Level % Diploma in Leadership for Children and the Young People's Workforce

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Unit 145 1.1 Explain the importance of continually improving knowledge and practice. Within my role of pre-school manager, it is extremely important to keep my knowledge and skills current and to be continually looking at ways to improve my practice. This is essential to my role and will help me maintain the best provision I can for the staff and children. As a senior member of staff, I am responsible for everyone within the setting so keeping my knowledge of legislations, policies, procedures, welfare requirements and the EYFS up to date is paramount. My role includes supporting and guiding staff to do well in their roles so by keeping my knowledge and practice current, it can only help them. My professional role impacts on everyone who comes into the setting so I feel that by using reflective practice I can look at my role from different angles which can benefit me in the future. (Gibbs Reflective Cycle, 1998). I am now also going to introduce this reflective cycle to staff members in order for them to analyse and reflect on their practice too. Improving my knowledge and practice is imperative and can only help to improve the service I deliver, however it is a key element in all organizations with all staff at all times. It is a continuous process which will improve the capabilities of everyone. Learning new skills and even updating some training enables everyone to progress and also to achieve better working practice. Within my setting, all staff have to attend a minimum of 4 courses/refresher training meetings per year. By doing this, we know that we are always keeping within the set guidelines and that everyone’s knowledge is current. We all also benefit within our roles too as any new skills or knowledge gained can only help the individual and also other staff. By continually developing professionally and improving my knowledge, it will result

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