10A NCAC 09 .0604 · Violation

Name of Operation: BEAUFORT ELEMENTARY PRESCHOOL Facility ID: 16000135 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 5/7/2025 Number Present: 17 Completed Date: 5/7/2025 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 133 Time In: 09:47 AM Time Out: 12:00 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. Your program currently operates with a 5-Star license effective July 7, 2020. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety-seven (97%) percent as of May 7, 2025. The license was posted, and the restrictions were in compliance. The most recent sanitation inspection was conducted on February 10, 2025, with a superior rating. The most recent fire inspection was conducted on October 31, 2024. There is one (1) approved indoor space and one (1) approved outdoor space. Eighteen (18) children between the ages of four (4) and five (5) are enrolled and seventeen (17) children were present today. A walk-through of the facility was completed today. All approved indoor and outdoor spaces being used by the children were observed. Indoor spaces are arranged into activity areas that include but are not limited to language, blocks, art, math, science, sensory, dramatic play, and manipulatives. A variety of age-appropriate learning materials were observed in each classroom. The attendance for the classroom was accurately completed. Daily schedules and activity plans were available for each group of children. Staff/Child ratios were in compliance and all children were adequately supervised. Good interactions were observed between caregivers and children. Upon entering your facility, you and the children were in the gym area for physical education activities. As the children transitioned back to the indoor space, the children washed their hands and prepared for morning snack. Routine handwashing, toileting, and food service procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. After the morning snack, the children transitioned to the outdoor space where they were observed riding tricycles on the bike trail, running, and transferring flowers into painted flower pots for Mother’s Day. A staff member discussed with the children that flowers need sun and oxygen to breathe. The other staff member played hide and seek with the children. The outdoor space had a variety of gross motor equipment which included push trucks, a large climber with two (2) slides, riding cars, tricycles, and wagons. Other outdoor activities included a large connect four game, large legos, large traffic signs, and two (2) playhouses. Health and Safety trainings and the Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma Policy were monitored today, and requirements were met. Violation Number Comment Rule 721 All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. In the outdoor space, the green metal bench and the green metal poles for the large shade structure had large areas of chipped paint. The rubber border boundaries for the large sand box were not visible due to grass growth around the sandbox and sand covering the borders. The covering for the sandbox was torn and the pipes for the tarp covering were broken. G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) 840 All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. Great Value Morning Meadow Scent Disinfectant Spray was stored in an unlocked cabinet. The aerosol disinfectant spray had a keep out of reach of children label. .2820(b) Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violations documented may impact the compliance history score. Any violations documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Monday, May 19, 2025, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Technical Assistance: Hazardous Materials/Locked Storage: Please review child care rules regarding storage and accessibility of potentially hazardous items. Items labeled “Keep out of reach of children” with no other warnings must be stored at a minimum of five feet off the floor. Hazardous cleaning supplies, including those kept under pressure in an aerosol can, as well as medications, must be kept in locked storage. The definition of locked storage requires that the lock be unlocked with some type of device such as a key or combination. Regular childproofing locks do not meet this requirement. Ensure that all cleaning supplies and other items labeled “Keep out of reach of children” are kept inaccessible while children are in care. Today you reported that the lock sometimes does not work, and I suggested you replace the lock. Outdoor Space Hazards: Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .0604 (p) SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE CENTERS states that once a day, prior to initial use, the indoor and outdoor premises shall be checked for debris, vandalism, and broken equipment. Debris shall be removed and disposed of. The sandbox has debris growing around it and the covering is broken. Before children enter the outdoor area each day, you must take time to observe the outdoor area and ensure there are no safety hazards or debris in the area. If there are any hazards, they must be addressed before children can enter the area. As large areas of chipped paint were observed on the playground equipment, I suggest that you sand and repaint these areas on a regular basis. Chipped paint is considered a safety hazard as children may ingest it. The gravel surfacing under the large climber needs to be tilled at the slide landing area. Emergency Medical Care Plan: Today, you requested a new EMC plan. Below is the link for obtaining this form. https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Portals/0/documents/pdf/E/EMC_Plan_Form_CCC_Sample_2.pdf?ver=I6zNo1fjDJDHstBRF3qrdg%3d%3d Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ Deadline Extended! Due to the recent impacts of Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters, the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ enrollment deadline has been revised statewide, and schools and child care facilities that have not yet enrolled should complete the online process by May 31, 2025. The lead-based paint and asbestos enrollment surveys must be completed for ALL schools and child care facilities within school districts prior to receiving on-site inspections. Your facility’s status, according to the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids website, shows the following: • Water Testing-Completed on October 22, 2024. Water testing must be completed every three (3) years. • Lead-Based Paint-Free Attestation Signed • Asbestos Complete Exemption Letter Provider Access to the Background Check Management System: As stated in G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) child care operators are to notify the Division of any new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The process of notifying the Division has changed and is now captured in ABCMS. This change has been in effect since February 2024. Effective immediately, you will need to obtain a Business NCID and complete Provider Portal training in Moodle at https://www.dcdee.moodle.nc.gov/course/view.php?id=119 As we discussed today, you are currently in the process of completing enrollment in the ABCMS portal, and violations may be cited during future visits, if your facility does not meet this requirement. Once the training has been completed and access has been given, you must verify your facility roster to ensure current staff are noted on the roster. This information should be updated in ABCMS on an ongoing basis as staff members are hired and when their employment is terminated. This satisfies the requirement to notify the Division of new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The compliance of this rule will be monitored during your next visit. Please note, the hard copy of the Change of Information form will no longer be needed or accepted. Should you need assistance please contact the Criminal Background Check Unit at (919) 814-8401 and someone will assist you The DCDEE Natural Outdoor Learning Initiative: Through this initiative, we hope to increase knowledge and confidence for everyone in developing and implementing best practices to support the creation, programming, and safe use of naturalized outdoor spaces in child care facilities. You can learn more by visiting the NLI website, where you will also find many resources, including an updated Toolkit designed to help you enhance your outdoor learning environment. The downloadable NLI Toolkit is available at: https://naturalearning.org/preschool-outdoor-toolkit. Program Assessment (ERS-3) Update The North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project (NCRLAP) is scheduling requested program assessments using: • Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (ITERS-3) • Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (ECERS-3) • Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (FCCERS-3) • School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale, Updated Edition (SACERS-U) If you are interested in continuing to earn your Star Rated License using program assessment, you can begin preparing by reviewing NCRLAP’s many resources. “Hold Harmless” remains in place until all new QRIS rules are effective. However, you may choose to go ahead with program assessment now, knowing that if you are satisfied with your scores and star rating, it will be valid for three years. If you have participated in an outreach assessment, thank you! Be sure to schedule your follow-up call with NCRLAP staff to discuss the results and receive valuable feedback and actionable insights. Moodle Helpful Hints: 1. When on the Moodle homepage, scroll down past the three-square boxes to find directions to self-register for various training opportunities. 