Description: Rising Stars Childcare is a Child Care Center in LAWTON OK, with a maximum capacity of 48 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 11 Months, 12 - 23 Months, 2 Years, 3 Years, 4 Years, 5 Years, 6 Years and Older. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type/Purpose | Corrections |
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| 2021-08-30 | Periodic Full Inspection |
Plan: Director will contact CECPD to find out how he can remove staff once they leave. Correction Date: 2021-09-30 |
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Description:
340:110-3-284.1(b)(2)(B)(vii) - registering the program as a direct care organization and maintaining information on the Oklahoma Professional Development Registry (OPDR); and
There are numerous previous staff still showing as employees on the professional development registry. |
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| 2021-08-30 | Periodic Full Inspection |
Plan: Over 90 days. Director states he is awaiting CECPD to process his paperwork. He states he has submitted the renewal documents and completed the required number of hours of training. Correction Date: 2021-08-30 |
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Description:
340:110-3-284.1(b)(C) - has a current bronze or higher level certificate per OAC 340 Appendix EE - Oklahoma Director's Credential;
Director's Bronze credential expired 1/17/21. |
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| 2021-08-30 | Periodic Full Inspection |
Plan: Assistant director states all of these staff are enrolled and working on ELCCT. She states CECPD changed it to where each page has to remain open for five minutes before you can move on to the next page. Some pages require 30 seconds of reading, but you have to stay on that page for a full five minutes. The staff work on this at work and at home as they can, but this has made it extremely difficult to complete this training in a timely manner. Assistant director has a calendar that she keeps the dates on, and reminds the staff at each pay day of how many days they have to complete the training etc. Correction Date: 2021-11-30 |
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Description:
340:110-3-284(d)(5) - Entry Level Child Care Training (ELCCT) or equivalent. Prior to, or within 90 calendar days of employment, teaching personnel hired after August 1, 2003, complete an approved entry-level training listed on the Oklahoma Professional Development Registry (OPDR) website, such as ELCCT. However, this training is not required when previously received, unless the individual has not been employed at a licensed program within the last five years.
There are five staff employed 90 days or more who have not completed ELCCT training. |
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| 2021-08-16 | Complaint Partial Inspection |
Plan: Director showed licensing that he just completed a 20 hours course on CECPD, Director's ELCCT. He states he will contact CECPD to find out why his credential is not being renewed. This is over 90 days expired. Correction Date: 2021-08-16 |
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Description:
340:110-3-284.1(b)(C) - has a current bronze or higher level certificate per OAC 340 Appendix EE - Oklahoma Director's Credential;
Director's Bronze credential expired 1/17/21. |
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| 2021-06-29 | Periodic Full Inspection |
Plan: I will let the director know that he will need to log into the registry and end the employment of staff no longer. Correction Date: 2021-07-02 |
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Description:
340:110-3-284.1(b)(2)(B)(vii) - registering the program as a direct care organization and maintaining information on the Oklahoma Professional Development Registry (OPDR); and
Multiple staff that are no longer employed are still showing as employees on the registry. |
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| 2021-06-29 | Periodic Full Inspection |
Plan: Program is still within their POC time frame. Director states he is in the process of completing additional training hours to renew his credential. Correction Date: 2021-07-05 |
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Description:
340:110-3-284.1(b)(C) - has a current bronze or higher level certificate per OAC 340 Appendix EE - Oklahoma Director's Credential;
Director's Bronze credential expired 1/17/21 |
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| 2021-06-29 | Periodic Full Inspection |
Plan: Director is not here, licensing and staff in charge will ensure that the director is aware that he needs to complete training and complete that in a timely manner. Correction Date: 2021-07-29 |
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Description:
340:110-3-284(d)(8)(A) - The director obtains at least the required number of professional development clock-hours to maintain a current Oklahoma Director's Credential per OAC 340 Appendix EE - Oklahoma Director's Credential. However, informal professional development clock-hours are limited.
Director does not have the required number of training hours for director credential. |
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| 2021-06-29 | Periodic Full Inspection |
Plan: We will board and hang everything back up on the wall. Everything is in her attendance folder right now. Correction Date: 2021-06-29 |
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Description:
340:110-3-281.1(i) - Post in classrooms. Items are posted where personnel and parents can read the items, unless the requirements specifically state otherwise. Two or more classrooms may share the posted items when the classrooms are next to each other and are divided by low height walls or barriers and the items can be read from each classroom.
1 classroom did not have posted items. |
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| 2021-06-29 | Periodic Full Inspection |
Plan: I will have the 1 staff print it out and the other 2 are still working on it and will complete it in a timely manner. Correction Date: 2021-07-29 |
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Description:
340:110-3-284(d)(5) - Entry Level Child Care Training (ELCCT) or equivalent. Prior to, or within 90 calendar days of employment, teaching personnel hired after August 1, 2003, complete an approved entry-level training listed on the Oklahoma Professional Development Registry (OPDR) website, such as ELCCT. However, this training is not required when previously received, unless the individual has not been employed at a licensed program within the last five years.
2 staff employed over 90 days do not have elcct and there is no verification of elcct for 1 other employee. |
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| 2021-06-29 | Periodic Full Inspection |
Plan: I will get a copy of it for their files. Correction Date: 2021-07-29 |
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Description:
340:110-3-284(d)(6) - CPR and first aid. Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid certifications are age-appropriate for the ages of children accepted into care and are from approved sources listed on the OPDR website. In addition to CPR and first aid certification requirements for individuals listed in (A) through (B) of this subsection, other position specific CPR and first aid certification requirements are also met per OAC 340:110-3-284.1 through 340:110-3-284.4.
No verification of cpr/fa for 2 staff employed over 90 days. |
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| 2021-06-24 | 340:110-3-287(a) Substantiated Complaints |
Plan: Pending |
| Description: Supervision:Serious - Child injured while unsupervised. | ||
| 2021-04-08 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
Plan: Still under previous plan of correction. Director states he is in the process of completing additional training hours to renew his credential. Correction Date: 2021-07-05 |
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Description:
340:110-3-284.1(b)(C) - has a current bronze or higher level certificate per OAC 340 Appendix EE - Oklahoma Director's Credential;
Director's Bronze credential expired 1/17/21. |
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| 2021-04-06 | Follow Up Partial Inspection |
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| Description: No non-compliances observed | ||
| 2021-04-05 | Complaint Full Inspection |
Plan: Assistant director is unsure of the status of the director's credential, licensing will get in touch with director as soon as he is available. Correction Date: 2021-07-05 |
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Description:
340:110-3-284.1(b)(C) - has a current bronze or higher level certificate per OAC 340 Appendix EE - Oklahoma Director's Credential;
Director's Bronze credential expired 1/17/21 |
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| 2021-04-05 | Complaint Full Inspection |
Plan: Ratios were fixed while licensing was present. Two staff came back from break who are qualified to be in the classroom. Correction Date: 2021-04-05 |
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Description:
340:110-3-286(a) - Ratios. Ratios mean the number of teaching personnel required to be physically present with a child or group of children per Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 340 Appendix GG - Ratios and Group Sizes. Only teaching personnel count in ratios, unless the requirements specifically state otherwise. The program is required to maintain ratios at all times.
Two classrooms were observed to be out of ratio upon arrival. The three and older classroom had one staff to 17 children with 4 three year olds. The one year old and older classroom had one staff to nine children, and 6 of them were one year olds. |
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