Description: Great Beginnings Children's Learning Center is dedicated to encouraging the lifelong love of learning. Through the commitment, creativity and teamwork of our wonderful staff, we deliver high quality child care in a warm, loving environment. We challenge children each day with a playful approach to learning, employing the Creative Curriculum as our guideline for the children's development. We are tremendously proud to be accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). This distinction exemplifies our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of child care, teacher qualifications and school environment. Please explore our site to learn more about our wonderful learning center!
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| 2023-07-31 | 3A:52-6.8(j)(1)(ii) | |
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The center shall develop and follow a written policy on the expulsion of children from enrollment at the center. The expulsion policy shall include the method that the center will use to notify parents of concerns that could lead to expulsion, such as written notification or a parent conference. Violation Observed: Ensure that the expulsion policy includes the method the center will use to notify parents of concerns that may lead to expulsion. Written documentation of parental conferences should be provided when expulsion or suspension of a child is being discussed. |
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| 2023-07-28 | 3A:52-5.3(r) | |
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The center shall take any steps required by the Office of Licensing to correct conditions in the building or center that may endanger the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. Violation Observed: Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. Based on complaint, ensure staff do not restrain infants to high chairs when not used for its intended purpose for feeding. |
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| 2023-07-28 | 3A:52-6.6(a)(3) | |
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The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: lead to the child's ability to develop and maintain self-control. Violation Observed: Ensure that the methods of guidance and discipline used at the center lead to the child's ability to develop and maintain self-control. In Room 6, a child was strapped into a high chair to prevent the child from biting others. Staff should ensure that measures to prevent unwanted behaviors are positive and assist children to develop and maintain self control. |
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| 2023-07-28 | 3A:52-4.5(c)(2)(i) | |
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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. Violation Observed: Designate a director designee for whenever the director is not present at the center and ensure that the director designee does not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times the director is not at the center. |
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| 2023-07-28 | 3A:52-4.8(a)(7) | |
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Topics of orientation training shall include implementing the center's statement of policy on the disciplining of children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.6. Violation Observed: Retrain all staff on implementing the center's discipline policy. Provide documentation to OOL that the re-training has been completed. |
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| 2023-07-28 | 3A:52-6.8(j)(1)(iii) | |
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The center shall develop and follow a written policy on the expulsion of children from enrollment at the center. The expulsion policy shall include sufficient time limits before expulsion to enable parents to make alternative child care arrangements or to take the necessary corrective action to allow the child to remain at the center, except as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.8(j)1iv. Violation Observed: Ensure that the expulsion policy includes sufficient time limits before expulsion to enable parents to make alternative child care arrangements. |
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| 2023-01-20 | 2023-02-21 | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(iv)(1) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: for bottles, each child's bottle(s) shall be labeled with the child's name and dated. Violation Observed: Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date. |
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| 2023-01-20 | 2023-02-21 | 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(ii)(1) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: for children less than 12 months of age, the feeding plan shall be documented in writing. Violation Observed: Ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a feeding plan documented in writing and regularly reviewed to see if updates are needed. |
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| 2023-01-20 | 2023-02-21 | 3A:52-4.5(a)(3)(i)(2) |
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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 job descriptions, titles and qualifications for all center staff. Violation Observed: Ensure that the center develops and implements job descriptions, titles and qualifications for all center staff. |
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| 2023-01-20 | 2023-04-13 | 3A:52-4.6(a) |
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The center shall maintain on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by the Office of Licensing, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(b), indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the applicable staff education and experience, as specified in 3A:52-4.6(b) through (d). Violation Observed: Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. |
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| 2023-01-20 | 2023-04-13 | 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) |
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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. Violation Observed: Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal. |
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| 2023-01-20 | 2023-04-13 | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) |
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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. Violation Observed: Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required for the center's license renewal. |
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| 2023-01-20 | 2023-02-21 | 3A:52-4.6(d)(1) |
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For school-age child care programs the program supervisor shall meet the qualification requirements specified in one of the applicable options set forth in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.6(d) for education, training, and experience, based on the center's licensed capacity. Violation Observed: Ensure that the program supervisor meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. |
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| 2023-01-20 | 2023-02-21 | 3A:52-5.3(o)(1) |
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First aid requirements are as follows: at least two staff members who have current certified basic knowledge of first aid principles and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), as defined by a recognized health organization (such as the American Red Cross), shall be in the center at all times when enrolled children are present. Violation Observed: Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center. |
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| 2023-01-20 | 2023-02-21 | 3A:52-6.8(a)(1) |
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The center shall complete and maintain on file for each enrolled child a Children’s Records Checklist, signed by the director, sponsor, or sponsor representative and designated by the Office of Licensing, indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the child's name, address, birth date, and date of enrollment. Violation Observed: Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist. |
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