The Child Care Professional and the Law
Child care professionals must understand the rules and regulation to...
Protect the health and safety of children in care.
Any child care center or child care arrangement that provides care for more than five children, and that receives a form of payment.
Child Care Facility
Child Care programs must complete an ______________application for licensure.
A driver must have this to transport children.
A valid driver's license
Within how many day of being hired does a child care professional must begin training.
90 days
Before-school and after school sites providing care for children who are at least 5 five old attending kindergarten or above.
School-Age Child Care
If an initial or renewal application for licensure is approved, one of the three licensing will be is issued.
annual, provisional (temporary) Probational
A driver needs this granting medical approval to transport children.
An annual physical exam
How many course hours are required by DCF?
Part 1 30 hours
Part 2 10 hours
total 40 hours
Care provided during the evening hours of 6:00pm to 7:00am.
Evening Child Care
This must be up to date, on file and available to the licensing authority during operational hours.
Child's enrollment form
This person can act as a chaperone on a field trip.
Bus Driver
How many staff member must be certified in CPR/First while children are in care, field trips, and while transporting children.
one
Child care program that is an integral part of a church may qualify for religious exemption from licensure.
Faith-based
What is the name of the brochure that must be provided to the parent?
Know your child care facility
After walking through the bus/van to make sure that children are not left behind, who signs the transportation log?
The driver and a second staff member
Each year, you must complete how many hours of an annual in-service?
ten hours
Recognizes child care facilities that have been accredited by ________ __________association
Approved accrediting association
This means actively watching the children.
Direct supervision
How often does the bus/vehicle need to be inspected
What level of background screening does an child care personnel need and how many years must the screening be conducted.
Level 2= background screening
FBI-Country wide, FDLE- State, sexual predator registry search, child abuse & neglect history, employment history check needs to be conducted every 5 years.