2. If you do not access a training opportunity for 150 days, the training will be suspended. To regain access, email a request to set status to “active” including the name of the training course to dcdee_moodle_support@dhhs.nc.gov. Send any questions about DCDEE Moodle trainings to dcdee_moodle_support@dhhs.nc.gov. Tips for MY NCID Users: Did you know that if you do not log in to any DCDEE platforms (e.g., Moodle, WORKS, CBC) for a period of 12 months, your account will be archived? An archived account cannot be reinstated. You will need to create a new one and then email all platforms (e.g., Moodle, WORKS, CBC) to merge accounts. Pro Tip: Set your calendar to remind you every 6 months to login and out at https://myncid.nc.gov to keep your account activated and it will NOT be archived. Reminders: Emergency Drills: Please set a reminder on your calendar to conduct a shelter-in-place or lockdown drill on or before May 31, 2025. For the latest information on child care rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was reviewed with you, emailed to you, printed, and signed. You were given a copy of this visit summary for your files. As we discussed, this computer-generated visit summary serves as completion of the routine unannounced visit. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

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Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

G.S. 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: BEAUFORT ELEMENTARY PRESCHOOL Facility ID: 16000135 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 5/7/2025 Number Present: 17 Completed Date: 5/7/2025 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 133 Time In: 09:47 AM Time Out: 12:00 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. Your program currently operates with a 5-Star license effective July 7, 2020. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety-seven (97%) percent as of May 7, 2025. The license was posted, and the restrictions were in compliance. The most recent sanitation inspection was conducted on February 10, 2025, with a superior rating. The most recent fire inspection was conducted on October 31, 2024. There is one (1) approved indoor space and one (1) approved outdoor space. Eighteen (18) children between the ages of four (4) and five (5) are enrolled and seventeen (17) children were present today. A walk-through of the facility was completed today. All approved indoor and outdoor spaces being used by the children were observed. Indoor spaces are arranged into activity areas that include but are not limited to language, blocks, art, math, science, sensory, dramatic play, and manipulatives. A variety of age-appropriate learning materials were observed in each classroom. The attendance for the classroom was accurately completed. Daily schedules and activity plans were available for each group of children. Staff/Child ratios were in compliance and all children were adequately supervised. Good interactions were observed between caregivers and children. Upon entering your facility, you and the children were in the gym area for physical education activities. As the children transitioned back to the indoor space, the children washed their hands and prepared for morning snack. Routine handwashing, toileting, and food service procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. After the morning snack, the children transitioned to the outdoor space where they were observed riding tricycles on the bike trail, running, and transferring flowers into painted flower pots for Mother’s Day. A staff member discussed with the children that flowers need sun and oxygen to breathe. The other staff member played hide and seek with the children. The outdoor space had a variety of gross motor equipment which included push trucks, a large climber with two (2) slides, riding cars, tricycles, and wagons. Other outdoor activities included a large connect four game, large legos, large traffic signs, and two (2) playhouses. Health and Safety trainings and the Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma Policy were monitored today, and requirements were met. Violation Number Comment Rule 721 All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. In the outdoor space, the green metal bench and the green metal poles for the large shade structure had large areas of chipped paint. The rubber border boundaries for the large sand box were not visible due to grass growth around the sandbox and sand covering the borders. The covering for the sandbox was torn and the pipes for the tarp covering were broken. G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) 840 All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. Great Value Morning Meadow Scent Disinfectant Spray was stored in an unlocked cabinet. The aerosol disinfectant spray had a keep out of reach of children label. .2820(b) Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violations documented may impact the compliance history score. Any violations documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Monday, May 19, 2025, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Technical Assistance: Hazardous Materials/Locked Storage: Please review child care rules regarding storage and accessibility of potentially hazardous items. Items labeled “Keep out of reach of children” with no other warnings must be stored at a minimum of five feet off the floor. Hazardous cleaning supplies, including those kept under pressure in an aerosol can, as well as medications, must be kept in locked storage. The definition of locked storage requires that the lock be unlocked with some type of device such as a key or combination. Regular childproofing locks do not meet this requirement. Ensure that all cleaning supplies and other items labeled “Keep out of reach of children” are kept inaccessible while children are in care. Today you reported that the lock sometimes does not work, and I suggested you replace the lock. Outdoor Space Hazards: Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .0604 (p) SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE CENTERS states that once a day, prior to initial use, the indoor and outdoor premises shall be checked for debris, vandalism, and broken equipment. Debris shall be removed and disposed of. The sandbox has debris growing around it and the covering is broken. Before children enter the outdoor area each day, you must take time to observe the outdoor area and ensure there are no safety hazards or debris in the area. If there are any hazards, they must be addressed before children can enter the area. As large areas of chipped paint were observed on the playground equipment, I suggest that you sand and repaint these areas on a regular basis. Chipped paint is considered a safety hazard as children may ingest it. The gravel surfacing under the large climber needs to be tilled at the slide landing area. Emergency Medical Care Plan: Today, you requested a new EMC plan. Below is the link for obtaining this form. https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Portals/0/documents/pdf/E/EMC_Plan_Form_CCC_Sample_2.pdf?ver=I6zNo1fjDJDHstBRF3qrdg%3d%3d Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ Deadline Extended! Due to the recent impacts of Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters, the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ enrollment deadline has been revised statewide, and schools and child care facilities that have not yet enrolled should complete the online process by May 31, 2025. The lead-based paint and asbestos enrollment surveys must be completed for ALL schools and child care facilities within school districts prior to receiving on-site inspections. Your facility’s status, according to the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids website, shows the following: • Water Testing-Completed on October 22, 2024. Water testing must be completed every three (3) years. • Lead-Based Paint-Free Attestation Signed • Asbestos Complete Exemption Letter Provider Access to the Background Check Management System: As stated in G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) child care