Onboarding a New Teacher
This Document describes, what to do, when a daycare is already onboarded, but the teacher is new.
When you meet the new teacher at a daycare
- ask him/the daycare owner, if the new teacher is a fully employed person or only a substitute (for us, it doesn't make sense to coach a person, if he/she only works for a short time). If you are unsure, ask your Country Manager.
- tell daycare owner and teacher, that you have to introduce this teacher to our system.
Week 1
- explain the teacher, who you are, that this daycare is working with Swiss School System. You will help him/her to adapt well to the program and coach him/her for the next three weeks.
- give the children some toys or wooden blocks to play, that you can speak with the teacher
- Show the teacher the video "What is Swiss School System"
https://youtu.be/gvMk7zumIW4
- Show him/her how to log in, use the platform and how to read the Unit Scripts
- Explain the current state of the daycare, on which subject they are working and go through the week.
- Explain how to open digital assets
- help the teacher to understand, what he/she has to do in the current week.
Let him/her try the activities with you
- Show how to make groups and how to use the Material Kit
- explain the purpose of making groups
- explain how to use the Material Kit properly (taking good care!)
- explain, that the teacher has to send videos in the whtsapp-chat
- ask the teacher for his/her number and add the number to the Whatsapp group
Week 2
- Ask the teacher, how his/her work was
- give feedback
What was good? What can the teacher do better? How can you help?
- explain about the importance of preparing well before executing the lessons
- explain about the Classroom Management Posters.
- Are they hanging on the wall?
- Explain what they mean. Green rules, red rules
- Explain the rule, "listen to the teacher" and how the teacher can enforce the children's attention by using the pan lid/bell (depends on the country)
- explain the importance of always sticking to those rules, children know them well.
- Have a look at the current lessons
- log in to the current week and explain the lessons
- answer questions
- remind teacher, to put videos in the chat
Week 3
- Ask the teacher, how the week was
- give feedback, about the lessons
- practice group making with the teacher
- pick the current week. Where does the teacher need to make groups?
- show the teacher, how to make groups
- first, use the pan lid/bell to have children's attention.
- divide kids in three groups
- distribute colored clips
- explain, that two groups have to work with the Material Kit and one group works with you
- Collect all the children again. Let teacher try the same scenario.
- execute one lesson with the teacher together. Give him/her tips and help
- Tell teacher, that this was your last visit. If he/she needs more help, you can visit another time or agree on a call.