New guides fail when they get a key and a smile. This checklist is what the school owes them in the first month: how this room runs, where records live, and when they are observed.
It is not a training-center practicum log. Album work belongs with their training program. This sheet is employment and this classroom.
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No sign-up. Fill by hand, or use it as the paper version of the same record you keep digitally.
Download PDFBefore day one
- Badge, keys, parking, emergency contacts
- Schedule, ratios, and who covers breaks
- Album and shelf tour with the lead or mentor
- Login for whatever system holds observations and attendance
Week one
- Observe a full work cycle before presenting
- Meet each child with the lead (names, allergies, pickup)
- Where observations are written and who reads them
- How Presented / Working / Mastered is recorded here
- Who talks to families and how (door, message, conference)
First 30 days
- Mentor walkthrough date
- First family communication they will send or join
- Fire / lockdown / playground rules
- When they own a presentation independently
How to use this template
Assign a mentor. Check items with dates, not initials only. Revisit at 30 days.