operators are to notify the Division of any new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The process of notifying the Division has changed and is now captured in ABCMS. This change has been in effect since February 2024. Effective immediately, you will need to obtain a Business NCID and complete Provider Portal training in Moodle at https://www.dcdee.moodle.nc.gov/course/view.php?id=119 As we discussed today, you are currently in the process of completing enrollment in the ABCMS portal, and violations may be cited during future visits, if your facility does not meet this requirement. Once the training has been completed and access has been given, you must verify your facility roster to ensure current staff are noted on the roster. This information should be updated in ABCMS on an ongoing basis as staff members are hired and when their employment is terminated. This satisfies the requirement to notify the Division of new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The compliance of this rule will be monitored during your next visit. Please note, the hard copy of the Change of Information form will no longer be needed or accepted. Should you need assistance please contact the Criminal Background Check Unit at (919) 814-8401 and someone will assist you The DCDEE Natural Outdoor Learning Initiative: Through this initiative, we hope to increase knowledge and confidence for everyone in developing and implementing best practices to support the creation, programming, and safe use of naturalized outdoor spaces in child care facilities. You can learn more by visiting the NLI website, where you will also find many resources, including an updated Toolkit designed to help you enhance your outdoor learning environment. The downloadable NLI Toolkit is available at: https://naturalearning.org/preschool-outdoor-toolkit. Program Assessment (ERS-3) Update The North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project (NCRLAP) is scheduling requested program assessments using: • Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (ITERS-3) • Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (ECERS-3) • Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (FCCERS-3) • School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale, Updated Edition (SACERS-U) If you are interested in continuing to earn your Star Rated License using program assessment, you can begin preparing by reviewing NCRLAP’s many resources. “Hold Harmless” remains in place until all new QRIS rules are effective. However, you may choose to go ahead with program assessment now, knowing that if you are satisfied with your scores and star rating, it will be valid for three years. If you have participated in an outreach assessment, thank you! Be sure to schedule your follow-up call with NCRLAP staff to discuss the results and receive valuable feedback and actionable insights. Moodle Helpful Hints: 1. When on the Moodle homepage, scroll down past the three-square boxes to find directions to self-register for various training opportunities. 2. If you do not access a training opportunity for 150 days, the training will be suspended. To regain access, email a request to set status to “active” including the name of the training course to dcdee_moodle_support@dhhs.nc.gov. Send any questions about DCDEE Moodle trainings to dcdee_moodle_support@dhhs.nc.gov. Tips for MY NCID Users: Did you know that if you do not log in to any DCDEE platforms (e.g., Moodle, WORKS, CBC) for a period of 12 months, your account will be archived? An archived account cannot be reinstated. You will need to create a new one and then email all platforms (e.g., Moodle, WORKS, CBC) to merge accounts. Pro Tip: Set your calendar to remind you every 6 months to login and out at https://myncid.nc.gov to keep your account activated and it will NOT be archived. Reminders: Emergency Drills: Please set a reminder on your calendar to conduct a shelter-in-place or lockdown drill on or before May 31, 2025. For the latest information on child care rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was reviewed with you, emailed to you, printed, and signed. You were given a copy of this visit summary for your files. As we discussed, this computer-generated visit summary serves as completion of the routine unannounced visit. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

G.S. 110-91 · Violation

Name of Operation: BEAUFORT ELEMENTARY PRESCHOOL Facility ID: 16000135 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 5/7/2025 Number Present: 17 Completed Date: 5/7/2025 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 133 Time In: 09:47 AM Time Out: 12:00 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. Your program currently operates with a 5-Star license effective July 7, 2020. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety-seven (97%) percent as of May 7, 2025. The license was posted, and the restrictions were in compliance. The most recent sanitation inspection was conducted on February 10, 2025, with a superior rating. The most recent fire inspection was conducted on October 31, 2024. There is one (1) approved indoor space and one (1) approved outdoor space. Eighteen (18) children between the ages of four (4) and five (5) are enrolled and seventeen (17) children were present today. A walk-through of the facility was completed today. All approved indoor and outdoor spaces being used by the children were observed. Indoor spaces are arranged into activity areas that include but are not limited to language, blocks, art, math, science, sensory, dramatic play, and manipulatives. A variety of age-appropriate learning materials were observed in each classroom. The attendance for the classroom was accurately completed. Daily schedules and activity plans were available for each group of children. Staff/Child ratios were in compliance and all children were adequately supervised. Good interactions were observed between caregivers and children. Upon entering your facility, you and the children were in the gym area for physical education activities. As the children transitioned back to the indoor space, the children washed their hands and prepared for morning snack. Routine handwashing, toileting, and food service procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. After the morning snack, the children transitioned to the outdoor space where they were observed riding tricycles on the bike trail, running, and transferring flowers into painted flower pots for Mother’s Day. A staff member discussed with the children that flowers need sun and oxygen to breathe. The other staff member played hide and seek with the children. The outdoor space had a variety of gross motor equipment which included push trucks, a large climber with two (2) slides, riding cars, tricycles, and wagons. Other outdoor activities included a large connect four game, large legos, large traffic signs, and two (2) playhouses. Health and Safety trainings and the Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma Policy were monitored today, and requirements were met. Violation Number Comment Rule 721 All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. In the outdoor space, the green metal bench and the green metal poles for the large shade structure had large areas of chipped paint. The rubber border boundaries for the large sand box were not visible due to grass growth around the sandbox and sand covering the borders. The covering for the sandbox was torn and the pipes for the tarp covering were broken. G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) 840 All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. Great Value Morning Meadow Scent Disinfectant Spray was stored in an unlocked cabinet. The aerosol disinfectant spray had a keep out of reach of children label. .2820(b) Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violations documented may impact the compliance history score. Any violations documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Monday, May 19, 2025, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Technical Assistance: Hazardous Materials/Locked Storage: Please review child care rules regarding storage and accessibility of potentially hazardous items. Items labeled “Keep out of reach of children” with no other warnings must be stored at a minimum of five feet off the floor. Hazardous cleaning supplies, including those kept under pressure in an aerosol can, as well as medications, must be kept in locked storage. The definition of locked storage requires that the lock be unlocked with some type of device such as a key or combination. Regular childproofing locks do not meet this requirement. Ensure that all cleaning supplies and other items labeled “Keep out of reach of children” are kept inaccessible while children are in care. Today you reported that the lock sometimes does not work, and I suggested you replace the lock. Outdoor Space Hazards: Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .0604 (p) SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE CENTERS states that once a day, prior to initial use, the indoor and outdoor premises shall be checked for debris, vandalism, and broken equipment. Debris shall be removed and disposed of. The sandbox has debris growing around it and the covering is broken. Before children enter the outdoor area each day, you must take time to observe the outdoor area and ensure there are no safety hazards or debris in the area. If there are any hazards, they must be addressed before children can enter the area. As large areas of chipped paint were observed on the playground equipment, I suggest that you sand and repaint these areas on a regular basis. Chipped paint is considered a safety hazard as children may ingest it. The gravel surfacing under the large climber needs to be tilled at the slide landing area. Emergency Medical Care Plan: Today, you requested a new EMC plan. Below is the link for obtaining this form. https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Portals/0/documents/pdf/E/EMC_Plan_Form_CCC_Sample_2.pdf?ver=I6zNo1fjDJDHstBRF3qrdg%3d%3d Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ Deadline Extended! Due to the recent impacts of Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters, the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ enrollment deadline has been revised statewide, and schools and child care facilities that have not yet enrolled should complete the online process by May 31, 2025. The lead-based paint and asbestos enrollment surveys must be completed for ALL schools and child care facilities within school districts prior to receiving on-site inspections. Your facility’s status, according to the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids website, shows the following: • Water Testing-Completed on October 22, 2024. Water testing must be completed every three (3) years. • Lead-Based Paint-Free Attestation Signed • Asbestos Complete Exemption Letter Provider Access to the Background Check Management System: As stated in G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) child care operators are to notify the Division of any new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The process of notifying the Division has changed and is now captured in ABCMS. This change has been in effect since February 2024. Effective immediately, you will need to obtain a Business NCID and complete Provider Portal training in Moodle at https://www.dcdee.moodle.nc.gov/course/view.php?id=119 As we discussed today, you are currently in the process of completing enrollment in the ABCMS portal, and violations may be cited during future visits, if your facility does not meet this requirement. Once the training has been completed and access has been given, you must verify your facility roster to ensure current staff are noted on the roster. This information should be updated in ABCMS on an ongoing basis as staff members are hired and when their employment is terminated. This satisfies the requirement to notify the Division of new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The compliance of this rule will be monitored during your next visit. Please note, the hard copy of the Change of Information form will no longer be needed or accepted. Should you need assistance please contact the Criminal Background Check Unit at (919) 814-8401 and someone will assist you The DCDEE Natural Outdoor Learning Initiative: Through this initiative, we hope to increase knowledge and confidence for everyone in developing and implementing best practices to support the creation, programming, and safe use of naturalized outdoor spaces in child care facilities. You can learn more by visiting the NLI website, where you will also find many resources, including an updated Toolkit designed to help you enhance your outdoor learning environment. The downloadable NLI Toolkit is available at: https://naturalearning.org/preschool-outdoor-toolkit. Program Assessment (ERS-3) Update The North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project (NCRLAP) is scheduling requested program assessments using: • Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (ITERS-3) • Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (ECERS-3) • Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (FCCERS-3) • School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale, Updated Edition (SACERS-U) If you are interested in continuing to earn your Star Rated License using program assessment, you can begin preparing by reviewing NCRLAP’s many resources. “Hold Harmless” remains in place until all new QRIS rules are effective. However, you may choose to go ahead with program assessment now, knowing that if you are satisfied with your scores and star rating, it will be valid for three years. If you have participated in an outreach assessment, thank you! Be sure to schedule your follow-up call with NCRLAP staff to discuss the results and receive valuable feedback and actionable insights. Moodle Helpful Hints: 1. When on the Moodle homepage, scroll down past the three-square boxes to find directions to self-register for various training opportunities. 2. If you do not access a training opportunity for 150 days, the training will be suspended. To regain access, email a request to set status to “active” including the name of the training course to dcdee_moodle_support@dhhs.nc.gov. Send any questions about DCDEE Moodle trainings to dcdee_moodle_support@dhhs.nc.gov. Tips for MY NCID Users: Did you know that if you do not log in to any DCDEE platforms (e.g., Moodle, WORKS, CBC) for a period of 12 months, your account will be archived? An archived account cannot be reinstated. You will need to create a new one and then email all platforms (e.g., Moodle, WORKS, CBC) to merge accounts. Pro Tip: Set your calendar to remind you every 6 months to login and out at https://myncid.nc.gov to keep your account activated and it will NOT be archived. Reminders: Emergency Drills: Please set a reminder on your calendar to conduct a shelter-in-place or lockdown drill on or before May 31, 2025. For the latest information on child care rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was reviewed with you, emailed to you, printed, and signed. You were given a copy of this visit summary for your files. As we discussed, this computer-generated visit summary serves as completion of the routine unannounced visit. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: BEAUFORT ELEMENTARY PRESCHOOL Facility ID: 16000135 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 5/7/2025 Number Present: 17 Completed Date: 5/7/2025 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 133 Time In: 09:47 AM Time Out: 12:00 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. Your program currently operates with a 5-Star license effective July 7, 2020. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety-seven (97%) percent as of May 7, 2025. The license was posted, and the restrictions were in compliance. The most recent sanitation inspection was conducted on February 10, 2025, with a superior rating. The most recent fire inspection was conducted on October 31, 2024. There is one (1) approved indoor space and one (1) approved outdoor space. Eighteen (18) children between the ages of four (4) and five (5) are enrolled and seventeen (17) children were present today. A walk-through of the facility was completed today. All approved indoor and outdoor spaces being used by the children were observed. Indoor spaces are arranged into activity areas that include but are not limited to language, blocks, art, math, science, sensory, dramatic play, and manipulatives. A variety of age-appropriate learning materials were observed in each classroom. The attendance for the classroom was accurately completed. Daily schedules and activity plans were available for each group of children. Staff/Child ratios were in compliance and all children were adequately supervised. Good interactions were observed between caregivers and children. Upon entering your facility, you and the children were in the gym area for physical education activities. As the children transitioned back to the indoor space, the children washed their hands and prepared for morning snack. Routine handwashing, toileting, and food service procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. After the morning snack, the children transitioned to the outdoor space where they were observed riding tricycles on the bike trail, running, and transferring flowers into painted flower pots for Mother’s Day. A staff member discussed with the children that flowers need sun and oxygen to breathe. The other staff member played hide and seek with the children. The outdoor space had a variety of gross motor equipment which included push trucks, a large climber with two (2) slides, riding cars, tricycles, and wagons. Other outdoor activities included a large connect four game, large legos, large traffic signs, and two (2) playhouses. Health and Safety trainings and the Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma Policy were monitored today, and requirements were met. Violation Number Comment Rule 721 All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. In the outdoor space, the green metal bench and the green metal poles for the large shade structure had large areas of chipped paint. The rubber border boundaries for the large sand box were not visible due to grass growth around the sandbox and sand covering the borders. The covering for the sandbox was torn and the pipes for the tarp covering were broken. G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) 840 All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. Great Value Morning Meadow Scent Disinfectant Spray was stored in an unlocked cabinet. The aerosol disinfectant spray had a keep out of reach of children label. .2820(b) Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violations documented may impact the compliance history score. Any violations documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Monday, May 19, 2025, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail how and when the violations were corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Technical Assistance: Hazardous Materials/Locked Storage: Please review child care rules regarding storage and accessibility of potentially hazardous items. Items labeled “Keep out of reach of children” with no other warnings must be stored at a minimum of five feet off the floor. Hazardous cleaning supplies, including those kept under pressure in an aerosol can, as well as medications, must be kept in locked storage. The definition of locked storage requires that the lock be unlocked with some type of device such as a key or combination. Regular childproofing locks do not meet this requirement. Ensure that all cleaning supplies and other items labeled “Keep out of reach of children” are kept inaccessible while children are in care. Today you reported that the lock sometimes does not work, and I suggested you replace the lock. Outdoor Space Hazards: Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .0604 (p) SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE CENTERS states that once a day, prior to initial use, the indoor and outdoor premises shall be checked for debris, vandalism, and broken equipment. Debris shall be removed and disposed of. The sandbox has debris growing around it and the covering is broken. Before children enter the outdoor area each day, you must take time to observe the outdoor area and ensure there are no safety hazards or debris in the area. If there are any hazards, they must be addressed before children can enter the area. As large areas of chipped paint were observed on the playground equipment, I suggest that you sand and repaint these areas on a regular basis. Chipped paint is considered a safety hazard as children may ingest it. The gravel surfacing under the large climber needs to be tilled at the slide landing area. Emergency Medical Care Plan: Today, you requested a new EMC plan. Below is the link for obtaining this form. https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Portals/0/documents/pdf/E/EMC_Plan_Form_CCC_Sample_2.pdf?ver=I6zNo1fjDJDHstBRF3qrdg%3d%3d Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ Deadline Extended! Due to the recent impacts of Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters, the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids™ enrollment deadline has been revised statewide, and schools and child care facilities that have not yet enrolled should complete the online process by May 31, 2025. The lead-based paint and asbestos enrollment surveys must be completed for ALL schools and child care facilities within school districts prior to receiving on-site inspections. Your facility’s status, according to the Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids website, shows the following: • Water Testing-Completed on October 22, 2024. Water testing must be completed every three (3) years. • Lead-Based Paint-Free Attestation Signed • Asbestos Complete Exemption Letter Provider Access to the Background Check Management System: As stated in G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) child care operators are to notify the Division of any new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The process of notifying the Division has changed and is now captured in ABCMS. This change has been in effect since February 2024. Effective immediately, you will need to obtain a Business NCID and complete Provider Portal training in Moodle at https://www.dcdee.moodle.nc.gov/course/view.php?id=119 As we discussed today, you are currently in the process of completing enrollment in the ABCMS portal, and violations may be cited during future visits, if your facility does not meet this requirement. Once the training has been completed and access has been given, you must verify your facility roster to ensure current staff are noted on the roster. This information should be updated in ABCMS on an ongoing basis as staff members are hired and when their employment is terminated. This satisfies the requirement to notify the Division of new child care providers working who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The compliance of this rule will be monitored during your next visit. Please note, the hard copy of the Change of Information form will no longer be needed or accepted. Should you need assistance please contact the Criminal Background Check Unit at (919) 814-8401 and someone will assist you The DCDEE Natural Outdoor Learning Initiative: Through this initiative, we hope to increase knowledge and confidence for everyone in developing and implementing best practices to support the creation, programming, and safe use of naturalized outdoor spaces in child care facilities. You can learn more by visiting the NLI website, where you will also find many resources, including an updated Toolkit designed to help you enhance your outdoor learning environment. The downloadable NLI Toolkit is available at: https://naturalearning.org/preschool-outdoor-toolkit. Program Assessment (ERS-3) Update The North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project (NCRLAP) is scheduling requested program assessments using: • Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (ITERS-3) • Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (ECERS-3) • Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (FCCERS-3) • School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale, Updated Edition (SACERS-U) If you are interested in continuing to earn your Star Rated License using program assessment, you can begin preparing by reviewing NCRLAP’s many resources. “Hold Harmless” remains in place until all new QRIS rules are effective. However, you may choose to go ahead with program assessment now, knowing that if you are satisfied with your scores and star rating, it will be valid for three years. If you have participated in an outreach assessment, thank you! Be sure to schedule your follow-up call with NCRLAP staff to discuss the results and receive valuable feedback and actionable insights. Moodle Helpful Hints: 1. When on the Moodle homepage, scroll down past the three-square boxes to find directions to self-register for various training opportunities. 2. If you do not access a training opportunity for 150 days, the training will be suspended. To regain access, email a request to set status to “active” including the name of the training course to dcdee_moodle_support@dhhs.nc.gov. Send any questions about DCDEE Moodle trainings to dcdee_moodle_support@dhhs.nc.gov. Tips for MY NCID Users: Did you know that if you do not log in to any DCDEE platforms (e.g., Moodle, WORKS, CBC) for a period of 12 months, your account will be archived? An archived account cannot be reinstated. You will need to create a new one and then email all platforms (e.g., Moodle, WORKS, CBC) to merge accounts. Pro Tip: Set your calendar to remind you every 6 months to login and out at https://myncid.nc.gov to keep your account activated and it will NOT be archived. Reminders: Emergency Drills: Please set a reminder on your calendar to conduct a shelter-in-place or lockdown drill on or before May 31, 2025. For the latest information on child care rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was reviewed with you, emailed to you, printed, and signed. You were given a copy of this visit summary for your files. As we discussed, this computer-generated visit summary serves as completion of the routine unannounced visit. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

GS110-91 · Violation

