ECS Staff Induction 2024

 

Staff induction this Summer 2024 will be a combination of online and face-to-face. Please register and note dates and times of relevant online sessions below for your area of work so that you do not miss these.

Face-to-face training in Dorset will start at 10am on 5 July 2024 at Lox Lane Farm, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 9PU. We will move to Port Regis School on 6 July to settle in and continue planning before pupils arrive on 7 July.

Online training:

  • Everyone, please complete the online safeguarding course here and send us your certificate so we know you have done it.
     
  • Sunday 23 June, 10am UK time. General Introduction to the summer - a chance to meet others, find our how best to prepare for ECS and ask questions. This will be an online Zoom meeting for everyone. Register here
     
  • All activity staff and anyone else who wants to - please complete the online training by following the instructions in this document. Although aimed at activity staff, all staff both new and experienced will benefit from the general advice in this training. The modules are:

        •    Module one: Working in a team
        •    Module two: Being professional at work
        •    Module three: Looking after your wellbeing
        •    Module four: Dealing with difficult situations
        •    Module five: Communicating effectively
        •    Module six: Leadership skills for activity leaders
     
  • Get Ready for Summer - social programmes and activities. Watch the video here.
     
  • Environmental Induction. Watch the recording here. You can also watch a short video, How to Talk with Children about Climate Change, here.
     
  • Social Programme Safeguarding. Online zoom session. Register here
     
  • Online resources database - see  https://countryschools.infomanaged.co.uk/ - please contact us for your log in details.
     
  • Information documents. Many of these will have been sent with contracts, but please see below and read everything relevant to your post: