Description: More than 20 years ago, our founder Gabrielle Frizzera Flowers, began her career in early childhood development as an intern at the St. Vincent Treatment Center.
This experience inspired Gabrielle to continue her work in childhood education. She graduated from Loyola University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.
Her next step was graduate work at Towson University, balanced with working for daycare centers in the area. After graduating with her master’s in early childhood education with honors, Gabrielle managed and directed several daycare facilities.
This combination of classical education and real world experience would help her plan, and then build, Step By Step Children’s Learning Center in Sparks, Maryland.
In business for more than a decade, the learning center has earned a reputation throughout the state for blending education, creativity and physical activity in a caring, monitored environment which produces children well prepared for the first crucial years of education.
Staffed by accredited professionals, Step By Step Children’s Learning Center is more than daycare, it’s a dedicated team of caregivers and teachers who know that children learn differently and encourages them to proceed at their own pace.
If you’re interested in booking a tour of our facility, and learning why we were honored as one of Baltimore Magazine’s Best Daycare Facilities, contact us at 410-771-4151 or email our owner, Gabrielle Frizzera Flowers.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-27 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.06A(1) | Closed |
| Findings: OCC received a current personnel list dated 7/13/2023. There were several employees that OCC has not received any information for. Received at this inspection were Releases of Information. | |||
| 2023-07-27 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.09C | Open |
| Findings: One teacher did not have the required 12 hours of continued training within her anniversary year. | |||
| 2023-07-27 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.12B(1) | Open |
| Findings: Five aides did not have their aide orientation training completed within 6 months of their hire date. | |||
| 2023-07-27 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.07.06C | Open |
| Findings: OCC had not received several current releases of information on employees. Received at this inspection were releases. | |||
| 2023-07-27 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.08.02B | Open |
| Findings: Qualifications have not been submitted for staff. | |||
| 2022-08-11 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: Several children were missing pediatrician information, daily pick- up person or emergency pick-up person. See comments for the initials of the children that were missing information. Please submit the correct emergency cards to Licensing Specialist within 10 days. | |||
| 2022-08-11 | Full | 13A.16.03.05A | Open |
| Findings: Licensing specialist was using a current personnel list dated 8/2/ and 8/8/2022 during this inspection. Licensing specialist reviewed current employee files for some individuals that were not listed on the most recent personnel list. | |||
| 2022-08-11 | Full | 13A.16.03.06A(1) | Open |
| Findings: Staff has been hired and deleted without written notification being sent to OCC within 5 working days. | |||
| 2022-08-11 | Full | 13A.16.06.04A(1) | Open |
| Findings: Several staff were missing current medicals. See case comments for staff initials. | |||
| 2022-08-11 | Full | 13A.16.06.12C | Open |
| Findings: Aides CB KP, LC have hire dates of 2020 or 2021 and have not completed the aide orientation. | |||
| 2022-08-11 | Full | 13A.16.08.02A | Open |
| Findings: Several teachers were missing the qualifications to be in the rooms that they were assigned to. Several qualifications were received at this inspection. | |||
| 2022-08-11 | Full | 13A.16.08.02B | Open |
| Findings: In the Backyard room which has 4 year old's teacher NM is a new employee as of 8/8/2022 but her foreign transcripts need to be evaluated by an approved credentialing agency. | |||
| 2022-08-11 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(3)(a) | Corrected |
| Findings: At this inspection the Emergency and disaster plan could not be found. | |||
| 2022-08-11 | Full | 13A.16.10.01A(3)(d) | Corrected |
| Findings: At this inspection the emergency and disaster plan could not be found. | |||
| 2021-07-26 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.05C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Directors are missing current training hours. | |||
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