Name of Operation: BEAUFORT ELEMENTARY PRESCHOOL Facility ID: 16000135 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 11/12/2024 Number Present: 18 Completed Date: 11/12/2024 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 180 Time In: 09:00 AM Time Out: 12:00 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor compliance with applicable childcare requirements pertinent to an annual compliance visit. Your program currently operates with a 5-Star license issued July 7, 2020. The last annual compliance was conducted on November 15, 2023. The sanitation inspection was completed February 1, 2024, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted on October 31, 2024. Your facility was approved for 1st shift care, the facility meets enhanced ratios, enhanced space, and enhanced ratios as outlined in .2818(c). The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety-five (95) percent. The NC Secretary of State website was reviewed on November 12, 2024, and Carteret County Public School Foundation was listed as current-active. Eighteen (18) children, between the ages of four (4) and five (5) years old are enrolled and eighteen (18) were present today. There is one (1) approved indoor space and one (1) approved outdoor space. At least five (5) activity areas including language, blocks, manipulatives, dramatic play, and art were available in the classroom. Age-appropriate materials and activities were provided for all children. When I arrived at your classroom, preschool children were engaged in a variety of free play activities which included magnetic shapes, grilling food in the dramatic play area, building with foam brick blocks and wooden blocks, playing a shape Bingo game, coloring with crayons and markers, and gluing paper. The children transitioned to the school’s gym, where they were hula hooping, rolling balls, walking on age-appropriate stilts, and participating with mat exercises. After gym time, a staff member read a book to the children as a group activity. After the group activity, the children transitioned to the outdoor space. Children were observed running, climbing, sliding, playing with sand toys in the sand box, and riding tricycles. Routine handwashing and toileting was monitored, and requirements were met. The outdoor space had a variety of gross motor equipment including large legos, large waffle blocks, a sand box with dump trucks, sand toys, and a sand box covering, sidewalk chalk, stepping stones, riding cars, push toys, wagons, balls, a dramatic play sink, picnic tables, large interlocking manipulative pieces, an art easel, two (2) dramatic playhouses, and a large stationary climber with two (2) slides. Health and safety trainings were monitored, and requirements were met. Violation Number Comment Rule 1321 Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. One (1) out of four (4) children records reviewed did not have a medical exam or health assessment on file before or within 30 days after admission. GS110-91(1) Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violation documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Thursday, November 21, 2024. I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail, how and when the violation was corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 NC Pre-K Monitoring: The NC Pre-Kindergarten Program (NC Pre-K) Site Monitoring Tool dated October 2, 2024, was reviewed today, and the NC Pre-K Contracting Agency has conducted and completed the monitoring visit. The program follows the Carteret County school calendar. The length of the day, 8:00am until 3:00pm, meets the instructional day requirement of 6.5-10 hours. Child Assessment and Required Screenings: The assessment tool, GOLD, Teaching Strategies 2010-2011, is in place. Portfolios for each child are maintained by TS Gold online application and the teacher shares samples with each parent electronically. The facility uses the developmental screening tool, DIAL-4 for pre-screening and ongoing assessments. Documentation of health assessments, vision, hearing, dental screenings, and DIAL-4 pre-screenings were on file for each child. Curriculum: The Creative Curriculum for Preschool, 6th Edition, Teaching Strategies, 2016 has been implemented and the classroom has the required resources available for use. Materials to support the current activity plan were displayed throughout the classroom. Family Engagement: Parent involvement includes open house, daily DoJo online application postings, an upcoming Thanksgiving program, Thanksgiving Lunch with parents, guest readers twice a week, and parent teacher conferences are held twice a year. Staff Requirements: All staff met NC Pre-K education requirements. Technical Assistance: Children Records: The health and safety of individual children requires that information regarding each child in care be kept and available when needed. Children's records consist of various documentation such as a child's medical and immunization history, emergency medical care information and parental permission to participate in specific activities. This information is the basis for meeting each child's physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs. Maintaining accurate documentation at the childcare center to determine compliance with the childcare rules and to ensure the health and safety of each child. QRIS Update: Starting on February 1, 2025, the ECERS-3, ITERS-3, and FCCERS-3—also known as the "3s"—will be used for DCDEE environment rating scale assessments. The DCDEE and the North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project (NCRLAP) are collaboratively working on preparations for the transition to the third editions. These third editions come with a spiral binding at the top, replacing the current revised editions. Visit the NCRLAP’s website for more information about updated resources, credit hour trainings, and outreach assessment opportunities to help you become familiar with these tools. For official environment rating scale assessments for a NC Star Rated License, the NCRLAP will use the Revised editions until February 1, 2025. Background Checks: North Carolina child care administrators can now view and edit their facility’s staff roster in ABCMS, the DCDEE’s criminal background check system. Provider Access to ABCMS allows administrators to: • See the real-time background check status of staff members. • Run a printable report of the staff roster to assist with compliance visits. • See new background check applicants and add to staff roster. To get started, complete the ABCMS Child Care Provider Portal Training in Moodle—a video tutorial followed by a few questions. Reminders: For the latest information on child care rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was reviewed with you, emailed to you, copies printed and signed. As we discussed, this computer-generated visit summary serves as completion of the annual compliance visit. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. You may also contact my supervisor, Lynette Robbins Lynette.Robbins@dhhs.nc.gov Office: 910-824-0235 If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: BEAUFORT ELEMENTARY PRESCHOOL Facility ID: 16000135 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 11/12/2024 Number Present: 18 Completed Date: 11/12/2024 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 180 Time In: 09:00 AM Time Out: 12:00 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor compliance with applicable childcare requirements pertinent to an annual compliance visit. Your program currently operates with a 5-Star license issued July 7, 2020. The last annual compliance was conducted on November 15, 2023. The sanitation inspection was completed February 1, 2024, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted on October 31, 2024. Your facility was approved for 1st shift care, the facility meets enhanced ratios, enhanced space, and enhanced ratios as outlined in .2818(c). The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety-five (95) percent. The NC Secretary of State website was reviewed on November 12, 2024, and Carteret County Public School Foundation was listed as current-active. Eighteen (18) children, between the ages of four (4) and five (5) years old are enrolled and eighteen (18) were present today. There is one (1) approved indoor space and one (1) approved outdoor space. At least five (5) activity areas including language, blocks, manipulatives, dramatic play, and art were available in the classroom. Age-appropriate materials and activities were provided for all children. When I arrived at your classroom, preschool children were engaged in a variety of free play activities which included magnetic shapes, grilling food in the dramatic play area, building with foam brick blocks and wooden blocks, playing a shape Bingo game, coloring with crayons and markers, and gluing paper. The children transitioned to the school’s gym, where they were hula hooping, rolling balls, walking on age-appropriate stilts, and participating with mat exercises. After gym time, a staff member read a book to the children as a group activity. After the group activity, the children transitioned to the outdoor space. Children were observed running, climbing, sliding, playing with sand