Every center has distinctive ways of doing things--often more ways than anyone realizes. This form can be kept with personnel files and orientation items dated, initialed, or just checked off when done. Thorough orientation takes time, it does more than almost anything else to help new staff feel less "new" and more at home.

The checklist includes:

• 4 Administrative and Payroll Topics

• 8 Health and Safety Policies and Procedures

• 3 Parent Issues

Enjoy!

Here's a sampling of this form: