Nursery World - Training Today: CPD

Room leaders are the first rung on the management ladder, yet little training for them exists. But two nursery groups have recently launched in-house courses, one of which results in a team-leading apprenticeship. By Annette Rawstrone

The role of a room leader

One day you are working alongside your friends, the next you are managing them. This is a realistic scenario for many early years practitioners as they take their first step on the career ladder and are promoted to room leader.

It can be a tricky job to undertake as they, for the first time, balance the children’s needs with dealing with staffing problems and liaising with parents – with little specific training.

‘It’s rare to find a room leader who is not in ratio, so they have their own responsibilities and key children and they function alongside the staff they lead. It’s a really big job because they have to deploy staff in the room, speak to parents and conduct housekeeping,’ says Imogen Edmunds, principal HR consultant and managing director at Redwing Solutions.

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