Child Development Center - Oakland

R 400.8112(1)(c) · R 400.8112(1)(c) Comprehensive background check; fingerprinting. A child care staff member.

The center is allowing child care staff members to work in classrooms prior to their fingerprint eligibility being determined by the department, but the child care staff members are never unsupervised or left alone with children. All child care staff members employed in the center have been determined eligible except CCSM 1, but she said she was not allowed to be alone with children or work unsupervised with children in care.

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R 400.8155(5) · R 400.8155(5) Child accidents and incidents; child and staff illness. A center shall have a written policy detailing when children, staff, and volunteers will be excluded from the center due to illness.

The center does not force child care staff members to work when they have the stomach flu. Their written policy states child care staff members should remain home when they have a fever over 100 degrees, a rash, persistent cough, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, or eye discharge. When child care staff members have become ill during the workday, the Program Director tries to find coverage for the individual as quickly as possible.

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R 400.8122(2)(b) · R 400.8122(2)(b) Lead caregiver; qualifications; responsibilities. At least 6 hours per day for programs operating 6 or more continuous hours.

The center has qualified lead caregivers or caregivers working with an approved variance in every classroom except the Sunflower Room. The lead caregiver resigned on 9/27/2024. Program Director said she had appointed herself and CCSM 7 as the substitute for the lead caregiver while they were advertising for a new lead caregiver.

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R 400.8182(3) · R 400.8182(3) Ratio and group size requirements. In each room or well-defined space, the maximum group size and ratio of child care staff members to children, including children related to a staff member or the licensee, must be as shown in Table 4:

The center is not out of caregiver to child ratios in the classrooms. Program Director 1, CCSM 1, CCSM 2, CCSM 3, CCSM 4, CCSM 5, CCSM 6, and CCSM 8 all indicated that if they were left with too many children by themselves, they would contact Program Director who would come in to provide coverage or move children around to maintain ratios.

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