Trainings
This required 5 hour training gives a new Staff a baseline to NYS OCFS regulated childcare programs.
What is the Foundations of Health and Safety?
This is the ratio for school age children ages 5-9.
What is 1:10?
The age a staff can be left alone with school age children under NYS OCFS.
What is 18 years old?
There must be at least one person present in program with this kind of certification.
What is current CPR-1st Aid?
This device is inspected every year and used in very warm situations.
What is a fire extinguisher?
The name of the website or organization that offers free online NYS OCFS approved childcare trainings.
What is ECETP or PDP for Professional Development Program?
The max group size for ages 5-9.
What is 20?
SAC Directors are required to have this as part of their approval process.
What is Experience working with School Age children?
This is the number of training hours a staff needs to complete before their 2nd year in a program.
What is 30?
This is required around playground area fall points.
What are wood chips, ground cover, or rubber tire chips?
This training is found on the HSLC website to complete. It covers Child Abuse topics and changed from 2 hours to 2.5 hours to now 3 hours over the past few years.
What is the Mandated Reporter training?
The max group size for Pre-K children in a SAC program.
What is 21?
This is an equivalent qualification for a person to become a Site Director at a SAC program if there is no educational background.
What is the School Age Credential?
The name of the food program under the NYS Dept. of Health that allows for meals to be reimbursed to a child care program at an annually set rate.
What is the CACFP or Child and Adult Care Food Program?
An unblocked this helps keeps exit points safe in case of emergency.
What is Egress?
A newer required training that became mandated for all NYS childcare workers in 2022. The abbreviation sounds like a playing card.
What is Adverse Childhood Experiences or ACE's?
The ratio if your School Age program has a NYS OCFS approved waiver for Pre-K children.
What is 1:8?
A new Site Supervisor or Director to a program must complete this length of time for a Health and Safety Training for Directors.
What is the 15 hour training?
This document is required for every NYS Child Care program and is reviewed by this kind of staff before it goes to your Regulator/uploaded into FAMS.
What is the Health Care Consultant?
This is how many times to run a Shelter in Place drill at your program site.
What is twice per calendar year?
A program that is able to offer to administer medication has a staff with this training.
What is the Medication Administration Training?
The ratio for ages 10-12 year olds
What is 1:15?
This is a newer offering from the NYS Network for Youth Success which allows someone with a SAC Credential to become qualified to work with ages 4 in a school age setting.
What is the Pre-K Endorsement?
What are their OCFS license, waivers, floor plans, CPR/1st Aid certs, schedule, insurance certificate, staff list/chain of command, and evacuation plans?
A fire drill/evacuation drill is completed each month the SAC program is open. This is another required document completed monthly.
What is the Monthly Fire and Safety Inspections or OCFS 4838 (bonus points if they get the form number correct)?