What makes a good nursery manager?

What makes a good nursery manager?

by: newsetting - 18-03-08 20:51

What makes a good nursery manager?

by: Rose

Your very busy picking peoples brains! But as its for a new setting and we all want settings to be good, I'll help here too...A manager must be friendly but able to stand back and administer disciplne to the staff if necessary. She/he must have the organisational skills of a computer and the humanity of a nun.

by: newsetting

ha ha! I know. I did a management course a few weeks back and since then Ive been thinking about the set up in my nurseries quite a lot. I put three huge pieces of paper up in my staff rooms asking the questions "what makes a good manager/practitioner/place to work" and left the staff to make comments. Got some really interesting feedback. Thought they were interesting questions for on here too.

Im having a team meeting next week to go through the answers and i think it will be quite motivational for the staff. For instance "respect" was on both the good manager sheet and good practitioner sheet, showing that mutual respect is necessary for a happy workplace. Other things the girls wrote that a good practitioner should do were: be on time, be happy all the time, be tidy and organised etc etc. It was great that it was THEM saying this and not me!!!!!

by: Rose

Reversed psycology eh? I like your thinking

by: Annie

I did the same thing in a training session. What it told me was that everyone knew what they should be like but did not necessarily behave as they should. They too came up with respect but did not always show it to each other in practice. However, it is very necessary to discuss this as it helps to focus staff on their own behaviour as well as everyone elses, particularly the management. I had a great staff and they respected me but I always told them to their face when I was disappointed with their actions. Honesty and fairness do lead to respect I think..

RE: RE: What makes a good nursery manager? - 29-03-08 00:56

by: whmon

Lucky me! I employed a lovely woman who the children flock towards. She is the pied piper of children. Then I discovered that her 2 daughters have level 3's. Guess which company has those staff on their payroll now?

by: Darcey

Someone who will let her staff know they're valued, supported and always welcome to chat. Also that their ideas and hard work are appreciated and recognised. In my nursery the lack of this leads to lots of grumbles and frustration which feeds directly to the children.

by: kaz

A good nursery manager is always there! She gets stuck in in the daily routines including nappy changing and coffee making. A good manager makes sure that everyone has what they need before they realise they need it and that the staff can get on with the job they wanted to do and not have to query parents about fees or why their child didn't turn up yesterday. A good manager is sympathetic to personal problems but ensures that these problems do not hinder the care of the children. A good manager also makes sure she stays sober on staff nights out!!!!

by: tutu

leadership and vision according to Ofsted! 

by: MICK

oh yes another wicked topic, so here goes, ive worked with some managers that are a pain in the ...... why is it managers not all but some , are so far out of touch with the staff, it makes me wonder, its them and us situation, why, managers are a cog in a wheel and so are the staff, if the manager loses the staffs respect, then thats it, visa versa , i used to hate going to work, the manager, god what a cow, all of the staff hated her, so i ended up telling her, non of the other staff would say anything, oh well, a good manager, should be chilled , happy and friendly and the staff, its a two way street, though somethimes the street has roadworks on it,

by: The nursery nurse

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