Description: The Learning Experience® (TLE), child development centers throughout the United States: Our secure centers offer premier child care to children ages six weeks to five years: infants - toddlers - twaddlers - preppers - preschoolers - pre K - kindergarten and after school care for children up to eight years of age at most of our centers. The Learning Experience® is not just a daycare facility but also a complete child development center . We welcome you to visit any one of our dynamic and fun environments to see for yourself why TLE is different ... how committed we are to quality care and intellectual child development education of your child.
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.
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| 2023-03-27 | 2023-03-27 | 3A:52-6.6(a)(1) |
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The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: be positive. Violation Observed: Based on report, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. |
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| 2023-03-27 | 2023-03-30 | 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 report, retrain the named staff on the center's discipline policy. |
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| 2022-11-04 | 2022-11-04 | 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 report, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center, including during transitions from the playground. Violation is cited and abated due to observing two classrooms transitioning to/from the playground. |
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| 2022-11-04 | 2023-02-03 | 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 report, retrain the 2 named staff on 1. The center's supervision policy and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children. |
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| 2022-11-04 | 2023-03-31 | 3A:52-5.3(r) |
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The center shall take any steps required by the Office of Licensing to correct conditions in the building or center that may endanger the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. Violation Observed: Based on a complaint, ensure the center is meeting the needs of the children and are making reasonable accommodations to meet a child's special needs. Center management indicated that they were not willing to accommodate a child's therapist in getting a CARI and CHRI background check in order to work alone with a child in the center. 11/19/2022-Per a discussion with senior center management, the center is willing to get the child's therapist the required background checks and orientation training. Additionally, a meeting between center management, the child's parents and the therapist will be scheduled to ensure that reasonable accommodations for treatment are provided. |
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| 2022-11-04 | 2022-11-04 | 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: Based on report, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center, including during transitions from the playground. |
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| 2022-09-09 | 2022-11-04 | 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 report, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center, including during transitions from classrooms. |
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| 2022-09-09 | 2022-11-04 | 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: Based on report, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking are adhered to at all times throughout the center, including during transitions from the classroom. |
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| 2022-09-09 | 2022-10-06 | 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 RatioUnder 18 months - 1:418 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:62 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:104 years - 1:125 years and older - 1:15 Violation Observed: Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. Room 107 needed a third staff member. |
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| 2022-09-09 | 2022-10-06 | 3A:52-6.4(b)(1) |
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The center shall provide sleeping equipment for children 12 months of age and younger, the center shall provide for each child a crib, that complies with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Federal Safety Standards for Full- Size and Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs; 16 CFR 1219 and 1220, which is incorporated herein by reference, and can be obtained through the CPSC's website at https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety- Education-Centers/cribs , playpen, or other Office of Licensing-approved sleeping equipment that meets the following requirement that Violation Observed: Repair and/or replace sleeping equipment that is in disrepair. Replace the torn mats throughout the center. |
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| 2022-09-09 | 2023-01-20 | 3A:52-4.6(a) |
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The center shall maintain on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by the Office of Licensing, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(b), indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the applicable staff education and experience, as specified in 3A:52-4.6(b) through (d). Violation Observed: Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Update with the current staff only. |
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| 2022-09-09 | 2023-02-03 | 3A:52-4.10(a)(1) |
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The sponsor or sponsor representative, and each staff member shall complete a signed consent form provided by the Department that indicates the identifying information necessary to conduct a CARI background check, including the person’s name, address, date of birth, sex, race, and Social Security number. Pursuant to the Federal Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-579), the Department shall advise each such person that the disclosure of his or her Social Security number is voluntary, and that the Social Security number will only be used for the purpose of conducting a CARI background check. Violation Observed: Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff within two weeks of hire. |
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| 2022-09-09 | 2023-02-03 | 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 all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required. |
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| 2022-09-09 | 2022-09-14 | 3A:52-4.6(b)(1) |
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The director shall meet the following qualification requirements for early childhood programs licensed to serve more than 30 children, the director shall meet the qualification requirements as specified in N.J.A.C 3A:52-4.6(b) for education and experience. Violation Observed: Ensure that the director meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. |
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| 2022-09-09 | 2022-12-06 | 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: Ensure that the head teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. The center is licensed for 224 children. Two head teachers are needed. |
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Without exception, the staff at TLE Hackensack have been professional, courteous, knowledgeable, and most importantly, they have demonstrated genuine affection for our son and an appreciation for our family.
We enrolled our son as an infant when maternity leave came to an end. As first-time parents, the decision to leave our son in someone else's care was not an easy one. We had numerous learning centers from which to choose, and were very critical of the options. We chose TLE Hackensack because of the quality of the staff and the good feeling we had upon talking with Ms. Monica (the Center Director), visiting the location, meeting with Mr. Mike (the husband in the husband-wife operation), and observing the teachers. ...and we are so glad that we chose TLE Hackensack to be our son's first exposure to school!
The teachers - especially Ms. Lorena, Ms. Rebecca, and Ms. Gaby - certainly set the bar high for all of his future teachers. They taught and cared for our son with a perfect balance of mind and heart. The front desk staff - especially Ms. Monica, Ms. Stacy, and Ms. Breanne - always greeted us with enthusiasm and smiles, and they handled both simple and complicated situations (e.g. sickness of a child in the class) with professionalism, kindness, and an appropriate amount of sensitivity. All of the teachers - even ones that we the parents had not met personally - knew our son and would greet him exuberantly by name in the hall. Our son's dancing feet and giant smile upon arrival to TLE Hackensack each morning reassured us as parents that he felt safe and loved by everyone there. ...and, hence, so did we.
We wholeheartedly endorse TLE Hackensack. We hope that wherever life takes our family we are able to find a school for our son that provides the quality of teachers and staff that we are so grateful to have found at TLE Hackensack.
-A&K, Parents of a Happy 'Infant A' Graduate