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!
Stephanie Carroll, Center Director
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| 2021-11-01 | 3A:52-7.6(b)(6)(ii) | |
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The center shall maintain on file a written record of each incident resulting in an injury as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.6(a). These records shall include the following: a written description of the injury to the child. Violation Observed: Based on information; ensure that accident reports are completed as required, including a written description of the injury to the child. |
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| 2021-11-01 | 3A:52-7.6(a)(2) | |
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The center shall take immediate necessary action to protect the child from further harm and shall immediately notify the child's parent(s) when a child sustains a head or facial injury, including when a child bumps his or her head. Violation Observed: Based on information; ensure that parents are notified immediately when a child sustains a head or facial injury, including when a child bumps his or her head. |
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| 2021-11-01 | 3A:52-4.8(a)(2) | |
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Topics of orientation training shall include understanding center operations, policies and procedures, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)3. Violation Observed: Based on information; ensure that all staff complete training , including understanding center operations, policies and procedures for incidents including the time frames for parental notification and completing incident reports as required. |
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| 2021-11-01 | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) | |
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Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). Violation Observed: Based on information; ensure that all staff complete training on supervising and tracking children. |
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| 2021-11-01 | 3A:52-4.6(c)(3) | |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: the group teacher shall meet the requirements for experience and education Violation Observed: Ensure that the group teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. |
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| 2021-11-01 | 2021-11-01 | 3A:52-4.3(a) |
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The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children. Violation Observed: Based on information; ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named child fell, causing a facial injury, after being removed from a toy by the named staff, who had then turned her back to assist another child. |
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| 2021-09-21 | 2021-09-21 | 3A:52-5.3(a)(10) |
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Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: all corrosive agents, insecticides, bleaches, detergents, polishes, any products under pressure in an aerosol spray can, and any toxic substance shall be stored in a locked cabinet or in an enclosure located in an area not accessible to the children. Violation Observed: Ensure that the hand sanitizer is not accessible to the children at the entrance to the center. The gallon containers were removed at the time of the inspection. |
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| 2021-09-21 | 3A:52-4.6(c)(1) | |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: for all centers, the head teacher or consulting head teacher shall meet the qualification requirements specified in one of the seven options set forth in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.6(c) for education and experience. Violation Observed: Provide documentation for the head teacher. |
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| 2021-08-13 | 2021-09-21 | 3A:52-4.3(j) |
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Staff members who are under 18 years of age shall be directly supervised by and visible to a staff member who is 18 years of age or older. Violation Observed: Ensure that a staff member under the age of 18 years is directly supervised by a staff member who is 18 years of age or older. The 16 year old staff member was left alone in room 2. |
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| 2021-08-13 | 2021-09-21 | 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) |
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The center shall develop and implement an Office of Licensing-approved method to keep track of the location and ensure the safety of all children at all times when under the center’s supervision, including the transfer of supervision from and to parents during arrival and departure and the utilization of off-site locations, including playgrounds and field trips. Violation Observed: Ensure that the staff keep track of the children in their care in room 1. The staff member had to count to see how many children were in their care. |
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| 2021-06-01 | 2021-11-01 | 3A:52-5.3(b)(1) |
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Outdoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: the building, land, walkways, and outdoor play area shall be free from hazards to the health, safety or well-being of the children. Violation Observed: Based on complaint #19269, ensure that the playground equipment and surfacing is cleaned frequently and free of lichen on the infant surfacing. |
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| 2021-06-01 | 2021-06-17 | 3A:52-4.3(a) |
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The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children. Violation Observed: Based on complaint #19269, ensure supervision is maintained at all times including when a staff member is answering the center's front door. |
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| 2021-05-03 | 2021-05-24 | 3A:52-4.3(c) |
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The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f): | Age Staff/Child Ratio | Under 18 months - 1:4 | 18 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:6 | 2 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:10 | 4 years - 1:12 | 5 years and older - 1:15 Violation Observed: Based on complaint # 19168, ensure that the staff/child ratio is maintained at all times in room 5. There were 5 children between the ages of 10 weeks to 15 months with 1 staff person. When 5 children between the ages of 0-18 months are present in a room, 2 staff are require for the 1;4 staff/child ratio. |
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| 2021-04-26 | 2021-05-24 | 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 the renewal CARI is completed for 1 staff member. |
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| 2021-04-26 | 2021-06-17 | 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 the CHRI clearances are completed for 4 staff members. |
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