保持比率

As a manager, it is your responsibility to ensure that staff comply with staff-child ratio requirements at all times. Adherence to staff-child ratios is important for several reasons. First and foremost, it assists with the supervision of children and youth; it is much easier to supervise smaller groups of children. Second, it diminishes the transmission of communicable disease. Third, it allows teachers to provide more individual attention to children. Finally, it provides consistency for children and youth so they feel emotionally secure, which supports their development and learning.

Maintaining staff-child ratios requires commitment on the part of everyone. Just like supervision, maintaining ratios is not a sometimes activity. It’s an all-the-time activity. If you have created a culture of compliance and adhere to yourPUBLIC程式维持比率的系统，没有人会思考甚至一秒钟，并将他们的教学伴侣脱离了课堂;他们会理解并跟随你的PUBLIC程式protocols, knowing there are consequences if they don’t. When it comes to ratios, your staff need to count and count often, and you need to frequently monitor your systems for maintaining ratios.

确保比例的最有效的方法之一是主动在您的规划和调度中。进行规则的比例审计和审查教室名称以分析在工作人员身上，可以帮助您努力安排足够的员工以确保覆盖范围。

Transitions

Transitions happen all day long in programs: Arrivals and departures, transitions from inside to outside, transitions from one activity area to another and to and from shared spaces. As a result, it's very easy for children and youth to get distracted and dislocated from their group. Staff need to be especially vigilant by conducting name to face head counts during each of these times of transition. It is your responsibility to ensure staff members receive training on all aspects of maintaining ratios, from conducting ratio counts to communicating when there are ratio concerns.

沟通的重要性

有效的沟通是所有管理课程中的重复主题，因为此技能将在您工作的各个方面都支持您。有效的通信系统对维持所需比率至关重要。托马斯彼得斯和罗伯特·沃特曼Jr.（1982年）国家In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companiesthat “the hallmark of any successful organization is a shared sense among its members about what they are trying to accomplish.” The achievement of shared goals is directly related to effective communication. Everyone on a team must do their part in accordance with written policies and procedures.

Effective communication strategies will support you as you move your team from "me" to "we." Balancing individual needs and organizational needs is one of most challenging aspects of being a manager. A culture of "we" is imperative when it comes to protecting everyone from harm.

Early-childhood educator Paula Jorde Bloom (2003) says "effective leaders are able to synthesize complex information and communicate that information cogently and succinctly. They are persuasive advocates for their cause and know how to explain issues with clarity and eloquence." Effective communication, in addition to good planning, will support you as you create a culture of compliance.

有效的通信系统将确保始终保持比率。您的系统是涉及对讲机或亲自检查的比率检查，您的员工必须彻底了解您的PUBLIC程式通信系统所以您可以通知您可以相应地调整。此外，书面程序同样重要。工作人员必须接受这些程序，以及收到员工手册的副本。这将在通信课程中更详细地解决。

Watch this video to hear about ways to maintain ratios.