Observations
Home Observations
To review and accept home observations, do the following: On the Observations menu, click/tap 'Carer/Home Observations' tile. 2. All Parent Portal home observations submitted will be listed. Click/tap to open the home observation. 3. The ...
Editing & Deleting Observations
Footsteps 2 allows you to quickly and easily edit any of the observations that have been created for children at your setting. To edit a child's observation, do the following: Click/tap on the 'View' button on the Recorded Observations tile on the ...
Reviewing Observations
Footsteps 2 features an approval process which allows you to review observations before they are added to a child's record. When the approval process is enabled, each user will be assigned a role: Approver - Users can create and publish their own ...
Editing & Deleting Next Steps
To edit a child's next steps, do the following: Go to the Next Steps page and locate the next step you need to edit. Click/tap on the Options button and select the 'Edit' option: The system will display the Next Steps section of the Observation ...
Completing Next Steps
The core function of the Next Steps page is focused on converting next steps into observations. You will be able to complete next steps for either an individual child or a group of children. Multiple next steps can be selected and completed in a ...
Viewing Next Steps
Footsteps 2 allows you to quickly and easily view the next steps for all children at your setting on the new Next Steps page. To view next steps for all children, do the following: Click/tap on the 'View' button on the Next Steps tile on the ...
Draft Observations
Footsteps 2 allows you to quickly and easily view all of your draft observations on the new Draft Observations page. To view your draft observations, do the following: Click/tap on the 'View' button on the Draft Observations tile on the Observations ...
Viewing Observations
Footsteps 2 allows you to quickly and easily view all of the observations that have been created for each child at your setting. To view a child's observations, do the following: Click/tap on the 'View' button on the Recorded Observations tile on ...
Group Observations
Footsteps 2 now includes the ability to record group observations. To keep things simple we have made the process of creating a group observation exactly the same as when you create an observation for a single child. To create an observation for a ...
Photo Tagging & Blurring
To help you comply with new GDPR and safeguarding rules, Footsteps 2 now includes a tagging and blurring tool. This means that if you choose to share observations with a child's parents and carers, only the relevant faces will be shown in those ...
Photo Editing
Please note: Photo editing is a desktop-only feature and is not currently available within the Footsteps 2 app. Footsteps 2 includes a suite of photo editing tools which allow you to rotate, crop, adjust the brightness and contrast and apply a ...
Creating an Observation
The Observation form has been designed to save you time by speeding-up the process of recording observations. The Observation form has been split into 5 sections: Section 1: Observation Details Section 2: Learning (EYFS) Section 3: Characteristics of ...
Baseline Observations
A Baseline observation, sometimes referred to as an ‘On-Entry’ observation, creates a starting point which you can use to accurately track each child’s development during their time at your setting. A Baseline observation should be completed during ...
Selecting Children for an Observation
There are two ways of selecting which child/children you wish to create an observation for: Via the Observations Menu page Via the Observations List page To select children via the Observations Menu page, do the following: Click/tap on the ‘Get ...
Observations Menu
The Observations section of Footsteps features a menu page where you are able to create new observations, view existing observations, complete next steps and see how many drafts you have outstanding. You are also able to review any home observations ...