Report RE: EYPS jobs?

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by: timmylums

I am currently on the f/t pathway and in my second placement. I can understand what everyone is saying, management in my first placement were very negative and felt that an EYP was not needed as they would have their own staff although these staff will struggle as accademically they are not ready to tackle a degree. In my second placement they are very positive, they admit that they do not have anybody willing or capable of a degree and are more than happy with the impact and difference that I have made in my short time there. I myself am very sceptic about what the future holds but through lots of visits to other settings (doing supply work) I can see the great need for higher qualified staff. It is unbeleivable, the  difference between the standard of learning and behaviour in nursery school (teacher led) and a private nursery/children's centre (practitioner led). Yet all of these children will enter mainstream school expected to have the same level of input during their early years. As a parent I am so glad that my child attended a teacher led pre-school as I would not have been happy if she had been in the care of a level 3 (no disrepect but training and knowledge cannot live with that of a qualified early years teacher) and this is were the  EYP will close the gaps. Hence the reason it is such a high level status and requries a good standard of literacy, numeracy and child development. If you are considering going for EYP or even employing an EYP in your setting do not look at is as a money status but an opportunity to ensure that children leaving your setting to go to school have had as good an input as those that start school at three.          

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