Just had a meeting with our childminding network co-ordinator today.
All early years settings including childminders (800+) in Birmingham will be graded under EYQISP - Early Years Quality Improvement Support Programme (who on earth chose this title???). Just had a look at the document and its 75 pages long!!! We will all get a RAG grade which means:
Red grade - supported once a month
Amber grade - supported every 2/3 months
Green grade - supported once a year
She spent one hour today filling in paperwork and coming back later on in the week for another one hour session for more paperwork. After this there will be a type of conference with other early years professionals to decide on our individual grading and any support required. She gave an example such as: if my paediatric first aid certificate runs out in March 2011, I will be put on the next available course even if it means jumping the queue!!
Wait there's more...
Also today I had the local childcare development worker doing her annual audit which took one and half hours. She will also return next week to go through ALL my paperwork as part of this EYQISP.
The poor trees are going to suffer with all this paperwork....plant a tree for life before its too late!
Nina
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