Health and Safety
This specific document outlines the criteria for when a student or staff member is too ill to attend school.
What is the "How Sick is Too Sick" guide?
This is the required adult-to-child ratio and group size for preschool classrooms.
What is 1 to 10 and 20?
State law and licensing regulations require this type of safety drill to be held monthly.
What is a fire drill?
These two PDIS training courses must be completed by staff annually.
What are Standard Precautions and Recognition/Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect?
No child should be exposed to more than this many minutes of screen time per day.
What is 15 minutes?
Children must be excluded from the group if their temperature reaches or exceeds this degree.
What is 100.4 degrees
These 2 of the 6 strategies for active supervision
What is set up the environment, position staff, scan and count, listen, anticipate children's behavior, engage and redirect.
Classroom-specific emergency disaster plans can be found in this resource
What is the Red Response book?
CPR and First Aid certifications must be renewed on this schedule.
What is biannually (every two years)
During rest time, children who are not asleep after this many minutes must be provided with quiet toys or books.
What is 20 minutes?
These are the four required steps, in order, for preparing a table for a meal.
What is wash with soap and water, water rinse, sanitize, and air dry for at least one minute?
Staff must perform this task periodically throughout the day, specifically after every transition.
What is attendance verification (counting the children)?
Most critical incidents, such as a serious injury requiring medical attention, must be reported to the state through this portal.
What is the provider hub?
These three PDIS courses are required to be completed 1 time only
What is Introduction to the Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs, Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals.
For students who are not yet toilet trained, diapers must be checked at least this often.
What is every 2 hours?
These three items must be washed on a weekly basis at minimum.
While supervising and caring for children, staff are prohibited from using this personal device
What is a cell phone?
These drills must occur monthly between March and October.
What are tornado drills?
Staff are required by law to report suspected abuse; it is the staff's responsibility to report the behavior, not to do this.
What is determine if abuse has occurred?
This specific classroom area must be cleaned daily if it contains water and weekly if it contains organic materials.
What is the sensory table?
Food items used for art or science, as well as diaper creams, must be clearly labeled with this warning.
Not for Consumption
If an adult picking up a child is unrecognized, staff must perform these two checks before releasing the student.
What is checking the adult's picture ID and the child’s authorized pick-up form?
This type of drill involves occupants seeking shelter inside the building from an external threat and no one is allowed in or out of the building.
What is a secure, lock out or shelter-in-place drill?
This process is completed through PDIS quantifies a staff members education, experience, professional development, and competencies.
What is an Early Childhood Professional Credential?
This type if discipline is not permitted.
What is restraint, forced or denied food, withheld recess?