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Good Shepherd Education Center
Waldorf, MD
· Charles County
305 East Smallwood Drive,
Waldorf, MD 20602
Quick Facts
Capacity
110 children
Age Range
2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 5 years to 15 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
3
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Contact Information
📞 (301) 645-7550
Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
32698
Issued By
Maryland State Department of Education
Accreditation
Maryland State Department of Education
District Office
Region 10 - Southern Maryland Office
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About the Provider
Our philosophy is to meet the educational and childcare needs of the community by providing a safe and nurturing Christian environment. We create a “home away from home,” where age appropriate opportunities are offered for each child to grow spiritually, intellectually, aesthetically, physically, and socially.
Hours of Operation
- Monday 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Tuesday 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Wednesday 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Thursday 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Friday 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2025-03-21 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: At the time of the inspection, there were two children enrolled whose emergency forms were missing the doctor's telephone number. Please obtain the information from the parent and submit evidence once the emergency form has been completed. Please see the additional comments sheet. | |||
| 2025-03-21 | Full | 13A.16.03.04G | Corrected |
| Findings: At the time of the inspection, there was one child missing evidence of the second MMR and second Varicella shot and another child was missing evidence of 2 Hep. B shots. Please obtain the documentation from the parents and submit evidence to the specialist. Please see the additional comments sheet. | |||
| 2025-03-21 | Full | 13A.16.03.04I(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: At the time of the inspection, 3 children had medication on file, however, the parent did not sign the medication authorization form. Please have the parent complete the medication authorization form and submit evidence to the specialist. Please see the additional comments sheet. | |||
| 2025-03-21 | Full | 13A.16.03.06A(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: 5 staff members have left employment and the OCC did not receive written notification of this from the operator. This was documented on the discrepancy and staff change form during the inspection. In the future, please provide written notification to the OCC about the ending of employment of an employee or staff member within 5 days of its occurrence. | |||
| 2025-03-21 | Full | 13A.16.05.08B | Corrected |
| Findings: At the time the inspection, the specialist noted that some of the sinks in the shared bathroom used by classrooms 21/22, 25/26, and 27/28 were either not operating or had no running hot water. The center will need to have the sinks and hot water repaired and submit evidence to the Licensing Specialist. Please see additional comments sheet. | |||
| 2025-03-21 | Full | 13A.16.05.08G(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: At the time the inspection, the specialist noted that the fans in the shared bathrooms used by classrooms 21/22, 25/26, and 27/28 were not operating. The center will need to have the fans repaired and submit evidence to the Licensing Specialist. | |||
| 2025-03-21 | Full | 13A.16.06.04A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: One staff member needed evidence of having a medical evaluation completed. Please submit evidence to the specialist once the document has been obtained. Please see the additional comments sheet. | |||
| 2025-03-21 | Full | 13A.16.06.09C | Corrected |
| Findings: At the time of the inspection, there was no evidence that 1 teacher completed the 2023 Basic Health and Safety training. Please ensure that the 2023 Basic Health and Safety training is completed and submit a copy to the Licensing Specialist for corrections. Please see the additional comments sheet. The center is reminded that the training cycle is based on the staff's hire date, please ensure that all qualified teachers complete 12 hours of continued training within their training cycle and submit copies to the Licensing specialist. | |||
| 2025-03-21 | Full | 13A.16.06.12A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: Two aides have been employed with the center for more than 90 days but there was no evidence that they completed the approved Basic Health and Safety training. Please ensure all aides complete the Basic Health and Safety training as soon as possible and send the certificates to the Licensing Specialist for corrections. Please see the additional comments sheet. | |||
| 2025-03-21 | Full | 13A.16.06.12B(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: At the time of the inspection, there was no evidence that 1 aide completed the 2023 Basic Health and Safety training. It was also noted that another aide did not complete the 2024 Basich Health and Safety training within the required time frame. Please ensure that the 2023 and 2024 Basic Health and Safety training is completed and submit a copy to the Licensing Specialist for corrections. Please see the additional comments sheet. | |||
