BRIGHTPATH

Pending notification of completion of all required background check components in subdivision (a) of this section, a prospective director, employee or volunteer must always be supervised by an individual who received a qualifying result on the background checks described in paragraph (a) of this section within the past five years. A provisional director, employee or volunteer shall not have unsupervised contact with children in care.

Rule 413.4(d)(6). Corrected during the inspection.

The submission of fraudulent or altered documents to the Office or its representatives is prohibited.

Rule 418-1.15(b)(5). From a complaint.

Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center.

Rule 418-1.4(b)(1). From a complaint.

The supervision ratios are as follows:

Rule 418-1.8(k). From a complaint.

for 4-year-old children: the maximum group size is twenty-one children.

Rule 418-1.8(k)(5)(ii). From a complaint.

Staff and volunteers must be mature, of good character and possess suitable personal qualifications.

Rule 418-1.13(a)(1). From a complaint.

for children between ages 18 months old and 36 months old: there must be one teacher for every five children;

Rule 418-1.8(k)(3)(i). From a complaint.

Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher’s range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child’s age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.

Rule 418-1.8(a).

To be qualified as a group teacher for an infant or toddler class, a person must possess either: an Associate’s degree in Early Childhood, Child Development or a related field; and one year of experience related to caring for infants and toddlers; or

Rule 418-1.13(g)(3)(i).

When preschool children are cared for in school age groups at the very beginning or very end of the day, the teacher/child ratio and maximum group size applicable to the youngest child in the group must be followed.

Rule 418-1.8(l)(10). From a complaint. Corrected during the inspection.