Field Trips
How often should you apply sunscreen at the pool?
Every pool break
What does ratio mean in childcare?
The number of children per staff member.
Where are daily meds, like Adderall, kept?
Locked in the office
What are considered "high risk" areas?
Bathrooms, Locker rooms, or locations where children can't be fully or easily supervised.
What are two things you look for when checking every lunchbox?
That it is nut free and that it has an ice pack.
What resource should you use every time you're prepping for a fieldtrip?
Fieldtrip Checklist
What is our Step Up to Quality Ratio?
1:16 or 1:32
True or False: All staff members need to sign EVERY care plan, even if the child is not in their age group.
TRUE!
True or False: Swim bands are only required at YMCA pools as other places don't follow our same system.
False! We honor the band system no matter what pool we are at.
Where must personal belongings be kept?
In the office or staff areas.
What shirt do you need to wear for Fieldtrips?
Orange Staff Shirt
What is ratio on fieldtrips?
1:10
Where are emergency meds kept?
In bags, on person, or higher than your tallest child.
True or False: Girls change in the Girls locker room and boys change in the Boys locker room.
False! Boys change in the individual family locker rooms.
What are three examples of times one MUST wash their hands at camp?
1. Arrival/Departure
2. Meals
3. Coming in from outside
4. After using the restroom
5. If dirty!
What does every child need to get the morning of a fieldtrip?
An orange wristband
A counselor has two kids in their room and one goes home. What do they need to do next?
Combine with another group, get another child, or get another adult.
What needs to be done immediately after administering medication?
It needs to be logged on the child's care plan!
If there isn't a male counselor to go in the boy's bathroom, what needs to happen?
They campers will need to go one by one while an adult stands right outside the bathrooms.
What document needs to be filled out by all staff and turned into the office at the end of the week?
Cleaning checklist
True or False: As long as a staff member is present, field trips are the only time kids are allowed in the bathroom with nonemployee adults.
False- Kids are never allowed in the bathrooms with non-Y staff
Two counselors are in the room with 20 campers. One of the counselors is playing music and dancing with the kids. Since everyone is safe and engaged, the other counselor takes a few minutes to check their notifications and socials. Are they in ratio?
No! Being on your phone automatically takes you out of ratio.
What is the pneumonic device to aid in properly using an EpiPen?
Red (or orange) to the thigh, blue to the sky
True or False: There are twin sisters changing after swim, they do everything together and don't like to be separated, so they are allowed to change together in the shower.
You watch a child fall and hit their head, but they have no visible mark and continue playing, what should you do next?
Write an incident report and let a lead know that they need to call home.