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(Unit 6) Topic 7: Dream Team: Successful Team Building

2 Clock Hours of Early Childhood Education

Why do I Need a Strong Team?

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Having a strong working relationship with your colleagues should be a priority for childcare professionals.

The more cohesive a team, the better results for everyone and in childcare settings this includes the children. Being that the nucleus of a childcare center is the children themselves the team should be centered around the children.

Creating a team that works well together in supporting and caring for one another will result in a successful center with less turnover, higher morale, and higher job satisfaction. The director or administrator plays a key role in developing this type of environment and must nurture it’s maturation as much as possible.

It is no secret that directors and administrators wear many hats in their professional lives. Often times they are pulled in several directions seemingly at once. Creating a strong team of staff alleviates a lot of the strain that directors will experience. This is because strong teams will do many of the following things quite naturally.