As all schools will be shutting today except for those children of key workers (which includes NHS staff, police, social workers and delivery drivers), you may find you and/or your staff will need to work remotely from home.
Some useful steps to do this successfully include:
- Get up and dressed like any work day, and set out with the right mental attitude (don’t wear Pyjamas)
- Take scheduled breaks and plan your time
- Set out a separate space in the home where you are able to work from
- Stay in contact with other members of staff throughout the day and communicate how they can contact you if they have questions
- Often a phone call will resolve issues quickly
- Create a system for sharing documents
- Ensure your IT system are robust enough in terms of Wi-Fi signal and cyber security
- Pick a specific finish time and don’t keep working late into the night unplanned
