Reflect on your program’s current staffing arrangements by answering the following questions to help identify challenges and ways to improve your current systems and practices.

1. What is most challenging about creating the staffing arrangements in your program?
    
2. What part of your schedule suffers the most when unplanned absences occur in your program?
    
3. Do you rely heavily on the Training & Curriculum Specialist (or coach) to fill in for staff? How might this practice impact how successful they feel as a coach? How might this impact their well-being?
    
4. Do you think intentionally about the scheduling of all staff in your program, or do you focus mostly on direct-care staff? How could you be more intentional about scheduling support staff (front desk staff, clerks, kitchen staff, custodians) and floating staff in your program?
    
5. What organizational systems do you have in place that make staff scheduling easier (e.g., online calendar, system for requesting vacation, system for calling off work due to illness or injury)? What systems are missing or could be improved? How do you make sure procedures are followed?