gives a place to start from, and you can keep asking it prompts to improve what it is giving you, adding your own spin into what you want etc.