I am sooooooooo excited!!!

Dave Mac wrote:

Overriding plans are to ski as much as possible and not have to work in the UK education system again!

That seems to be a loss to the UK education system, but for very good reasons!

I have looked at ski workers a lot. I concluded that at one time, I had one of the best season jobs in skiing. Now, I finish my days skiing, and look at who is just starting work. It seems to be the small drink/music outfits at the bottom of slopes that are close to a village. They have opened at 3.30pm. Close before midnight, and get up for the early morning lift.

Tempting innit?

Oh yes, it so is!

My hubby is a sound engineer and musician so a music venue would be no problem at all, he's done it all his life. I also have a growing list of family and friends who would like work so eventually my plan is to swan around with a pen in my hand looking busy for a couple of hours a day making sure all is ship shape. Lol!

Tony_H wrote:Brilliant news SB, and I know you will be great at it, and dont worry about having to spend a few years cleaning cottages before you do it either :wink:

I won't have to clean...My mum said she'll come and do that! :mrgreen: :wink:

snowb4ndit wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Brilliant news SB, and I know you will be great at it, and don't worry about having to spend a few years cleaning cottages before you do it either :wink:

I won't have to clean...My mum said she'll come and do that! :mrgreen: :wink:

Good for you, I'm really pleased for you both........ Good luck at the interview, Your'll wing it :lol: :lol:

Ian Wickham wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Brilliant news SB, and I know you will be great at it, and don't worry about having to spend a few years cleaning cottages before you do it either :wink:

I won't have to clean...My mum said she'll come and do that! :mrgreen: :wink:

Good for you, I'm really pleased for you both........ Good luck at the interview, Your'll wing it :lol: :lol:

Thanks Ian and Tony. The interview is on the 13th May and I have to prepare a presentation...

'Staff appraisal - present the elements you feel should be included when reviewing one of your child care staff for the first time'.

Any tips or advice welcome!

Good luck .... I want to join everyone in wishing you luck.

So many people would like to make life changes and I admire anyone who does so. It's great that the time is right for you and it sounds like you'll make a success of whatever you venture into.


Re your appraisement - wracking brains for 'business speak' that you would need to include.

These appraisements - or elements of them must be pretty generic
You'd need all the usuals
Time keeping
Team working
Flexibility
Measures to improve on (performance improvement)

Is this the sort of thing you think would be required? plus measures that apply to the actual job -but I've never worked with children. I bet there's someone out there who can help out....

Snowbandit,
Would you be allowed to actually look at the member of staff in action? I would have thought this was the best way to judge some of their strengths and weaknesses (if this is what a staff appraisal is - never done one myself). I'd want to know how they interacted with the children - the positives and negatives.

If allowed, I'd also talk to the kids, and find out what they were enjoying/not enjoying etc. And, if possible talk to the parents (not in an obvious I'm spying on my staff though).

And I'd look at their work environment - like how tidy and orderly they kept it, and what toys etc. they were using.

And then, I'd look at their paper record - things like Dids said, plus complaints and commendations etc.

But I'm sure, as an ex-headmistress, you know far more than the rest of us about staff appraisals!

I wish they'd do an ESF staff appraisal, and ask the pupils what they thought of their ski instructors :lol:

Ally

snowb4ndit wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Brilliant news SB, and I know you will be great at it, and dont worry about having to spend a few years cleaning cottages before you do it either :wink:

I won't have to clean...My mum said she'll come and do that! :mrgreen: :wink:

Mums always say that. :roll:

Good Luck SB4B sounds like with your background you stand a good chance. I am insanely jealous of you getting out of teaching and starting a new life in a ski resort. When my youngest gets a bit older maybe I will too - just gotta finish that book (and get it published) to get the money first though :oops: