Description: THIRST 2 LEARN CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER is a Licensed Child Care Center in CLAYMONT DE, with a maximum capacity of 144 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through 12 years.. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Regulation Code | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-05 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure proper staff-to-child ratio, group size, and supervision of children is maintained at all times through the assignment of qualified staff who are physically present and working with children and that infants and toddlers are cared for in rooms or areas separate from older children as required. Attendance documentation showed that proper staff-to-child ratio was not maintained on 10 occasions, maximum group size was not maintained on four occasions, an unqualified staff member was alone with children on three occasions, and infants and toddlers were cared for in the same area as older children outside of the permitted times on two occasions between February 10, 2020, and February 14, 2020. Submit two weeks' of attendance documentation for all classrooms on individual tracking sheets. | |||
| 2020-03-05 | Non Compliance | 43U - Children's Attendance | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff accurately record children's attendance by recording the exact arrival and departure times for all children in each classroom or area of care. Departure times were not recorded for all children on four days between February 10, 2020, and February 14, 2020. Submit two weeks' of attendance documentation for all classrooms. | |||
| 2020-03-05 | Non Compliance | 36U - Staff Attendance | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff attendance is recorded daily for each staff member and that this documentation includes the hours worked in each classroom or area. Attendance documentation showed and the center's administrator reported that multiple staff members failed to accurately document their attendance on multiple occasions between February 10, 2020, and February 14, 2020. Submit two weeks' of attendance documentation for all staff members. | |||
| 2020-02-18 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Obtain a professional development plan for eight staff members, the annual review of safe sleep for two staff members, the annual review of child abuse and neglect for four staff members, two references for three staff members, the employee declaration and drug and alcohol statement for one staff member, a complete health appraisal for two staff members, and CPR and first aid certification for two staff members. | |||
| 2020-02-18 | Non Compliance | 51U - Toilet Facilities | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure paper towels are available in the bathroom at all times. Clean the sink and wall and patch the hole in the wall behind the bathroom door in the ''women's'' bathroom. | |||
| 2020-02-18 | Non Compliance | 57U - Equipment | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure equipment is maintained and free from hazards. In the preschool classroom, repair or remove the cabinet door in the kitchen, remove extra broken equipment pieces, remove a nail sticking out of one of the cubbies, remove or cover sharp brackets on the wall. In the Alpha classroom, cover the crack in the plastic table to eliminate the pinch hazard, remove or repair the broken door on white cabinet, remove the sharp screws on the kitchen set, remove loose shelving from around the room. | |||
| 2020-02-18 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: A thermometer is needed in the Angels classroom refrigerator. Expired food was found in the preschool classroom and kitchen refrigerators and in the kitchen pantry. The expired food was removed at the time of the visit. | |||
| 2020-02-18 | Non Compliance | 74U - Lesson Plans | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Date lesson plans to show they are current. Add a social/emotional activity to the lesson plans in the Angels, Sunshine, and preschool classrooms. Add a cognitive and science activity to the preschool classroom lesson plan. | |||
| 2020-02-18 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Obtain documentation of transportation arrangement to and from school for two children. | |||
| 2020-02-18 | Non Compliance | 63U - Administration of Medication | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Staff that are certified to administer medication must be present at all times. Submit a staffing plan showing that a qualified staff member is present at all times. | |||
| 2020-02-18 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Dead and live ants were seen on the floor in the Angels classroom. Clean behind and around furniture. Clean behind furniture in the Sunshine classroom and clean the trash can lid. Clean behind the cots in the Preschool classroom. Paint the Spackle spot on wall in the Preschool classroom. Vacuum the carpet in the Alpha classroom. | |||
| 2020-02-18 | Non Compliance | 43U - Children's Attendance | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure children's attendance documentation is kept for three months. At the time of the visit, Administrator Linda Benson-Fleming could not provide attendance documentation for a child, who Ms. Benson-Fleming reported was in care at the center until December 2019. Submit two weeks of attendance documentation for all classrooms. | |||
| 2020-02-18 | Non Compliance | 76U - Activity Schedule | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Daily outdoor play is required, weather permitting. The children did not go outdoors during this visit. | |||
| 2020-02-07 | Non Compliance | 46U - Air Quality and Windows | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all fans are working and return vents are cleaned. Have them professionally serviced to ensure proper ventilation. Forward the receipts for service completed. Keep the door of the school-age room closed at all times until the ventilation/odor has been resolved. Contact the extermination company and confirm an immediate service date. | |||
| 2020-02-05 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Corrected |
| Corrective Action: Ensure an on-site confidential paper or accessible electronic file is available for each child for at least three months after disenrollment. At the time of the visit, a child file was requested for a child, who the center reported had disenrolled in December 2019. The center was unable to locate the file at the time of the visit. This requirement was discussed at the time of the visit and the licensee agreed to comply. | |||
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