Valley Child Care & Learning Center - El Mirage AZ CHILD CARE CENTER

14085 NORTH DYSART ROAD , EL MIRAGE AZ 85335
(623) 486-7600

About the Provider

Description: El Mirage child care for your preschool-aged little one, from Valley Learning Center! Our El Mirage preschool and trusted child day care in Phoenix, is a facility serving the Valley for nearly 40 years now, providing child care services for nearly 1,000 children a day, now with a new facility in El Mirage! Our day care center combines a preschool education curriculum with proper nutrition, individual attention, and learning for children that involves an organic vision of life, and not just common "babysitting".

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: CDC-11261
  • Capacity: 284
  • Age Range: Infant; Ones; Twos; Three to Five; School-Age
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Current License Issue Date: May 01, 2020
  • District Office: ADHS Division of Licensing Services
  • District Office Phone: (602) 364-2539 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Survey Date Date Corrected Rule/Statute Title
2021-09-03 2021-10-28 article 4 R9-5-404.A.
Findings: Per allegation Based on Surveyor's observation and information provided by the staff, facility management acknowledged that the facility had been out of ratio "very early in the morning" before teachers arrived for work, on 8/18 and 8/19/21.
2021-04-08 1970-01-01 article 3 R9-5-303.B.
Findings: Based on Surveyors' observations and review of facility documentation at the time of the inspection, Room 4 lacked a posted capacity in the classroom.
2021-04-08 1970-01-01 article 3 R9-5-305.B.
Findings: Based on Surveyors' observations and review of facility documentation at the time of the inspection, 3 of 15 Emergency Information and Immunization record cards reviewed lacked an attached immunization record for Child #1, Child #2 and Child #3.
2021-04-08 1970-01-01 article 3 R9-5-306.A.1.
Findings: Based on Surveyors' observations and review of facility documentation at the time of the inspection, 4 of 20 attendance records reviewed lacked the following documentation: Child #4: Release time for 4/7/21. Child #5: Release time for 4/7/21. Child #6: Admission time for 4/6/21. Child #7: Admission time for 4/6/21.
2021-04-08 1970-01-01 article 3 R9-5-306.B.1.
Findings: Based on Surveyors' observations and review of facility documentation at the time of the inspection, the roster for the Infant classroom reflected the presence of 10 children in the room, however there were actually 11 infants present in the classroom.
2021-04-08 1970-01-01 Article 5 R9-5-501.A.2.
Findings: Based on Surveyors' observations at the time of the inspection, when the children from the 3's classroom were on the playground there was no drinking water accessible to the children when outside.
2021-04-08 1970-01-01 Article 5 R9-5-501.A.19.c.
Findings: Based on Surveyors' observations at the time of the inspection, there was a plunger sitting next to a toilet in the bathroom of Room 12.
2021-04-08 1970-01-01 article 5 R9-5-503.D.
Findings: Based on Surveyors' observations and review of facility documentation at the time of the inspection, the diaper changing area of Room 10 lacked a posted, written diaper changing procedure.
2021-04-08 1970-01-01 Article 5 R9-5-512.F.1.a.
Findings: Based on Surveyors' observations at the time of the inspection, adjacent to the toilet in the restroom of Room 8, the toilet tissue dispenser lacked toilet tissue.
2021-04-08 1970-01-01 Article 5 R9-5-514.C.4.
Findings: Based on Surveyors' observations and review of facility documentation at the time of the inspection, the written fire and emergency plans posted throughout the facility showed the date of the last update as May, 2019.
2021-04-08 1970-01-01 Article 6 R9-5-603.C.2.
Findings: Based on Surveyors' observations at the time of the inspection, the wooden fencing along the western side of the playground had slats that were splintering with paint chipping from the surface of the wood.
2020-03-10 2020-04-10 article 3 R9-5-304.B.1-9.
Findings: Based on Surveyor's observation and review of 20 Emergency Cards, it was determined that 3 of 20 cards lacked documentation of some of the required information: * The card for child #1 did not include the doctor ' s phone number * The cards for child #2 and #3 did not include a doctor's name and phone number
2020-03-10 2020-04-10 article 5 R9-5-501.C.9.a-c.
Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation, it was determined that 4 different containers of Diaper Rash Ointment were not labeled with the child's full name in several rooms.
2020-03-10 2020-04-10 article 5 R9-5-502.C.3.a.
Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation, it was determined that 4 bottles in Infant Room #1 were labeled with 1st name only.
2020-03-10 2020-04-10 Article 5 R9-5-511.C.
Findings: Based on the Surveyor's observation, it was found that one child in Room #11 and one child in Room #15 were napping on mats that were not at least 18 inches away from another child napping on a mat.

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