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Home › MI › Springfield › Battle Creek Montessori Academy
399 North 20th Street, Springfield MI 49037 · License #DC130341721 · Center · Center
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722.115n(1) Application for or renewal of license to operate child care center, group child care home, or family child care home; household member or child care staff member; criminal history check; requirements; duties of department. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (13), when a person, partnership, firm, corporation, association, governmental organization, or nongovernmental organization applies for or applies to renew a license to operate a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home under section 5m and before a group child care home or family child care home allows an individual to be a member of the household, or a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home allows an individual to become a child care staff member, the department shall do all of the following:
A child care staff member working with children unsupervised does not have a comprehensive background check on file with eligibility.
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722.115n(3) Application for or renewal of license to operate child care center, group child care home, or family child care home; household member or child care staff member; criminal history check; requirements; duties of department. Each individual listed in subsection (1) shall give written consent at the time of the license application and before a group child care home or family child care home allows an individual to be a member of the household, or before becoming a child care staff member to allow the 3 LANDMARK BUILDING • 105 W. ALLEGAN STREET • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 Michigan.gov/MiLEAP department of state police to conduct the criminal history check required under subsection (1). The department shall require the individual to submit his or her fingerprints to the department of state police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the criminal history check as required in subsection (1).
An individual that was determined ineligible by the department continues to be connected to the child care license and working on the premises.
Disposition: Substantiated
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A child care staff member does not have the consent and disclosure on file.
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Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.8125(5) · R 400.8125(5) Staff; volunteer; requirements. A written statement must be signed and dated by staff and volunteers at the time of hiring or before volunteering indicating all of the following information:
Child care staff working with children do not have the signed abuse and neglect form on file.
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Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.8131(12) · R 400.8131(12) Professional development requirements. When the department of licensing and regulatory affairs or the department of education publishes a notice that a new health and safety update document or a new health and safety update training activity has been published on MiRegistry, the licensee shall ensure that all personnel read and acknowledge the document or complete the activity within 6 months of the notice.
Child care staff connected in the system do not have the 2024 health and safety refresher completed.
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Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.8161(1) · R 400.8161(1) Emergency procedures. Written procedures for the care of children and staff for each of the following emergencies must be developed and implemented:
The detailed written emergency plans addressing all licensing requirements was not posted in a place visible to all child care parents and staff.
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R 400.8131(3) · R 400.8131(3) Professional development requirements. Before caring for children, all child care staff members and unsupervised volunteers who work directly with children shall be trained on prevention of shaken baby syndrome, abusive head trauma and child maltreatment, and recognition and reporting of child abuse and neglect.
Child care staff working with children have no documentation of health and safety training (including prevention of shaken baby, abusive head trauma, and child maltreatment before unsupervised contact with children.
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Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.8131(1) · R 400.8131(1) Professional development requirements. The center shall provide an orientation about the center's policies and practices and these administrative rules for all personnel hired after the effective date of these rules and before unsupervised contact with children.
Child care staff members working unsupervised with children do not have documentation of orientation.
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Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.8131(4) · R 400.8131(4) Professional development requirements. Before unsupervised contact with children, all child care staff members who work directly with children shall complete prevention and control of infectious disease training, including immunizations.
Child care staff working unsupervised with children have not completed the required health and safety trainings (prevention and control of infectious diseases, including immunizations).
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Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.8112(1)(c) · R 400.8112(1)(c) Comprehensive background check; fingerprinting. A child care staff member.
Child care staff working unsupervised with children are not connected in the background check system confirming eligibility.
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Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.8173(2) · R 400.8173(2) Equipment. The current list of unsafe children's products that is provided by the department must be conspicuously posted in the center, as required by section 15 of the children's product safety act, 2000 PA 219, MCL 722.1065.
The most recent recall list was not posted. The list posted was from 2023.
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Category: physical safety. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.8161(7) · R 400.8161(7) Emergency procedures. A written log indicating the date and time of fire and tornado drills must be kept on file at the center. Bureau
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Category: recordkeeping. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.8112 · R 400.8112 Comprehensive background check; fingerprinting. (4) For an individual who is determined ineligible by the department, a licensee shall immediately do all of the following: (a) Prohibit the individual from being on the premises of the child care center.
An individual determined ineligible by the department was continuing to work on the premises for several months.
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Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.8112 · R 400.8112 Comprehensive background check; fingerprinting. (4) For an individual who is determined ineligible by the department, a licensee shall immediately do all of the following: (c) Disconnect the individual from the child care background check system.
An individual determined ineligible by the department was not immediately disconnected from the child care background check system.
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Category: background checks. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.8113 · 1 R 400.8113 Program director qualifications; responsibilities. (2) A program director shall be present in the center in the following manner: (a) Full time for programs operating less than 6 continuous hours.
The program director Jennifer Deal was not present in the center a minimum of six hours a day. Shel was working a couple of days a week for approximately two or three hours.
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R 400.8110 · R 400.8110 1 Applicant; licensee; licensee designee; requirements. (10) Written approval from the department must be obtained before making any changes in the terms of the license, including but not limited to, adding use space, changing age groups served, changing program components, changing the capacity of the center, or making changes to a room or well-defined space that will result in a change in capacity of the room or well-defined space.
During phone contact with Jennifer Deal, she confirmed that child care staff member 1 (CCSM 1) works onsite on a daily basis directly with the preschool and school age children. I notified Jennifer Deal that CCSM 1 was determined ineligible by the department and prohibited from being on the premises. Jennifer Deal expressed that CCSM 1 is essentially her "boss" and that I would need to speak with someone from Choice schools regarding this issue. During phone and email contact witl she confirmed that CCSM 1 is present at the child care facility on a daily basis. She indicated that Choice schools intended for CCSM 1 to be a licensee designee for the facility, but then decided to have another person take on this role. CCSM 1 was printed in March 2023 with ineligible results issued shortly after. She thought they had disconnected 5 •
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R 400.8113 · 1 R 400.8113 Program director qualifications; responsibilities. (3) All program directors are responsible for the general management of the center, including the following minimum responsibilities: (a) Developing, implementing, and evaluating program and center policies.
Jennifer Deal was not meeting program director responsibilities of developing, implementing, or evaluating program and center policies. ........................................................ ........................ ................. .......................
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R 400.8113 · 1 R 400.8113 Program director qualifications; responsibilities. (3) All program directors are responsible for the general management of the center, including the following minimum responsibilities: (b) Administering day-to-day operations, including being available to address parent, child, and staff issues. 10
Jennifer Deal was not meeting program director responsibilities of administering day to day operation, including being available to address parent, child and staff issues.
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Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
R 400.8113 · 1 R 400.8113 Program director qualifications; responsibilities. (3) All program directors are responsible for the general management of the center, including the following minimum responsibilities: (c) Monitoring staff, including an annual evaluation.
Jennifer Deal was not meeting program director responsibilities of monitoring staff, including evaluations.
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