Hiya, running Silkysteps I've sort of learnt to use 'STOP' as my first port of call for this lol and now try to think about any implications, possible consequences, benefits and negatives before doing what I'm about to do, agree or disagree to .. this can involve researching what others do and what they may recommend, before making a commitment. Coming to terms with errors is also part of this process
remembering not to make the same error, be in a similar situation or position and why can a burdon lol
Working in a team can be different and taking everyones views, thoughts and aspirations into account can be part of developing own practice as well as providing elements of leadership. Knowing individual functions of
'to reflect from free dictionary - review and evaluate also helps isolate what they mean.
For help in building review based and reflective practice/policies would a search of Businesslinks
leadership help.
From wikipedia -
Management policy
To help get a foothold in answering, maybe look at how you recieve feedback on decisions that you've made.
Where are you when you recieve the information.
Are you able to analyze if the decision was successful or not.
Is or do the outcomes need discussing with others.
If as a manager your decisions can impact directly on others, what specific areas do you have access to change: Pay, holiday, hours, times, responsibilities, working conditions - the environment, others, managing individual apsects of provision - routines and expectations.
Why would or wouldn't you make changes.
Why were/did you originally consider making changes - profit, less paperwork, fewer hours, more time spent with Children and staff, better resources, learning outcomes ..
I'm not sure if this is asking to gather sources from different areas of your organisation or of other external sources/organisations. So maybe you could use regulatory bodies and those of a governing / guidance capacity to provide contrasts & build reviews on - internally, could perhaps use a policy for Behavioural issues, Employment, Safety and use
www.acas.org.uk advice for contrast to your groups policy & for your own personal opinion/views/practice.
Cheshire County Council's collation of resources
Managing behaviour for behaviour and Safety -
HSE (they have a new look website
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Same guiding bodies can be used as flexible policy to model planning ..
Road safety ,
fruit & nutrition ..
One review method can be feet up, laid back with a glass of something in hand discussing how, for example a fundraising event went - how many were there. Was it just the money made that mattered, what stalls & goods were present, if advertising was placed in different locations would more of attended, what was going on in the area at the same time. Did anyone express an opinion that could help any future event - eg, 25 min wait for face painting, beer tent
lol or that people would of been prepared to pay more for a specific item - costs & pricing could be reviewed. Would you all do it again, would you change anything - a little, a lot, who would you ask ..
Another may be a skills review where you collect the interests and achievements of staff or self - reflect to see what's what - evaluate and see if there are similarities, levels, if they are being individually under or over used or deployed in/appropriately. If there are any gaps and how they could be filled.
Fire drill review, Policy and procedure review, Outings review, Action plan reviews - other methods could be 'meet to discuss' - open for all and confidential, appeals, selection and any appraisal processes, form submission - via the Board room, office, other venue, a group, face to face, staff meetings, by appointment, drop in, AGM, complaints procedures. Possibly parent evenings, meet the preschool building or leader evening / afternoons - these can provide opportunities for you to review and reflect on provision from a more indirect approach.
Methods could also be environmental - quiet times & places, or busy with agendas - as above, use documents & ways of collecting data that provides a route to reflect on what's being done and solid information you can base evaluations and judgements on.
Southampton
CIS policy list a really good site but not sure when it was last updated.
Some possible personal areas of practice to use as examples ..
- Balancing work/business and home
- Sourcing information and identifying places of advice.
- Handling contact - how comfortable you are dealing with conflict, queries, complaints, compliments and compliance.
- Recognising personal decisions - professional decisions and personal decisions that are moulded by requirements / professional decisions.
- Actions and practices you agree with, disagree with and importantly why.
I hope this helps, I don't know named examples to research sorry, so would love to hear what you find out, very best wishes with it
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