Under Roof Ratio Explained

It s a hot topic that divides educators.

Under roof ratio explained.

When calculating the ratios some services like to implement something called under the roof ratio. For those of you who haven t heard the term before under the roof is the term some services use to justify not having a certain number of staff directly with the children. So the number of educators required is calculated based. A ratio of 1 1 62 is known as the golden ratio and therefore the vast majority of roof pitch in degrees charts you see will be working to this ratio at the very least.

Under the roof the ratio works well in a whole group setting or when services are open between all rooms or when children are all grouped together. It will not work if rooms are completely separate or closed off from each other because adequate supervision still needs to be maintained by the educator counted against both age ranges. This is because steeper looks tend to fit more with the golden ratio which all architects work by. When applied correctly under the roof ratios facilitate learning opportunities that would otherwise not be possible including those that take place during family grouping mixed age grouping open indoor outdoor grouping and flexible grouping which occurs when children are offered the freedom to roam between rooms at their leisure.