CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION How do you use curiosity to take the pressure off as an educator? My discussions this week have been with educators that just aren’t coping. How can you introduce the concept of curiosity to better help you cope. As educators we want to do more then cope. We want to love our … Continue reading #87 Shine as an Educator – Educators Need Curiosity

CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Are you respectful of other educators choices? And I mean care settings plain and simple!! Now don’t just say yes and move on >> Do you network with other educator Do you take time to actually know other educators outside your current view point What assumptions are you making around other educators … Continue reading #86 Shine as an Educator – Are you respectful of other educators choices?

CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Are you happy as an Educator? Do you enjoy spending time with the children What things do you do each day that make you happy? . . YOUR CHALLENGE TODAY Take a step back, sit somewhere and enjoy being with the children We spoke a while ago about cram packing too much … Continue reading #85 Shine as an Educator – Are You Happy as an Educator?

CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Is your Reflective practice disruptive? And I thank Anthony Semann for this concept Is your Critical Reflection valuable and making you challenge why you are doing or not doing, what you are doing as an early childhood educator? YOUR CHALLENGE TODAY Dig into this a little deeper!! Look over the questions you … Continue reading #84 Shine as an Educator – Is Your Reflective Practice Disruptive?

CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION How are you offering follow up’s? Are you offering them in a way that works for your children? Are they a positive experience and worthwhile? CHALLENGE FOR TODAY Are you supporting your children in a way that is individual to them? Are your follow up’s tiny steps that are… Valuable Meaningful The … Continue reading #83 Shine as an Educator – Follow Up’s

CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION How do you encourage and build trust in your care setting? Trust is an unquestionable super important part of being an educator BUT knowing how to encourage, support and build trust can be tricky but is paramount to having happy children and parents CHALLENGE What conversations are you not having as educators … Continue reading #82 Shine as an Educator –TRUST as a core Value

CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION How are you recognising and unwavering with your respect for the children in your care? As an early childhood educator remember we are advocates for our precious children in every part of what we do…. CHALLENGE Reflect on two conversations you have had this week The first with a child in care … Continue reading #81 Shine as an Educator – Respect or Respectful?

CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Do your children need the gift of time? Are you going from planned experience to planned experience? What benefits to the children are you seeing and could does your flow of the day need changing? CHALLENGE Peel back the layers Intentionally allow more time and the day to flow with more direction … Continue reading #80 Shine as an Educator – The Gift of Time

CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION Does your motivation need a little pick me up? Are you being the educator that you would really want to be around every day?.. CHALLENGE What do you need to do to really lift your motivation? Introduce something new create a list of new things Do you need to take a step … Continue reading #79 Shine as an Educator – Lift your motivation

CRITICAL REFLECTION QUESTION What special days do you want to include in your care setting? Make a list of 10 days you are interested in including! CHALLENGE Look at the days that you have listed for your critical Reflection Question? How are these days relevant and of benefit to YOUR children? Check out Simple Reflect … Continue reading #78 Shine as an Educator – Choosing Special Days