Ratio/Staffing
The staff to child ratio for school-age facilities in the state of Colorado, ages 5 and up.
1:15.
The amount of required visits received from licensing and the health department annually.
Two.
A child receives a band-aid, this must be reported to licensing on the Provider Hub.
False. Only injuries that require medical attention must be reported on the Provider Hub.
A staff member who is at least 16 years old and cannot be left alone with children.
Program Aide.
Drills must be completed monthly for fire, monthly for tornadoes, and quarterly for all other drills and must be available for review to the Licensing Specialist.
False.
Tornado drills are required March through October when program is in session.
Children under the age of 5 can attend Discovery Link as long as they have a sibling in the program.
False. All children must be at least 5 years of age and enrolled in Kindergarten.
The regulatory agency that issues Business Licenses.
Excise and Licensing, City of Denver.
A child elopes, so the staff member must vacate their group and follow the child.
False.
Staff member will continue to stay with their group.
A staff member has 500 hours working with preschool children, 3 to 4 years old, from their previous place of employment, making them Program Leader qualified.
False.
Staff must have a written letter of verification that they've worked at least 460 hours with children whom are school-aged, 5 and up.
A staff member was cited for Building and Physical Premises not completed prior to working with students. The staff member will have 30 days to complete this.
False.
This is an immediate correction.
2 aides and 1 program leader is sufficient staffing for 45 children.
False.
There must be at least one Program Leader per every 30 students.
The inspection report that the school may have at the front office.
Fire.
A child breaks their ankle during a D.L. soccer game on Friday at 5 pm and goes to the hospital. The staff member has until Monday 5 pm to report this to licensing.
Correct!
24 business hours is required for injury reports.
Special Needs Assistants, or SNAs, can be left alone with children as long as they are 18 years old.
False.
They must meet all program leader requirements.
A staff member has lived in Florida within the past 5 years but has CBI, FBI, and TRAILs background checks on file. They can be left alone with children.
The staff member must have an out-of-state background check on file.
Snack, special activities, and on-site field trips allow there to be more than 30 children in the area at once.
True!
Groups do not need to be split in two or in to separate groups of 30 if it's a special activity.
Licensing Specialists must ensure the continuation notice is paid for and current, they should not cite for missing stickers if it's been renewed within the last 90 days.
What type of form would a staff member fill out for a child who climbed up a tree and refused to come down until the staff member called parents? The child was watched by a staff member the entire time they were in the tree.
Non-critical.
The police was not called and the child was not hurt.
If someone is ECT qualified, they are automatically Program Leader qualified.
False.
There are different qualifications for the two license types.
Follow-up, injury, supervisory.
The Program Supervisor, you, works from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm and leaves site at 4:00 since they worked 8:00 am to 4:00 pm today. There is no morning program. This is sufficient.
False.
The P.S. must be on-site at least 60% of PROGRAM hours. Staff would have to work for at least 2 hours and 10 minutes during the afterschool program.
All the facility's Reports of Inspection from the past 3 years must be posted on the licensing board.
It must be the most recent inspection and you may also post that it is available upon request.
The type of report(s) to be made if a staff member grabs a child by the wrist and yanks them over to clean up their milk they spilled and walked away from, leaving a mark.
County call, critical incident.
Staff member shall be put on administrative leave until accepted or screened out by the county and Licensing Specialist shall be notified of the incident.
A staff member who is at least 18, has 6,000 hours on-file with school-age children, and 40+ hours of PD may substitute as the on-site Program Supervisor.
False.
They must be at least 21 years of age.
A program in "adverse action" receives visits this often.