Nosotros - El Rio Day Care Center - Tucson AZ CHILD CARE CENTER

1390 WEST SPEEDWAY , TUCSON AZ 85745
(520) 623-5912
1 Review

About the Provider

Description: Children learn through play. Teachers, parents, and community need to form a partnership to encourage positive growth in children. Children develop at different rates and learn in a variety of different ways. We are here to facilitate that learning.

We are a Quality First Center offering a safe place to leave your children at reasonable rates. We are DES Certified and offer scholarships for low-income families through First Things First. We serve two hot meals and a snack daily. Our preschool program prepares your child for kindergarten with an accredited pre-K program. We offer a blance of teacher directed and child initiated activities, with two outside playtimes everyday. We accept children beginning at six-weeks old through 10 years of age.

We are open from 6:00am until 6:00pm, Monday through Friday. Parents can pay the weekly rate for five full days, or choose a daily rate for two or three days a per week.

We have a before and afterschool program for children attending public school. We pick up at Brichta Manzo, Davis, and Tully Elementary schools. During the summer, we offer a summer camp program with both educational and fun activities here at the center. This includes enrichment activities with the public library located at the neighborhood center.

Classrooms are set up with specific focuses: Library, Dramatic, Play, Blocks, Art, Music, Science, Math, and Writing centers. Teachers in toddler classrooms do one teacher directed activity per day, emphasizing colors, shapes, beginning writing activities, beginning numbers, and vocabulary. Teachers in the pre-school focus on numbers, letters, shapes, colors, and writing activities.

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: CDC-0636
  • Capacity: 83
  • Age Range: Ones; Twos; Three to Five; School-Age
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Current License Issue Date: Nov 01, 2020
  • District Office: ADHS Division of Licensing Services
  • District Office Phone: (602) 364-2539 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Survey Date Date Corrected Rule/Statute Title
2021-10-19 2021-10-27 article 3 R9-5-304.B.1-9.
Findings: * Surveyor 2 reviewed ten children's emergency records. The following information was missing: * Child 1 - One additional emergency contact name and phone number, the name of the individual to be contacted in case of injury or sudden illness of the child, all of the questions on back of the emergency record were left blank, and the emergency record was not signed. * Child 2 - The name and phone number of at least two emergency contacts, and the doctor name and phone number. * Child 3 - One additional emergency contact name and phone number. * Child 4 -One additional emergency contact name and phone number, and the name of the individual to be contacted in case of injury or sudden illness of the child. * Child 5 - One additional emergency contact name and phone number.
2021-10-19 2021-10-27 article 3 R9-5-306.A.1.
Findings: * Surveyor 1 reviewed the children's attendance records and observed that the parent for Child 6 is using a first name and last initial to sign their child into and out of the facility for the month of October.
2021-10-19 2021-10-27 Article 4 R9-5-402.A.1-12
Findings: * Surveyor 2 reviewed two personnel files. The file for Staff 1 was missing their emergency contact and phone number. * The file for Staff 2 was missing their emergency contact and phone number, and one additional good faith reference.
2021-10-19 2021-10-27 Article 4 R9-5-403.A.1-17.
Findings: * Surveyor 2 observed that the new employee training for Staff 2, who is an Assistant Teacher did not have a date of when the lesson plan and facility philosophies were discussed.
2021-10-19 2021-10-27 Article 5 R9-5-501.A.1.
Findings: * Surveyor 1 observed that in the four-year-old classroom there were four children dressed in uniforms. According to the staff the children come from the Academy located at the same address. The children are kindergarten age and come to the licensed facility in order to allow the Academy teacher to have a smaller class and give the students a more "one on one" atmosphere. The staff stated that the a.m. and p.m. students from the Academy alternate when they come to the licensed facility. * Surveyor 1 observed that the children from the Academy were engaged with the enrolled children at the time of the inspection. * Surveyor 1 observed that the names of the children from the Academy were on the roster, but were listed on a separate column. These children are not enrolled at the facility; only the Academy.
2021-10-19 2021-10-27 article 5 R9-5-501.C.4.a-i.
Findings: * Surveyor 1 observed that an activity schedule was not posted in the two-year-old classroom.
2021-10-19 2021-10-27 article 5 R9-5-501.C.9.a-c.
Findings: * Surveyor 1 observed a bottle of insect repellent that was not labeled in the two-year-old classroom.
2021-10-19 2021-10-27 article 5 R9-5-503.F.2.a.
Findings: * Surveyor 1 observed that the diaper changing log in the two-year-old classroom was not dated on the day of the inspection.
2021-10-19 2021-10-27 article 5 R9-5-509.C.18.e.
Findings: * Surveyor 1 observed the children eating jelly sandwiches and cantaloupe for their morning snack. The menu stated bagel with cream cheese and oranges. The substitution was not documented on the menu.
2021-10-19 2021-10-27 Article 5 R9-5-512.B.1.2.
Findings: * Surveyor 1 observed the vents in both the boy's and girl's bathroom had a very thick layer of dust.
2021-10-19 2021-10-27 Article 6 R9-5-603.C.2.
Findings: * Surveyor 1 observed a bolt sticking out from the ground at the base of the yellow slide on the outdoor activity area. A picture was taken.
2021-10-19 2021-10-27 Article 6 R9-5-603.E.1.2.
Findings: * Surveyor 1 used a Department approved tool to measure the resilient surface on the outdoor activity area. The base of the slides and the area within the swings only measured 3".
2021-10-19 2021-10-27 Article 6 R9-5-605.B.6.
Findings: * Surveyor 1 observed an exposed outlet next to the diapering surface in the two-year-old classroom.
2021-02-03 2021-02-09 article 5 R9-5-503.A.1.a.b.
Findings: * Team Leader observed a cart with water and cups sitting next to the diaper changing surface in the two-year-old classroom.
2021-02-03 2021-02-09 Article 6 R9-5-603.E.1.2.
Findings: * Surveyor used a Department approved tool to measure the resilient surface on the outdoor activity area. There was only 3" of a resilient surface at the base of the slide.

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Reviews

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Susana Alday Dec 29, 2017
I have used this provider for more than 6 months

Teachers, Staff and children here are always helpful. We are grateful for the trusted service of these hard working individuals. We would recommend this location to anyone seeking quality child care.

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