Characteristics of A Successful Orientation Process

• Roles and responsibilities of trainers are clearly defined and a system for accountability and evaluation is in place to ensure comprehensive, consistent orientations for new employees.

• A system is in place to evaluate how much the employee has retained and what areas need to be re-addressed.

• All training (both formal and informal) will be documented, in addition to goals for improvement.

Trainers are to look for indicators that a new employee is feeling overwhelmed.

This is typically done in a quiz-type format.

They are given time to familiarize themselves with the children, basic procedures and routines.

• Instances of non-compliance will initially be treated as training issues.

• The new employee is told specifically whom the contact is for questions related to various aspects of his/her employment.

He/She is given a thorough tour of the center and ample time is allotted for questions and observation.

A copy of what the employee will eventually be evaluated on is to be given him/her.

• Information is broken down into manageable pieces, with the most crucial being covered first.

• Roles and responsibilities of trainers are clearly defined and a system for accountability and evaluation is in place to ensure comprehensive, consistent orientations for new employees.

• The new employee is told specifically whom the contact is for questions related to various aspects of his/her employment.

• Roles and responsibilities of trainers are clearly defined and a system for accountability and evaluation is in place to ensure comprehensive, consistent orientations for new employees.

• State licensing standards are made available to the employee for reference.

He is also signing that he understands this information and will be held accountable for following the policies, procedures, rules and regulations.

• The new employee will be observed within his/her classroom and given specific feedback on job performance to date.

• The new employee is given a job description (If they don’t already have one) and information on benefits, chain of command, C and general basic child development.