| 2025-03-21 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(3)(d) | Corrected |
| Findings: At the time of the inspection, the specialist noted that the emergency disaster plan was last updated 1/2024. This must be updated annually. Please review the emergency disaster plan, update it, and submit evidence to the Licensing Specialist. | |||
| 2024-01-22 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.04A(1) | Closed |
| Findings: 2 staff who have been employed since 9/23 and 5/23 respectively have not submitted an employment medical. Center needs to have these staff get a completed medical immediately and submit a copy to specialist. | |||
| 2024-01-22 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.09C | Corrected |
| Findings: One preschool teacher had 12 hours of continued training due by 11/30/23. She completed it in 1/2024. Center is reminded that her training it due by 11/30 each year. | |||
| 2024-01-22 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.12A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: Center did not have evidence of two staff having completed the initial basic health and safety training. The staff have been employed since 2/23 and 5/23. These staff need to complete this training immediately and a copy of the certificates sent to specialist. | |||
| 2024-01-22 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.12C | Corrected |
| Findings: Center has not received an aide orientation for a staff person who has been employed since 2/2023. This staff person needs to complete the aide orientation immediately and submit a copy to specialist. | |||
| 2023-02-09 | Full | 13A.16.03.02A | Corrected |
| Findings: 15 children's records were reviewed. 3 children need evidence of a lead blood test done at 2 years of age or later. 1 child needs evidence of having had 3 Hep B shots and 4 DTP shots. | |||
| 2023-02-09 | Full | 13A.16.06.02 | Corrected |
| Findings: TK did not have a staff orientation. | |||
| 2023-02-09 | Full | 13A.16.06.04A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: AB, KC, TH, and AS need employment medicals. | |||
| 2023-02-09 | Full | 13A.16.06.09C | Corrected |
| Findings: SC needs 6 more hours of continued training that was due by 11/2022. She needs to complete this training ASAP and send copy of certificate to specialist. | |||
| 2023-02-09 | Full | 13A.16.06.12A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: The following staff need to complete the Basic Health and Safety training as it is past due: ML, AS, and NW. They need to complete this ASAP and send a copy of the certificate to specialist. | |||
| 2023-02-09 | Full | 13A.16.06.12C | Corrected |
| Findings: The following staff have not completed the aide orientation and it is past due: AB and DD. They need to complete this training ASAP and a copy of the certificate needs to be sent to specialist. | |||
| 2023-02-09 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(3)(c) | Corrected |
| Findings: Center has not had the two disaster practices in the past year. Center needs to be sure to practice the disaster plan twice a year and record those practices. | |||
| 2023-02-09 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(3)(d) | Corrected |
| Findings: The emergency preparedness plan has not been updated since 2021. The center is reminded that the disaster plan needs to be reviewed yearly and any adjustments made. It then needs to be initialed and dated to show the update. | |||
| 2023-02-09 | Full | 13A.16.11.04A(1)(a) | Corrected |
| Findings: The 2 yr old child that has an inhaler needs to have a parent signature on his medication form. This was corrected during the inspection. | |||
| 2023-02-09 | Full | 13A.16.11.04E(1)(a) | Corrected |
| Findings: The child in the 2 year old room had an inhaler but it didn't have his name on it. This needs to be labelled so as to know it belongs to that child. This was corrected during the inspection. | |||
| 2022-04-22 | Complaint | 13A.16.05.12D | Corrected |
| Findings: Complaint states that there are exposed nails and screws on the playground equipment causing rips and tears in a child's clothing. Complaint states it is the border housing the sandbox that has exposed nails and screws. Findings: Specialist did find a screw on the side of the platform and 3 finishing nails exposed on the platform with the brown house on it. The director states that she has instructed all the staff that this area is closed for use by the children and she has informed the Board of Trustees of the church that she wants the 2 platforms with houses on them next to the sandbox removed this weekend. Director states that she has hammered the nails back down but they just work back up. Center had repaired the pulling out of the side trim which was what was noted on the February inspection by removing the trim. These exposed nails are on the actual platform and those were not an issue in February. | |||
| 2022-04-22 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.06C | Corrected |
