Licensed Child Care Center
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Tree Of Life Learning Center, Inc. Dba The Learning Tree
Bear, DE
· New Castle County
1799 PULASKI HIGHWAY,
Bear, DE 19701
Quick Facts
Capacity
157 children
Age Range
6 weeks through 12 years.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
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Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
1483614
Issued By
Delaware Department of Services For Children, Youth And Their Families
Licensor
District Office
State of Delaware, Office of Child Care Licensing
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About the Provider
TREE OF LIFE LEARNING CENTER, INC. DBA THE LEARNING TREE is a Licensed Child Care Center in BEAR DE, with a maximum capacity of 157 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through 12 years.. It is open Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
Financial Arrangements: Child Care Food Program;Purchase of Care; Reported Injuries & Deaths: 2026: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.; 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.;
Hours of Operation
- Monday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Tuesday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Wednesday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Thursday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Friday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulation Code | Status |
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| 2026-09-08 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure personnel files are complete. Staff #1 needs OCCL health and safety training and health appraisal. Staff #3 needs OCCL health and safety training. Staff #4 needs updated annual adult abuse . Staff #5 needs updated annual adult abuse and safe sleep. Send documents to OCCL. | |||
| 2026-09-08 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure child files are complete. Child #14 needs current health appraisal and blood lead test result. Send documents to OCCL. | |||
| 2024-09-06 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit the following to complete staff files: OCCL H&S training for Staff #1, 2; a health appraisal for Staff #2; two references for Staff #4. Not determined: completion of annual training hours. #1 needs 1; #3 needs 9, and #5 needs 8. Will be non-compliant if not received by September 30, 2024. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-09-05 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit the following to complete the staff files: documentation of completion of OCCL health and safety training for 11 staff members; complete, signed, dated professional development plans for seven staff members; annual safe sleep and ch. abuse/neglect for one staff member; 2 references for one staff member; a signed declaration for one staff member; health appraisals with TB for two staff members. not determined at this time are completed annual training hours for five staff members. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-09-05 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Provide a copy of a food establishment permit for the contracted food vendor supplying the center's food; provide documentation of the thermometers reading the appropriate temperatures 41 degrees F. for refrigerators and 0 degrees F. for freezers. (The readings were taken very soon after a delivery.) | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-09-02 | Non Compliance | 24U - Staff Qualifications | Completed |
| Corrective Action: The administrator needs infant/toddler specialized training. The application was submitted with DEEDs during the visit. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2022-09-02 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit the following to complete the staff files: Annual safe sleep and abuse/neglect form for one staff person; orientation for three staff members; a job description, references, adult abuse, and declaration/drug/alcohol for one staff member; health appraisals w/TB for two staff members; service letters for two staff members, medication certification for four staff members; revised with correct dates professional dev. plans for all staff. Annual training for seven staff members will be non-complaint if not received prior to license expiration. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-09-02 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit the following to complete the children's files: blood lead screening for children #3, 5, and 11. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-09-02 | Non Compliance | 66U - Emergency Planning | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the center has an adequate supply of emergency water. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-03-18 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit the following items to OCCL to complete the staff files: professional dev. plans for two staff members, 1 reference for one staff member, a health appraisal w/ TB for one staff member, a health appraisal only for one staff member. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-01-28 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit the following documentation to complete staff files. Two references are needed for two staff members and one of those staff members needs administration of medication certification or training and a professional development plan. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-01-27 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: All children must be supervised at all times. A four-year-old child was able to leave the bathroom without being noticed. He went into another classroom, then outside to the adjoining building. One teacher's employment was terminated and the other received a verbal warning and must take a supervision class A mandatory emergency staff meeting will be held Monday night, 1-31-22. All staff will be required to take a supervision and classroom management class. The owner contacted Security Instruments and will have them place buzzards on the doors to sound when a back door is opened. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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