toys in the sand box, and riding tricycles. Routine handwashing and toileting was monitored, and requirements were met. The outdoor space had a variety of gross motor equipment including large legos, large waffle blocks, a sand box with dump trucks, sand toys, and a sand box covering, sidewalk chalk, stepping stones, riding cars, push toys, wagons, balls, a dramatic play sink, picnic tables, large interlocking manipulative pieces, an art easel, two (2) dramatic playhouses, and a large stationary climber with two (2) slides. Health and safety trainings were monitored, and requirements were met. Violation Number Comment Rule 1321 Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. One (1) out of four (4) children records reviewed did not have a medical exam or health assessment on file before or within 30 days after admission. GS110-91(1) Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violation documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Thursday, November 21, 2024. I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail, how and when the violation was corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 NC Pre-K Monitoring: The NC Pre-Kindergarten Program (NC Pre-K) Site Monitoring Tool dated October 2, 2024, was reviewed today, and the NC Pre-K Contracting Agency has conducted and completed the monitoring visit. The program follows the Carteret County school calendar. The length of the day, 8:00am until 3:00pm, meets the instructional day requirement of 6.5-10 hours. Child Assessment and Required Screenings: The assessment tool, GOLD, Teaching Strategies 2010-2011, is in place. Portfolios for each child are maintained by TS Gold online application and the teacher shares samples with each parent electronically. The facility uses the developmental screening tool, DIAL-4 for pre-screening and ongoing assessments. Documentation of health assessments, vision, hearing, dental screenings, and DIAL-4 pre-screenings were on file for each child. Curriculum: The Creative Curriculum for Preschool, 6th Edition, Teaching Strategies, 2016 has been implemented and the classroom has the required resources available for use. Materials to support the current activity plan were displayed throughout the classroom. Family Engagement: Parent involvement includes open house, daily DoJo online application postings, an upcoming Thanksgiving program, Thanksgiving Lunch with parents, guest readers twice a week, and parent teacher conferences are held twice a year. Staff Requirements: All staff met NC Pre-K education requirements. Technical Assistance: Children Records: The health and safety of individual children requires that information regarding each child in care be kept and available when needed. Children's records consist of various documentation such as a child's medical and immunization history, emergency medical care information and parental permission to participate in specific activities. This information is the basis for meeting each child's physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs. Maintaining accurate documentation at the childcare center to determine compliance with the childcare rules and to ensure the health and safety of each child. QRIS Update: Starting on February 1, 2025, the ECERS-3, ITERS-3, and FCCERS-3—also known as the "3s"—will be used for DCDEE environment rating scale assessments. The DCDEE and the North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project (NCRLAP) are collaboratively working on preparations for the transition to the third editions. These third editions come with a spiral binding at the top, replacing the current revised editions. Visit the NCRLAP’s website for more information about updated resources, credit hour trainings, and outreach assessment opportunities to help you become familiar with these tools. For official environment rating scale assessments for a NC Star Rated License, the NCRLAP will use the Revised editions until February 1, 2025. Background Checks: North Carolina child care administrators can now view and edit their facility’s staff roster in ABCMS, the DCDEE’s criminal background check system. Provider Access to ABCMS allows administrators to: • See the real-time background check status of staff members. • Run a printable report of the staff roster to assist with compliance visits. • See new background check applicants and add to staff roster. To get started, complete the ABCMS Child Care Provider Portal Training in Moodle—a video tutorial followed by a few questions. Reminders: For the latest information on child care rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was reviewed with you, emailed to you, copies printed and signed. As we discussed, this computer-generated visit summary serves as completion of the annual compliance visit. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. You may also contact my supervisor, Lynette Robbins Lynette.Robbins@dhhs.nc.gov Office: 910-824-0235 If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: BEAUFORT ELEMENTARY PRESCHOOL Facility ID: 16000135 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 4/23/2024 Number Present: 16 Completed Date: 4/23/2024 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 145 Time In: 09:50 AM Time Out: 12:15 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Routine Unannounced Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor your program for compliance with applicable child care requirements for a routine unannounced visit. Your program currently operates with a 5-Star license effective July 7, 2020, earning seven (7) points in the education component, seven (7) points in the program standards component, and one (1) quality point for a programmatic option. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety-seven (97) percent as of April 23, 2024. The NC Secretary of State website was reviewed on April 23, 2024, and Carteret County Public School Foundation, was listed as current-active. The license was posted, and the restrictions were in compliance. Administrator, Charity Clemmons, was available for consultation during the visit. There is one (1) approved indoor space and one (1) approved outdoor space. Sixteen (16) children between the ages of four (4) and five (5) are enrolled and sixteen (16) children were present today. At least five (5) activity areas including language, blocks, manipulatives, dramatic play, and art were available in your classrooms. Age-appropriate materials and activities were provided for all children. A walk-through of the facility was completed today. All indoor and outdoor areas were monitored. An activity plan was observed posted in the classroom. Upon entering the outdoor space, children were observed running, climbing, sliding, and riding tricycles and cars. Water was available for the children in the outdoor space. The children transitioned to the indoor space for lunch. Lunch consisted of cheeseburgers, broccoli, diced peaches, and milk. Toileting, handwashing, and food service procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. The outdoor space had a variety of gross motor equipment which included large legos, large waffle blocks, a sand box with dump trucks, sand toys, and a sand box covering, sidewalk chalk, stepping stones, riding cars, push toys, wagons, balls, a dramatic play sink, picnic tables, large interlocking manipulative pieces, an art easel, two (2) dramatic playhouses, and a large stationary climber with two (2) slides. Health and Safety trainings and the Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma Policy were monitored today, and requirements were met. Violation Number Comment Rule 705 Equipment and furnishings were not sturdy, stable and free of hazards. In the outdoor space, the sand in the covered sand box area covered the majority of the sand box barrier. Only a small area of the barrier was visible around the sand causing a tripping hazard for the children. .0601(c) Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violations documented may impact the compliance history score. Any violations documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Monday, May 6, 2024, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail how and when the violation was corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 Technical Assistance: Sand Box As discussed, sand areas should be cleaned and maintained regularly. For the safety of the children, you must ensure weeds and debris are removed and sand does not cover the barriers of the sand box. I also urged you to create a regular schedule for maintenance of the sandbox. To verify compliance, please submit a picture of the sand box showing the tripping hazard has been addressed. Rated License: Your facility’s three-year rated license reassessment was due to be completed in March 2021 but was not completed due to reassessments being voluntary during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we discussed today, reassessments will not become mandatory