Attendance/Safety Procedures
When do children get signed in and out?
As soon as they arrive and as soon as they leave.
What is the first thing you do before transitioning a group?
Give a count down/warning, ex. 5 min, 3 min, 2 min.
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What is the staff to child Ratio?
At what size site does the Site Director need to be out of ratio?
1:13
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How do you prepare the area for meals and snack?
When?
Clean tables.
Before and after every snack/meal, and in between each group.
What's John's phone number?
978-857-3777
What does every group need to have?
A group attendance with sign in and sign out times with them at all times.
Walkie talkie
First aid kit and emergency meds.
How long should a group be waiting in line to transition?
Maximum 2 minutes.
You need to be ready to go before you ask your group line up.
Is there a safe place to have a hot beverage when working with children?
Yes, if there is an area that is not accessible to children.
When should children wash their hands?
Before and after eating
After using the bathroom
After sneezing, coughing, or blowing nose
How much advanced notice do you need to give to request time off?
2 weeks
When staff arrive at program space what should they be checking for?
Safety hazards
What is another way to get your groups attention other than "one, two, three eyes on me"?
Hands up top/everybody stop
Peanut butter/jelly
Flat tire/shhh
Light saber/zzzzz
When you here my voice/clap once, twice, three times
What must you wear daily?
Staff shirt and name tag?
Can children share snacks/
Why?
No
Food allergies
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When do you need to complete your time sheet?
When must your timesheet be approved by for the week?
Daily
Every Friday by 5pm
As soon as you notice you are missing a child what do you do?
Notify your Site Director. Site Director notifies Amy, Cathy and all other available staff to help locate the child.
Where should staff be during a transition?
One at the front of the line and one at the back.
If you have a large group with additional staff have one in the middle.
If you only have 1 staff, staff should be at the end of the group so that you can see all children ahead of you.
What needs to be done daily with the kids?
Planned curriculum activities and gym activities.
Where do children need to eat?
Sitting at the designated food table
Are there any dates that are prohibited from time off requests?
The week before school starts, the first and second week of school.
When staff are spread out and able to view entire program space, this is called?
Zoning
When do you take attendance, head counts and face checks?
Before you transition and when you get to your destination. Sometimes at a stopping point in between beginning and ending points.
Whos responsibility is it to make sure you have all emergency meds?
Every staff.
Can children and staff take meals home?
Yes, children can take additional meals home for their family if you have extras.
Staff meal take meals home at the end of the day, don't throw away if you can offer them to someone else.
When can you call John to call out sick?
No earlier than 5:30 am and no later than 10pm.