An aspect of my role in my first year of working as placement co-ordinator for the EYPS team was to observe and support the students in placement. The full-time students have a particularly difficult job - attending a setting for the first time, building relationships that will enable them to support the work of a team, and developing an area of change or innovation.
Many of our partner settings have identified ideas for development that may suit a student with only a limited number of weeks to complete their placement. They negotiate with the student the role and outcomes they wish the activity to achieve for their provision. Alternatively, some students identify their own ideas, then successfully negotiate and build relationships which enable them to develop and lead new initiatives.
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