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!
Ethel Dishong, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-10 | 1970-01-01 | Article 2 | R9-5-203.C. |
| Findings: Based on facility documentation and the Surveyor's observation, the file reviewed for Staff #3 (DOE 05/18/2015), lacked a copy of Staff #3's valid fingerprint clearance card. Staff #3 turned her fingerprint clearance card into the director the morning of the inspection. At the time of the inspection the Surveyor was able to verify through the DPS website that Staff #3 had a valid fingerprint clearance card. Staff #3's fingerprint clearance card expired on 03/09/2020 and DPS did not issue another fingerprint clearance card until 12/23/2021. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 1970-01-01 | article 3 | R9-5-301.F.1.2. |
| Findings: Based on facility documentation and the Surveyor's observation, it was determined that the file for Staff #2 lacked documentation of a negative Mantoux skin test. (DOE was 08/30/2021.) | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 1970-01-01 | article 3 | R9-5-303.A |
| Findings: Based on facility documentation and the Surveyor's observation, it was determined that the main posting area lacked the menu for the calendar week. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 1970-01-01 | article 3 | R9-5-304.B.1-9. |
| Findings: Based on facility documentation and the Surveyor's observation, it was determined that 8 out of the 25 enrolled children's Emergency, Information, and Immunization Record cards reviewed lacked the following required information: Child #1 Child #6, and Child #7: Health care provider name and contact telephone number. Child #2: 2nd parent name, home address, city, state, zip code, and contact telephone number. Child #3: 2nd emergency name and contact telephone number. Child #4 and Child #5: Date of enrollment. Child #8: The name of the individual to be contacted in case of injury or sudden illness of the child. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 1970-01-01 | article 3 | R9-5-306.A.1. |
| Findings: Based on the facility documentation and the Surveyor's observation, it was determined that 2 out of 25 enrolled children's attendance records lacked the following required information: Child #1: Admission time and signature on 01/07/2022. Child #9: Admission time and signature for 01/04/2022 and 01/05/2022. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 1970-01-01 | article 4 | R9-5-401.3. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation, the file reviewed for Staff #1 lacked a high school or high school equivalency diploma. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 1970-01-01 | Article 4 | R9-5-403.A.1-17. |
| Findings: Based on facility documentation and the Surveyor's observation, the file reviewed for Staff #2 (DOE 08/30/2021), lacked documentation of a signed and dated 10 day new staff training checklist. The form was incomplete and had not been signed or dated by the director. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 1970-01-01 | Article 5 | R9-5-501.A.21.a.b. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation, in the 2's toilet room, there was a plunger and a toilet brush located on the floor next to the toilet. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 1970-01-01 | article 5 | R9-5-501.C.5.a-k. |
| Findings: Based on facility documentation and the Surveyor's observation, the 1's classroom lacked a posted dated lesson plan for the calendar week. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 1970-01-01 | Article 5 | R9-5-512.C.2.a-c. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation, in the 2's classroom, there was a 4 x 1 inch piece of missing tile and there were 4 tiles that were chipped/cracked along the base of the floor. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 1970-01-01 | Article 6 | R9-5-603.C.2. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observations, on the 1's playground, there were 5 dime sized holes in the tot's tree play structure where an activity area was removed. | |||
| 2022-01-10 | 1970-01-01 | Article 6 | R9-5-605.B.6. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation, in the 1's classroom, there were 4 uncovered electrical outlets on a surge protector. | |||
| 2021-02-08 | 2021-02-18 | article 3 | R9-5-309.C.1.2. |
| Findings: Based on the Surveyor's discussion with the Director, the Director stated that the City of Phoenix fire inspection had still not been completed. The Previous fire inspection expired on 3/11/2020. The Director stated that she had contacted the Licensee's administrative office to obtain a check but acknowledged that she lacked documentation verifying that the required fire inspection fee had been paid by the Licensee. *Note: This rule was previously cited at the time of the 12/9/2020 compliance inspection. | |||
| 2021-02-08 | 2021-02-18 | article 4 | R9-5-401.1. |
| Findings: Based on a review of the file for staff #1 (The Director), the file contained documentation of the staff's high school diploma and documentation of only 6 credit hours or the required 24 college credit hours from an accredited college or university. *Note: The Director's file was previously cited for lacked the required Director's qualifications at the time of the 12/9/2020 compliance inspection. | |||
| 2021-02-08 | 2021-02-18 | article 5 | R9-5-503.A.1.a.b. |
| Findings: Based on Surveyor's inspection of the diapering area in the One year old room, a roll of paper towels and a roll of plastic bags were observed stored on the diapering counter. *Note: This rule was previously cited at the time of the 12/9/2020 compliance inspection. | |||
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