Description: At Bright Beginnings Childcare Center, our children are exposed to early concepts through play and hands-on exploration. The environment is seeded with opportunities that inspire a child's natural curiosity, imagination, and creativity. Our developmental program believes in the importance of process rather than product, and that experience is the best teacher. We strive to provide all of the children in our programs with strong personal values, while encouraging children to grow in self-worth and independence.
Our goal is to link together with your family, your child, and all of our staff in a balanced approach to learning through play. We pride ourselves on providing a curriculum and developmental program you'd expect from a top quality childcare center while maintaining the warm, loving, comforting environment of home based childcare.
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| Date | Type | Regulation Code | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-06 | Non Compliance | 36U - Staff Attendance | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff attendance is complete. One staff was not signed into the Tumble Tots room in the morning | |||
| 2020-01-06 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff-to-child ratios and maximum group size are followed at all times. According to attendance records, on 1/6/2019, from 8:40 am to 9:05 am there were up to 16 children, ages one to three, with two staff. From 9:05 am to 9:18 am there were 18 children, ages one to three, with three staff | |||
| 2019-12-18 | Non Compliance | 36U - Staff Attendance | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff attendance records are complete. On December 17, 2019, Ms. Ayres was not signed out on the Busy Bees attendance record. On December 18, 2019, Ms. Ayres stated she was in the room with Staff #2 in the morning, but she was not signed in on the Tiny Tunes attendance record. Attendance records were not available for the Busy Bees classroom, so Ms. Ayres was not signed into the classroom that she was present in. Submit one week of attendance records for all classrooms by January 3, 2020. | |||
| 2019-12-18 | Non Compliance | 15U - Governing Body | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the center has sufficient staff to fulfill, at a minimum administrative, fiscal, clerical, cleaning, maintenance, food services, direct child care, and supervisory functions. On December 18th, there were three staff present in the building with three classrooms being used and one of the staff was not qualified to be alone with the children. There were not any staff available to come into the center or provide bathroom breaks for the staff. Submit a detailed staffing plan via email by 4:00 pm, December 18, 2019, and submit one week of attendance records for all classrooms by January 3, 2020. | |||
| 2019-12-18 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff-to-child ratios and maximum group sizes are maintained at all times and unqualified staff are not alone with children. On December 16, 2019, Staff #2, an intern, was alone in the Tiny Tunes classroom with up to ten children, the youngest being one, after Staff #4 left at 8:54 am. Staff #1 was alone in the Tumble Tots classroom with up to ten children, the youngest being two, from 8:00 am to 1:27 pm. On December 17, 2019, Staff #2 was alone in the Tiny Tunes classroom with up to eight children, the youngest being one, from 8:03 am to 4:43 pm. Staff #1 was alone in the Tumble Tots classroom with up to ten children, the youngest being two, from 9:05 am to 11:27 am. From 7:50 am to 8:00 am, Ms. Ayres and Staff #1 were alone with up to 14 children, the youngest being one. On December 18, 2019, according to the attendance records, Staff #2 was alone with the nine children, ages one and two, since 10:10 am. Ms. Ayres stated she was in the room with Staff #2 in the morning and Staff #3, an intern, was alone in the preschool room. Attendance records were not available for the preschool room and Ms. Ayres was not signed on the Tiny Tunes attendance record. Ensure at least two staff are present when seven or more children are present. On December 17, 2019, Ms. Ayres was alone with up to eight children, the youngest being one, from 7:21 am until 7:30 am when Staff #2 arrived. Submit a detailed staffing plan via email by 4:00 pm, December 18, 2019, and submit one week of attendance records for all classrooms by January 3, 2020. | |||
| 2019-12-18 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure nap equipment is at least 18 inches apart. This was discussed and corrected at the visit when Ms. Ayres agreed to comply. | |||
| 2019-12-18 | Non Compliance | 43U - Children's Attendance | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure children’s attendance records are complete. On December 16, 2019, six children were not signed out on the Busy Bees attendance record. On December 17, 2019, nine children were not signed out on the Busy Bees attendance record. On December 18, 2019, there was not an attendance record available for the Busy Bees classroom. Submit one week of attendance records for all classrooms by January 3, 2020. | |||
| 2019-10-15 | Non Compliance | 30N - Ratios, group size, and supervision | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff-to-child ratios are maintained. An intern was observed alone with five, one to two-year-olds. This was corrected when Administrator Veronica Ayres entered the classroom. | |||
| 2019-10-15 | Non Compliance | 28N - Staffing | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff charged with caring for children do not participate in personal activities such as cell phone use, which would interfere with providing care to children. Administrator Veronica Ayres reported Staff #1 was on her cell phone while caring for children. | |||
| 2019-04-10 | Non Compliance | 19N - Child files | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. One child needs a health appraisal with immunizations. | |||
| 2019-04-10 | Non Compliance | 47N - Diapering | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Purchase a foot activated trash can for diapers only in one classroom. | |||
| 2019-04-10 | Non Compliance | 48N - Food service and preparation | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Purchase a thermometer for the freezer. | |||
| 2019-04-10 | Non Compliance | 28N - Staffing | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Train at least an EC Teacher to be in charge in the absence of the administrator. | |||
| 2019-04-10 | Non Compliance | 20N - Personnel files | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Four staff need a professional development plan. Four staff need annual review of safe sleep. Four staff needs annual review of abuse and neglect. One staff needs a job description and health appraisal with TB. One staff needs CPR/First Aid certification and adult abuse registry check. One staff needs DOE certification. | |||
| 2019-04-10 | Non Compliance | 36N - General safety practices | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Repair fence on the playground. Cover the trash in one classroom. Ensure cleaners are out of the reach of children. Ensure fans are inaccessible to children. | |||
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