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POLICY: TEAM MEMBER INTERACTION AND COOPERATION Policy #9
CREATION DATE: September 2015
REVISION DATE:

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 2016
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Jack and Jill Children’s Center requires that all individuals adhere to the philosophy of treating
each other courteously, respectfully, and with dignity as by the core values of the organization.

The policy is established to discourage disruptive behavior, to define and identify objectively
team-based behaviors and to provide a mechanism for the team to conduct and to promote
treating others courteously and respectfully using a cooperative approach.

According to “All about the ITERS-R” by Debby Cryer, Thelma Harms, and Cathy Riley, the
following considerations need to take place:

 Team member members working with the same group of children need to work closely
as a team in order to best meet the needs of the children for whom they jointly provide
care.
 Teamwork requires developing a shred context for care and education based on
information about the children, their families, the curriculum, program policies, and
daily procedures.
 Communication among team member members about the children, as well as the
curriculum and environment, is essential in order to provide consistency in the program.
 Team member members need to be helpful, respectful, and pleasant to one another to
create a wholesome and efficient working situation.
 Communication concerning children’s health, safety, social/emotional well-being, and
learning needs must not be neglected.

Daily exchange of informal communication of specific information is needed about practical
matters, such as:

 A change in the drop-off or pick-up for any of the children.
 A different adult who will be picking up one of the children that day.
 Unusual behavior on the part of a child that might signal possible illness or emotional
stress.
 Information shared by a parent about family problems or other events that might affect
the child’s behavior.
 Additional tasks that team member must remember to complete.

Interpersonal Relationships:

 Interpersonal relationships among team member members effect their work as a
professional team. If a team member is too friendly with another, they may spend too
much time together and disengage from interacting with the children they care for,
neglecting the children during indoor and outdoor activities.
 In an infant/toddler classroom where team member interacts with children who are not
yet verbal, they should not resort to conversation among themselves because they find
it more interesting.