Environmental Safety
These cannot be hanging, cannot be exposed and must always be taped and covered.
What are chords?
This ratio is the Athena policy in a toddler classroom.
What is 9:1?
These are the steps you should take if a head bumps, face or head wound, or bite occurs with a child in your care.
What is Call the Office, Contact the Parents, & Take a Picture?
This is the required temperatures that all refrigerators must be kept at.
What is 41 degrees or lower?
When you hear the fire drill bells, you must do this.
What is evacuate all of the children to the parking lot calmly and quickly?
This needs to be at an adequate level to ensure you don't step on a sleeping child.
What is lighting?
This ratio is the Athena policy in a classroom with 3 year olds.
What is 15:1?
This report is required when a child needs to seek medical attention from something that occurred while in our care.
What is an incident report?
What is: 1. Wash with soap and water, 2. Rinse with clear water, 3. Soak in or spray on a disinfecting solution for at least two minutes, and 4. Allow the surface or item to air- dry?
In this quarterly drill, you must talk to your children about how you will keep them safe and where you would go in your classroom should this emergency event occur.
What is severe weather drill?
This must be immediately removed from where children are if it's a safety hazard.
What is broken equipment?
This ratio is the Athena policy in a primary classroom without 3 year olds.
What is 18:1?
This is how many feet of clearance needed, obstruction free, around a piece of playground equipment and how many inches of mulch must be under a fall zone.
What are 6 feet and 9 inches?
This is what all food in your refrigerator needs to be once it is opened.
What is covered?
This is what must be posted in your classroom to help you with guidelines for safety.
What is Emergency Evacuation Plan?
In order to ensure proper visual supervision at all times, you must be aware of these areas in your environment.
What are blind spots?
This ratio is the Athena policy in a toddler classroom if all of the children are over 2.
What is 11:1?
This report is required any time something happens to a child that the parents need to know about, such as a fall or bite that may leave a mark on a child's skin.
What is accident report?
When serving food family style, it is very important to prevent this.
What is cross contamination?
This is the drill you must conduct to practice for a volatile or endangering person on campus 4 times per year.
What is lock-down drill?
This is what you should always do when you find a safety hazard in any environment.
What is send a picture to admin?
You must always know who these two children are in your care.
Who are oldest and youngest?
This is the #1 choking hazard.
What is food?
This is what children need while eating.
What is supervision?
This is an item that one teacher must have on their person in the case of an emergency evacuation.
What is a go bag?