Description: DISCOVERY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER is a Child Care Center in STATE COLLEGE PA, with a maximum capacity of 64 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2019-03-29 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(a) - Supervised at all times | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On Monday March 25, 2019 at approximately 1:15pm, Child #1 was left unsupervised on the playground for approximately 10-15 minutes as staff proceeded from the outside playground around the front of the building. Staff member #1 was the Lead Preschool staff that day and in the rear of the line and had Child #1 in her Primary Care Group. Correction Required: The legal entity must arrange for all facility staff to receive a minimum of two hours of training regarding supervision of children. The legal entity must receive DHS approval of the training content prior to scheduling the training. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) All Discovery Child Development Staff will complete at least 2 hours of in person training on Supervision presented by the Regional ELRC. |
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| 2019-03-29 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(a)(1) - Staff assigned to specific children | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On Monday March 25, 2019 at approximately 1:15pm, Child #1 was left unsupervised on the playground for approximately 10-15 minutes as staff proceeded from the outside playground around the front of the building. Staff member #1 was the Lead Preschool staff that day and in the rear of the line and had Child #1 in her Primary Care Group. Correction Required: Each staff person shall be assigned the responsibility for supervision of specific children. The staff person shall know the names and whereabouts of the children in his assigned group. The staff person shall be physically present with the children in his group on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the facility premises. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Discovery Child Development Staff will be required to wear name badges for all children they are assigned. Staff will equally divide the children amongst the staff currently in their assigned classroom. Staff will insure that their children are accounted for at all times as well as supervising any child in the classroom( counting their group and the classroom as a whole before transitioning from one area to the next). |
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| 2018-07-17 | Renewal | 3270.107 - Refrigerator | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: On day of inspection, 7-17-18, the required thermometer was not present in the refrigerator of the Pre-K Room. Correction Required: A facility shall have an operable, clean refrigerator used to store potentially hazardous foods. The refrigerator shall be capable of maintaining food at 45 F or below. An operating thermometer shall be placed in the refrigerator. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff have replaced the thermometer in the Pre-K room and assured the thermometer reads 45 Degrees or below. |
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| 2018-07-17 | Renewal | 3270.82(h) - Handwashing signs | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Hand washing signs were not posted on day of inspection, 7-17-18, in the Toddler Room's bathroom and main sink. Correction Required: A facility person and an able child shall wash his hands after toileting and before eating. A sign on which this requirement is written shall be posted at each toilet, training chair, diapering area and sink in the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff have posted two hand-washing signs in the toddler room. One in the bathroom and one at the sink in the large room. These signs include when to wash our hands and how to wash our hands, as well as pictures for each step. |
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| 2017-07-31 | Renewal | 3270.192(2)(ii) - Exp, educ., training prior to facility | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Staff #1 did not have proof of education on file at time of inspection on 7-31-17. Correction Required: A facility person`s record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) A copy of staff #1's high school transcript will be obtained and sent. |
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| 2017-01-04 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.151(a) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Staff Persons#1 and #2 did not have health assessments on file prior to providing direct care to children. Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Both Staff Persons #1 and #2 have attained and submitted a current health assessment, will ensure future staff has these prior to start date. |
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| 2017-01-04 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.66(a) - Locked or inaccessible | Compliant - Finalized |
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Noncompliance Area: Clorox disinfectant spray was accessible in the Toddler Room bathroom as it was on a low shelf within reach of children. Correction Required: Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be kept in an area or container that is locked or made inaccessible to children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff in Toddler room were instructed and have implemented placing the Clorox disinfectant spray in the locked cabinet located in the bathroom. |
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