Description:
Children of America provides educational daycare in Ellicott City, MD. As leaders in child care we provide educational and enrichment programming for infants, toddler, preschool, kindergarten and school-age children. Our community-based schools offer children the opportunity to grow in a rich environment that promotes a love of learning.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-18 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.03A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: A staff member loudly told a group of children to get against the wall a couple of times. It was loud enough that the Director had to see what was going on. | |||
| 2022-05-18 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.06A | Corrected |
| Findings: On May 16, 2022, a pre-k child was left outside on the playground for a period of 3 to 7 minutes. | |||
| 2022-05-18 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: A child in care did not receive adequate supervision and care due to being left outside on the playground for a period of 3 to 7 minutes. Two aides with sixteen children could not ensure that they met the needs of the children. | |||
| 2022-05-18 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.02B | Open |
| Findings: On May 16, 2022, there were 16 children with two aides. | |||
| 2022-05-18 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.03C(2) | Open |
| Findings: There have been several occasions where an aide has been left alone with up to sixteen children. | |||
| 2022-03-09 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(a) | Corrected |
| Findings: There as an aide in the Pre-K classroom with 10 children. At this time the Director is the person that is designated to provide supervision and care for this age group. | |||
| 2022-03-09 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: When the LS arrived, the Director was in her office and an aide was in the foyer. When the LS went to the Pre-k room, she saw another aide leaving the classroom and the Director and the aide that was in the foyer, in the classroom. The LS was informed that the aide leaving the classroom was alone with 10 children for five minutes. | |||
| 2022-03-04 | Complaint | 13A.16.04.01B | Corrected |
| Findings: Classroom 8 has a capacity of 6 (six) infants. There were 5 (five) infants and 3 (three toddlers) in the classroom. | |||
| 2022-03-04 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: Supervision by an unqualified staff is not appropriate to the needs of the child. | |||
| 2022-03-04 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: In Room 2, there was not a qualified staff member assigned to the group of children. | |||
| 2022-01-28 | Other | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(a) | Corrected |
| Findings: An aide was in Room 9 with two infants. An aide was in Room 2 with 3 school age children and 4 preschool children. An aide was in Room 6 with 7 children. Qualified teachers were placed in Rooms at time of inspection. | |||
| 2022-01-28 | Other | 13A.16.08.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: Room 2 had an aide with 3 school age children and 3 preschool children. Room 6 had an aide with 7 three year olds. Room 9 had 2 infants with an aide. Qualified staff were placed in classrooms at time of inspection. | |||
| 2021-12-14 | Other | 13A.16.07.06A | Corrected |
| Findings: Two school children were in the directors office while the director walked new arrivals back to their classrooms. Another staff member took the school age children to the bus at time of inspection. | |||
| 2021-12-14 | Other | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: The director had two school age children in her office and was leaving the children unattended while she was walking new arrivals to their classrooms. In additional, the infant room had 4 infants without a qualified infant and toddler teacher. A staff member walked the school age children to the bus. A qualified infant teacher arrived for the infant and toddler room. | |||
| 2020-09-30 | Full | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
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