Description: Heartworks provides a warm and enriching environment for childhood play and learning. The focus is on seeing children as skilled and wise little beings who want to discover, learn, develop and express their special wisdom. Our work is in helping children to experience life by nurturing their natural curiosity, creative energy, compassionate nature, and to gain confidence in their social interactions, intellectual discoveries, emotional well-being and physical and life skills development. The guiding principals and goals of the Heartworks philosophy are: To assist children to recognize their personal giftedness and create a sense of self-worth. To create a sense of inter-connectedness with all living beings and an emphasis on learning to live in harmony with respect to the Earth and our world community. To maintain a compassionate approach with children, teachers, parents and all members of the school community incorporating. To teach, model and incorporate the development of strong character, morals, and values through monthly character development themes. To provide a foundation for children for children to develop skills in language arts, mathematics, and to provide a body of knowledge through morning month-long themes in science and social studies and through our hands-on inquiry focus on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math).To hire capable, experienced, certified teachers with degrees in Elementary or Early Education. To understand and value differentiated instruction which allows us to met the particular needs of each child and their unique style of learning. To maintain small, same age classrooms that are intimate in their daily rhythm. To offer individual, whole group and cooperative opportunities for learning. To provide an inspiring program to integrate art, drama, music, dance, and physical arts. A commitment to ethnic, racial, socio-economic and spiritual diversity. To provide high quality materials and tools for the development of the children with an eye to the creative arts, science, math, literacy, social studies, theme work, physical development, dramatic play and all that is needed to support the curriculum. To model and spark each child's interest in learning and to help each child to be successful.
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| Type | Create Date | Due Date | Corrected Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violation | 2022-09-29 | 2022-10-18 | 2022-10-11 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 6.2.1.3: The program director shall ensure that the number of staff present meets requirements described in the chart below for ages of children, maximum group size, and staff/child ratios at any time of day. | ||||
| Violation | 2022-06-13 | 2022-07-02 | 2022-06-30 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.1.2.2: Staff who are counted in the staff/child ratios and auxiliary staff left alone with children and/or counted in staff/child ratio as specified in the rule 6.2.1.8 of these regulations shall obtain training in pediatric first aid and in infant and child CPR within three (3) months of beginning work in the CBCCPP and remain currently certified. | ||||
| Violation | 2022-06-13 | 2022-07-02 | 2022-06-28 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 6.2.1.3: The program director shall ensure that the number of staff present meets requirements described in the chart below for ages of children, maximum group size, and staff/child ratios at any time of day. | ||||
| Violation | 2022-06-13 | 2022-07-02 | 2022-06-30 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.1.3: The licensee, in consultation with the program director, shall establish written program policies and procedures and provide these to staff and to auxiliary staff left alone with children and/or counted in staff/child ratio as specified in the rule 6.2.1.8 of these regulations during an orientation training session approved by the Division prior to being left alone with children. Trainees under eighteen (18) years of age and other staff not left alone with children shall complete the orientation training within at least one (1) month of their first date of working with children. Complete written information and the orientation training session shall include: Basic knowledge of child growth and development; Routine and emergency health protection of children including health related exclusions; Safety and sanitation requirements including handling and storage of hazardous materials and disposal of bio contaminants; Positive behavior management; Supervision of children; Child accident and injury procedures including building and physical premises safety; Safe sleep practices; Administration of medication requirements; Emergency and evacuation requirements; Nutrition and food safety including prevention of and response to emergencies due to food and allergic reactions; Recordkeeping; Transportation and child passenger safety; Release of children; Respectful engagement of families; Preventing, recognizing, and reporting child abuse and neglect; including information about the signs and symptoms of sexual abuse, sexual violence, grooming processes, recognizing the dangers of child sexual abuse, and other predatory behaviors of sex offenders; Recognition of and response to the symptoms of common childhood illnesses; Preventing the spread of infectious disease; Providing developmentally appropriate activities and experiences for children; Inclusion of children with special needs; Guidelines for volunteers, partner staff, auxiliary staff, and business managers; Responsibility to comply with current applicable licensing regulations; Staffing requirements to include opening and closing; and Ensuring children have extra clothes and diapers available. | ||||
| Violation | 2022-06-13 | 2022-09-01 | Final | |
| Regulation/Restriction: 3.7.2.2: The licensee shall ensure that evacuation drills are conducted at least once a month, and children and staff are evacuated in under three (3) minutes. Licensees of a CBCCPP located within a public or independent school building may count a lock-down drill performed while the CBCCPP is in operation in place of a monthly evacuation drill with the CBCCPP children and staff and at least three (3) of the monthly drills conducted within 365 days shall be evacuation drills. | ||||
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