R 400.8125 · R 400.8125 Staff; volunteer; requirements. (1) All staff and volunteers shall provide appropriate care and supervision of children at all times.

On December 1, 2022, the facility did not provide appropriate care and supervision to Child A, when they did not inform Child A's Father or Child A's Mother that he was not present at afterschool programming as scheduled. Child A did not arrive at the after-school meeting place for middle school children. Kelli Ottinger brought the school age children back to the child care facility and did not inform office staff that Child A was not present. Child A rode the bus home from school and was alone for approximately two hours.

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Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

R 400.8125 · R 400.8125 Staff; volunteer; requirements. (1) All staff and volunteers shall provide appropriate care and supervision of children at all times.

On August 3, 2022, I received a telephone call from Serrenna Sengstock, licensee, to report that Child A was left unattended in the Prepper Classroom for a total of four 2 minutes and three seconds. Child A was being cared for by Teri Boyer, child care staff member, and Katriana Curtoys, child care staff member. Child A was found crying at the doorway of the classroom by Betty Binder, office staff member. Child A was not injured. On August 8, 2022, I interviewed Child A's Mother. The child care staff counted all the children before going outside. Child A left the line to go to the bathroom and was left alone in the classroom for about four minutes. An office worker heard Child A crying and took her outside. Child A was not injured and remains enrolled at the facility. Child A's Mother does not have any concerns with the care and supervision provided by the child care facility. On August 8, 2022, I completed an unannounced onsite inspection with Tania Allard, child care licensing consultant. I interviewed Sarah Brooks, licensee designee/program director. Ms. Brooks was not present at the facility at the time of the incident. Ms. Brooks will be working with all child care staff members to start using the name to face check option through the Bright Wheel application. It allows child care staff members to physically check each child out of the classroom on the application to another location, such as outside or the gymnasium. On August 8, 2022, I interviewed Teri Boyer. Ms. Boyer was working in the Prepper Classroom with Ms. Curtoys and eight child care children. The children were ages 2.5-3 years. Ms. Boyer completed a head count and counted Child A first. Ms. Boyer was at the front of the line and Ms. Curtoys was at the back of the line. Ms. Boyer did not complete a second head count in the hallway or when she got outside with the child care children. Ms. Boyer did not realize Child A was not present until Ms. Binder brought her outside approximately four minutes after they came outside. Child A was not injured and remained enrolled at the facility. When Ms. Boyer viewed the video, she observed Child A walk behind her after she counted child care children and into the bathroom. Ms. Boyer will count children more consistently and use the check in/out feature on Bright Wheel. Ms. Boyer spoke with Child A's Father the day after the incident. Child A's Father stated that Child A's Mother and Child A's Father laughed about the incident and said they always tell Child A to go into the potty when she needs to use the bathroom. Ms. Boyer does not have any concerns with the care and supervision provided at the child care center or by Ms. Curtoys. On August 8, 2022, I reviewed the video footage from August 3, 2022, with Ms. Sengstock. The video shows Child A leaving the area where child care children were lining up to go outside and walking into the bathroom. Ms. Curtoys and Ms. Binder left the classroom with seven child care children. Child A exits the bathroom, washes her hands, and goes to the door of the classroom. Child A stands at the door of the classroom and Ms. Binder comes to the doorway. The total time Child A was alone in the classroom was approximately four minutes. On August 8, 2022, I interviewed Ms. Curtoys. Ms. Curtoys was working in the Prepper Classroom with Ms. Boyer and 8 children. The classroom as going outside, 3 and Child A got out of line. Both Ms. Curtoys and Ms. Boyer completed a head count inside the classroom but did not count again in the hallway or when they arrived outside. Ms. Binder found Child A and brought her outside. Ms. Curtoys was not aware that Child A was not with the group. Ms. Curtoys does not have any concerns with the care and supervision provided by the child care facility or Ms. Boyer. In the future Ms. Curtoys will recount children when transitioning.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

R 400.8112 · R 400.8112 Comprehensive background check; fingerprinting. (1) Pursuant to section 5n of the act, MCL 722.115n, before an individual has unsupervised contact with children, the department shall determine the individual's eligibility to be any of the following: (a) A licensee. (b) A licensee designee. (c) A child care staff member. (d) A child care aide. (e) An unsupervised volunteer.

The child care facility completes comprehensive background checks on all child care staff members.

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.