Trainings: Taking on Turnover

Taking on Turnover training was developed from the 1999 CCW publication, Taking on Turnover, which was developed to help teaching staff and administrators explore together how to make their child care centers a place where they and their co-workers can grow and develop as practitioners while providing the best possible stability and continuity for children and families.

The Taking on Turnover workbook can be used as an efficient stand alone tool to help in efforts to manage and lessen the issue of job turnover amongst early care and education professionals. The workbook contains hands-on activities for directors and teachers as well as a list of resources for further reading and action.

The topics addressed include:

• Understanding how turnover affects children, parents and staff
• Calculating what turnover is costing your program
• Managing turnover whenever it happens, to promote stability and reduce stress
• Reducing turnover by improving your program’s work environment, recruitment and hiring practices, and compensation package
• Creating a workable substitute system for your program and community
• Joining with others beyond your own program to take action on turnover

To order the workbook and conduct your own Taking on Turnover training, click here. For a coordinated training of Taking on Turnover, contact Community Allies at 919-479-8106 or commallies@aol.com.