Task 1- Role of Supervisor, Supervisor Skills and Personal Qualities

Instructions:

• Outline in detail the role of a supervisor/team leader
• Outline 10 qualities and skills of a supervisor.
• Reflect on 5 qualities and skills you have that would make you an effective supervisor and give clear examples of using these skills in an ECCE setting.

Task 2- Organisational Skills – Delegation

Instructions:

1. Outline your understanding of good practice in the process of delegation using appropriate referencing.
2. Consider one task that you have delegated recently to a member of staff

Answer the following:

• Type of task
• Carried out by
• Job Role
• Your involvement
• Benefits to you as delegator
• Benefits to staff member
• Positives / Negatives
• What you learned from the process of delegating these tasks?
• What would you do differently in the future when delegating tasks to staff?   

Task 3 – Motivation

Instructions:

1. Describe the benefits of motivating staff, using appropriate referencing to two theories of motivation.
2. Describe how staff are motivated in your organisation.
3. Outline changes you would make to improve motivation.

Use the following headings in your answer:

• Setting Objectives
• Planning
• Decision Making
• Delegating
• Monitoring and Supervision

Task 4- Leading a childcare team – Employment Induction Programme

Instructions:

1. Examine the benefits of an induction programme for a new staff member using appropriate referencing.
2. Devise and outline an induction programme which you feel would meet the needs of any new employee in a childcare setting, to include one week’s induction activities at the ecce setting.