Description:
Our experts designed our classrooms - and every activity and lesson - to help prepare your child for success in school and beyond. With designated learning centers such as dramatic play and blocks in every classroom, children have the opportunity for rich social play and child-initiated discovery.
You’ll also find that our classrooms feature a print-rich environment full of carefully selected materials, written charts and labels, and children’s literature. By helping your child connect spoken words and print, we’re helping develop early literacy and writing skills.
Whether your child has first words or first grade on the horizon, we’re excited to show you how everything in our center is designed for learning!
Jan Clark, Center Director
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Survey Date | Date Corrected | Rule/Statute | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-17 | 2021-12-03 | article 3 | R9-5-303.A |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's and the Director's observations, the parent posting board did not have the following required information posted: *The Current menu. The menu was not dated and it could not be determined if it was current. In addition, the menu was not posted on the parent posting board but rather was posted on a different wall; and * The Notice of Inspection reports. **NOTE: This rule was also cited at the time of the 10/7/2021 compliance inspection. | |||
| 2021-11-17 | 2021-12-03 | article 5 | R9-5-502.C.1.l. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's and the Director's observations and a discussion with the infant room staff, the staff acknowledged that one of the infant's written feeding instructions was dated 9/2020 and was not current. | |||
| 2021-11-17 | 2021-12-03 | article 5 | R9-5-503.A.3.4. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's and the Director's observations during the inspection of the diaper changing area in the 2 year old room, the lid was stuck in the "open" position on the soiled diaper container. **NOTE: This rule was also cited at the time of the 10/7/2021 compliance inspection. | |||
| 2021-11-17 | 2021-12-03 | article 5 | R9-5-503.E.1-7 |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's and the Director's observations, the Director stated that the bleach is no longer used to sanitize the diapering area after each use. The Director stated that a product called TB disinfectant is used. Per the label instructions, the product requires a contact time of 5 minutes and product does not sanitize immediately, as required. | |||
| 2021-11-17 | 2021-12-03 | Article 5 | R9-5-512.D. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's and the Director's observations, one of the toilets in the 1 B room still had a ring of black mold in the toilet bowl. **NOTE: This rule was also cited at the time of the 10/7/2021 compliance inspection. | |||
| 2021-11-17 | 2021-12-03 | Article 6 | R9-5-603.C.2. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's and the Director's observations, a three foot long section of the white landscaping cloth was still protruding from the wood chips and posed a tripping hazard. **NOTE: This rule was also cited at the time of the 10/7/2021 compliance inspection. | |||
| 2021-11-17 | 2021-12-03 | Article 6 | R9-5-603.E.1.2. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's and the Director's observations, the wood chips measured the following depths: *Less than 3 of the required 6 inches at the bases of the 2 red slides; and *Less than 4 of the required 6 inches under the 2 yellow climbing bar stairs. **NOTE: This rule was also cited at the time of the 10/7/2021 compliance inspection. | |||
| 2021-11-17 | 2021-12-03 | Article 6 | R9-5-605.B.1. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation and a discussion with the Director, the front entry designated exit is locked from the inside during hours of operation. A "release" button located on the wall near the fire alarm box has to be pressed manually in order to unlock the door before an individual can exit the building. | |||
| 2021-10-07 | 2021-10-20 | Article 1 | ARS 36-882.M. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's discussion with the current Director, the Director stated that the previous director had left about a month ago. The licensee failed to notify the Department in writing within ten days of any change in the child care facility ' s director. | |||
| 2021-10-07 | 2021-10-20 | Article 2 | R9-5-203.D.1-2 |
| Findings: Based on a review of staff #3's file, the Surveyor observed the file contained documentation indicating the staff's fingerprint clearance card was issued in 2017, prior to the staff's employment with the licensee. The file lacked documentation verifying the licensee contacted the Department of Public Safety to verify the fingerprint clearance card is valid. | |||
| 2021-10-07 | 2021-10-20 | Article 2 | R9-5-203.E. |
| Findings: Based on a review of 4 staff files, the Surveyor determined the files for staff #1, #2 and #4 lacked documentation of the staff's Central Registry Background Clearance. | |||
| 2021-10-07 | 2021-10-20 | article 2 | R9-5-404.C.3. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's observation and a discussion with Infant room staff and the Director, the staff acknowledged that a child who was in the infant room at the time of the inspection, was 13 months old and was walking. The staff stated that the child had not been moved to the one year old room, even though the child had been walking for about a month. | |||
| 2021-10-07 | 2021-10-20 | article 3 | R9-5-303.A |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation, the parent posting board did not have the following documents posted: *The current menu; *The name of the current director; and *The name of the current assistant director. | |||
| 2021-10-07 | 2021-10-20 | article 4 | R9-5-401.2. |
| Findings: Based on a review of the file for staff #2 (the Assistant Director), the file contained documentation of the staff's GED but lacked documentation of either 3 credit hours or more in early childhood, child development, or a closely-related field from an accredited college or university OR at least 30 actual hours of instruction, provided in conferences, seminars, lectures, or workshops in early childhood, child development, or a closely-related field. | |||
| 2021-10-07 | 2021-10-20 | article 4 | R9-5-401.4. |
| Findings: Based on a review of the file for staff #3 (Infant room Assistant Teacher), the file lacked documentation of the staff's level of education and it could not be determined if the staff met the minimum qualifications of an assistant teacher caregiver. | |||
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