The words that embody Kids & Company’s core values (the Kidco Way) are Kindness, Innovation, Diversity, Courage, and Optimism.
To celebrate our amazing team members, we launched “Kidco Kudos”; a formal recognition or “kudos” program to recognize staff members who embody these values. Kidco Kudos gives parents, colleagues and partners a chance to recognize those that go above and beyond to exemplify kindness, innovation, diversity, courage and optimism.
It is our way of recognizing and rewarding our employees for making a difference in people’s lives.
Kids & Company is encouraging employees and families to share a story about educators, co-workers, Centre Directors, and/or managers whose actions are aligned with our core values of Kindness, Innovation, Diversity, Courage, and Optimism.
How it works
All employees are eligible to be nominated, nominate others, and/or nominate themselves.
The nominator will pick one Kidco Way value that the employee represented at their workplace.
The nomination must provide information describing the action and how it is aligned with the Kidco Way value selected.
Fill out the mandatory fields and submit.
On a monthly basis, an independent team of judges will review all nominations and select the top submissions.
Five (5) employees will receive Kidco Kudos each month, based on the judges’ evaluation.
Kids & Company Co-founders will send a personal thank you note and gift to the selected employees.
Nominated by a Co-worker : This teacher has been working in the Infant class for over 3 years. Our parents and other teachers are amazed at how well she gets along with the babies even though she doesn’t have any parenting experience. With all of her loving and caring characteristics she shows, she’s so kind to children and always shares how their days went with their parents. Parents are able to build trusting relationships with her and are very happy with her. Every morning, she welcomes family and children by calling their names with smiles and by giving them hugs.
Nominated by a Co-worker :I have seen Ashley grow so much within her classroom lately and within our centre as a whole. She is trying new things in her group to help with some children that need some extra attention. She is doing very well with creating a relationship with her class and seeing some great improvements because she has been so willing to try new things with her teaching approach. I am so proud of her and it’s so nice going into her room and seeing how uplifting she is.
Nominated by a Co-Worker:Renee is the Director of Customer Care and this year she reached her 10-year milestone with Kids & Company. She has been an advocate for Diversity and Inclusion in the organization where she shares creative ideas to educate our team members and children on related topics. Last week, she hosted a putlock with her team members to showcase their traditional/cultural food. They were very happy and engaged with the activity, due to the opportunity to learn about different cultures and share theirs. At the end of the event, the Customer Care team shared food with other Head Office employees to participate in their small activity. This is one of many examples of how Renee promotes inclusion and brings everyone together to share and be proud of their roots. Kudos to you Renee! We are so happy to have you on our team. You lead a great example, we admire you!
Nominated by a Co-worker:Jihye has been adapting to the ever-changing environment having to troubleshoot and problem-solve in ways she has never tried. Having moved from an educator position to that of Assistant Director was a steep learning curve that she has embraced with courage and optimism. Kudos to Jihye.
Nominated by a Parent: Danielle started working with us in November 2021 having little experience in child care. Danielle arrives every day with a smile and is always ready for the day. She has a closing shift and says goodbye and talks to the parents at the end of the day and she does it very well. I am very happy to have Daniella as part of my team; she’s always providing wonderful, entertaining and educational activities for the children. One more thing, as we all know for many children and families too, starting in PS age is not easy. In January we had a family where the transition period was very difficult for many reasons but Danielle took it very professionally and with great patience. As a result, the child now attends every day very happy and the family is very grateful.
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