| Findings: The regulation change in January 2020 (13A.16.02.01I) states that an operator may not allow an employee, staff member, substitute, or volunteer to be assigned to a group of children or have access to a child in care until the individual has successfully passed the child abuse/neglect clearance and a federal or state criminal background check. Specialist has not received the notarized release for the abuse/neglect clearance for AB. The director has sent them in the mail but it has not been received yet to be cleared. AB was present in a classroom with another staff person at the time of the inspection. Specialist does have AB's criminal background check clearance. Center may not have AB working until the specialist has a cleared abuse/neglect clearance. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.02C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: A random sample of children's records was reviewed. Two children didn't have evidence of the parents having received the consumer pamphlet. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.02E | Corrected |
| Findings: A random sample of children's records were reviewed. Two children didn't have a lead blood test in their files. Two children didn't have the 2 year old lead blood test in their files. Center needs to let the parents know that they need to receive evidence that the children have had the lead blood tests. One is done at 1 year of age and one is done at two years of age. If the child is over 2 there needs to be evidence of still having had a lead blood test at least at or after two years of age. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.03D | Corrected |
| Findings: A random sample of children's records were reviewed. Two children didn't have a parent agreement in their files. The center needs to be sure there are parent agreements present in all children's files. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.05C | Corrected |
| Findings: The center didn't have a copy of AD's most recent criminal background check. The center only had an older copy of CR's criminal background check. Specialist has an August 2021 copy of CR's criminal background check but the center only has a 2018 copy. The center is calling CJIS to see if they can get copies of AD's and CR's criminal background checks. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.05.06 | Corrected |
| Findings: The floor temp in rooms 21/22 and 23/24 was 64 degrees. The temperature should not be below 65 degrees. The staff person was going to adjust the thermostat. The thermostat was adjusted and room 21/22 got to the appropriate temperature but room 23/24 was still registering 64.9 degrees at floor level. Center will have to figure out how to get the room to 65 degrees at floor level and let specialist know when corrected. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.05.12D | Corrected |
| Findings: The trim on the wooden decks is pulling away so that the screws are exposed between trim and the deck. Children can get their hands in there and be scratched by the screws. The center needs to have the trim secured to the decks. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.04A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: JM and EC didn't have an employment medical in their files. A medical for each of these staff needs to be obtained ASAP. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.12B(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: AD needed 6 hours of continued training by January 2022. She needs to complete this training ASAP and submit copies to specialist. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.10.01A(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: The fellowship hall doesn't have an escape plan posted. The center needs to post an escape plan in there. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.10.04A | Corrected |
| Findings: The bucket of sanitizing water was on the sink counter in room 21/22. This needs to be placed up high out of reach of the children. This was moved to an upper cabinet during the inspection. | |||
| 2022-02-14 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.10.04F | Corrected |
| Findings: The outlets in the fellowship hall need to be capped. | |||
| 2021-02-22 | Full | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2021-02-22 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(3)(c) | Corrected |
| Findings: The center did not have any disaster drills recorded for the 2020 year. The center is reminded to do disaster drills twice a year. | |||
| 2021-02-22 | Full | 13A.16.12.05C(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: The built in thermometer in the refrigerator read 55 degrees. The director put her hand on items in the refrigerator and said they felt cold. Later the refrigerator thermometer read 44 and when the director put a non-touch thermometer in there is read 41 degrees by the milk. Center needs to get the temperature of the refrigerator established by putting in thermometer in the refrigerator and checking that the refrigerator does not go above 40 degrees. If it is above 40 degrees the thermostat will need to be adjusted. | |||
| 2020-09-29 | Other | 13A.16.10.01C | Corrected |
| Findings: Room 23/24 didn't have emergency numbers by the phone. This was corrected during the inspection. | |||
| 2020-01-02 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2019-02-19 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: All emergency cards were reviewed. 1 child needed doctor information on the emergency card and 2 children need an emergency contact other than the parent. | |||
| 2019-02-19 | Full | 13A.16.03.04E | Corrected |
| Findings: 20 children's records were reviewed. 2 children need evidence of lead screening/lead blood test. | |||
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