Growing Tree Learning Center - Jersey City NJ Child Care Center

27 FISK STREET , JERSEY CITY NJ 07305
(201) 436-2200

About the Provider

Description: At the Growing Tree, we believe that fostering your child’s love of learning will carry with them throughout the remainder of their education. Our nurturing and developmentally appropriate preschool environment will lay the foundation for your child’s future success.

Our learning center anticipates providing your child a safe, secure, and wholesome physical, social, emotional, and intellectual environment.

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 09GRO0002
  • Capacity: 160
  • Age Range: 2 1/2 - 6 years
  • State Rating: 1
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • Current License Issue Date: 2023-08-28
  • Current License Expiration Date: 2026-08-28
  • District Office: New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
  • District Office Phone: 1-877-667-9845 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Inspection Date Inspection Type Reinspection Form
2026-05-01 Renewal No Center Inspection
2025-01-27 Monitoring No Center Inspection
2024-05-20 Re-Inspection Yes Center Inspection
2024-04-16 Monitoring No Center Inspection
2023-07-12 Email Yes Center Inspection
2023-06-28 Phone Call Yes Center Inspection
2023-05-23 Re-Inspection Yes Center Inspection
2023-05-01 152610 3A:52-4.3(c) The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f):Age Staff/Child RatioUnder 18 months - 1:418 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:62 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:104 years - 1:125 years and older - 1:15
2023-05-01 152610 3A:52-6.1(b)(2) The staff member(s) specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5 who are responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of the center's daily activities shall ensure that children have opportunities to choose materials freely and materials are accessible at all times except during lunch and nap time.
2023-05-01 152610 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(i)(1) The sponsor or sponsor representative shall designate individuals with the authority and responsibility to develop and implement written policies and procedures for the operation of the center, including a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication.
2023-05-01 152610 3A:52-4.5(c)(2)(i) The director or his or her designee(s) shall be on the premises at all times when the center is operating and the designee shall not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times when the director is not present at the center.
2023-05-01 152610 3A:52-4.5(e)(2)(i) For early childhood programs the head teacher shall be scheduled to work at the center for at least 75 percent of the center's daily operating hours or at least six hours a day, whichever is less.
2023-05-01 152610 3A:52-4.5(e)(4)(i) For early childhood programs the group teacher(s) shall be scheduled and have the authority and responsibility to work at the center for at least 75 percent of the center's daily operating hour or at least six hours a day, whichever is less.
2023-05-01 152610 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) When the center applies for a new or renewal license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department the completed CARI consent forms for all staff members who are or will be working at the center on a regularly scheduled basis. Within two weeks after a new staff member begins working at the center, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department a completed CARI consent form for the new staff member.
2023-05-01 152610 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) As a condition of securing a license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) fingerprint background check is completed for himself or herself, and for all staff members at least 18 years of age who are or will be working at the center on a regularly- scheduled basis, to determine whether any such person has been convicted of a crime, as specified in P.L. 2000, c. 77 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-6.10 to 6.17). The sponsor or sponsor representative and each staff member shall complete the electronic fingerprinting process through the vendor authorized by the State to conduct CHRI background checks through the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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