again until July 1, 2024, and your facility has been placed into “Cohort 1.” Placement in this cohort means you will have from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, to plan and prepare for your reassessment, with your reassessment being due between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025. In your planning year, you may review resources available at www.ncrlap.org and contact Carteret County Partnership for Children for assistance. I am also available to assist you upon request. This is an opportunity to focus on your Star Rated License and consider strategies to help maintain or increase your star rating. Review topics related to the Environment Rating Scales or other quality initiatives. For example, if transitions are challenging, ask yourself what strategies help. Engage to brainstorm, offer support and clarification, and set goals. Allocate resources so you can focus on self-study as part of the workday to help you become more familiar and confident with the assessment process. Also, be reminded that you may voluntarily request a reassessment at any time by contacting me, and that NCRLAP outreach assessments are still being offered if you wish to “practice.” You may also wish to contact technical assistance specialists with Carteret County Partnership for Children to help you with mock assessments. Reminders: Emergency Drills: Please set a reminder on your calendar to conduct a shelter in place or lockdown drill on or before May 31, 2024. For the latest information on child care rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was reviewed with you, emailed to you, copies printed and signed. As we discussed, this computer-generated visit summary serves as completion of the routine unannounced visit. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. You may also contact my supervisor, Lynette Robbins Lynette.Robbins@dhhs.nc.gov Office: 910-824-0235 If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

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Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: BEAUFORT ELEMENTARY PRESCHOOL Facility ID: 16000135 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 11/15/2023 Number Present: 16 Completed Date: 11/15/2023 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 224 Time In: 08:46 AM Time Out: 12:30 PM Time In: Time Out: List to Use: Center Type Of Visit: Annual Comp Full Announced/Unannounced: Unannounced The purpose of today’s visit was to monitor compliance with applicable childcare requirements pertinent to your annual compliance visit. Your program currently operates with a 5-Star license issued July 7, 2020. The last annual compliance was conducted on November 21, 2022. The sanitation inspection was completed April 5, 2023, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted on October 18, 2023. Your facility was approved for 1st shift care, the facility meets enhanced ratios, enhanced space, and enhanced staff/child ratios reduced by 1 in each group. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was ninety-eight (98) percent. The NC Secretary of State website was reviewed on November 15, 2023, and Carteret County Public School Foundation was listed as current-active. Sixteen (16) children, between the ages of four (4) and five (5) years old are enrolled and sixteen (16) were present today. There is one (1) approved indoor space and one (1) approved outdoor space. At least five (5) activity areas including language, blocks, manipulatives, dramatic play, and art were available in all classrooms. Age-appropriate materials and activities were provided for all children. Preschool children were engaged in a variety of free play activities. Free play activities included sand play with farm animals, barns, and windmills, kinetic sand and feathers, water color painting, scarf play while listening to music, puzzles, dressing baby dolls, cooking, and painting with kwik stix tempura paint. One staff member seated on a large group time carpet, read a book to a group of children. Both staff members interacted with the children as they played. Toileting and handwashing procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. The outdoor space had a variety of gross motor equipment including large legos, large waffle blocks, a sand box with dump trucks, sand toys, and a sand box covering, sidewalk chalk, stepping stones, riding cars, push toys, wagons, balls, a dramatic play sink, picnic tables, large interlocking manipulative pieces, an art easel, two (2) dramatic playhouses, and a large stationary climber with two (2) slides. Violation Number Comment Rule 705 Equipment and furnishings were not sturdy, stable and free of hazards. The caulking around the counter top at the handwashing sink under the cabinets in the classroom was lifted from the surface. Thick dirt rubber residue under the caulking was exposed around the handwashing sink. .0601(c) Child Care programs are expected to achieve and maintain compliance at all times and are required by NC GS 110-90(4) (d) to achieve and maintain an eighteen-month compliance history score of at least seventy-five percent. Any violation documented may impact the compliance history score. The violation documented must be corrected immediately. On or before Monday, November 27, 2023. I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail, how and when the violation was corrected. Please be aware any information submitted by you is legal documentation. If it is determined the information provided in the letter is not true, this may be considered falsification of information. If sufficient information is not received by the due date, a follow-up visit will be conducted. Mail or email the information to: Andrea Johnson, Child Care Consultant andrea.johnson@dhhs.nc.gov PO Box 904 Beaufort, NC 28516 252-732-0183 If you email the compliance letter, it must be sent from the email address registered with the DCDEE (this serves as your signature) and the following information must be included: name, position, facility name, and facility ID number. An example is: Jane Doe, Administrator AAA Child Care ID # 12345678 NC Pre-K Monitoring: The NC Pre-Kindergarten Program (NC Pre-K) Site Monitoring Tool dated October 24, 2023, was reviewed today, and the NC Pre-K Contracting Agency has conducted and completed the monitoring visit. The program follows the Carteret County school calendar. The length of the day, 8:00am until 3:00pm, meets the instructional day requirement of 6.5-10 hours. Child Assessment and Required Screenings: The assessment tool, GOLD, Teaching Strategies 2010-2011, is in place. Portfolios for each child are maintained by TS Gold online application and the teacher shares samples with each parent electronically. The facility uses the developmental screening tool, DIAL-4 for pre-screening and ongoing assessments. Documentation of health assessments, vision, hearing, dental screenings, and DIAL-4 pre-screenings were on file for each child. Curriculum: The Creative Curriculum for Preschool, 6th Edition, Teaching Strategies, 2016 has been implemented and the classroom has the required resources available for use. Materials to support the current activity plan were displayed throughout the classroom. Family Engagement: Parent involvement includes open house, daily DoJo online application postings, an upcoming Thanksgiving skit, and parent teacher conferences are held twice a year. Staff Requirements: All staff met NC Pre-K education requirements. Technical Assistance: Safe Indoor Environment: A safe indoor and outdoor environment must be provided for the children in care. All equipment and furnishings should be in good repair. Equipment and furnishings should be sturdy, stable, and free of hazards that may injure children including sharp edges, lead based or peeling paint, rust, loose nails, splinters, protrusions (excluding nuts and bolts on sides of fences), and pinch and crush points. As we discussed, the rubber caulking that has lifted around the handwashing sink needs to be replaced. Outdoor Climbing Equipment: Dirt was observed on the slides on the climbing equipment. To prevent any possible hazardous residue, build up on your playground equipment, I suggest you have the equipment power washed. Rated License: Your facility’s three-year rated license reassessment was due to be completed in March 2021 but was not completed due to reassessments being voluntary during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we discussed today, reassessments will not become mandatory again until July 1, 2024, and your facility has been placed into “Cohort 1.” Placement in this cohort means you will have from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, to plan and prepare for your reassessment, with your reassessment being due between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025. In your planning year, you may review resources available at www.ncrlap.org and contact Carteret County Partnership for Children for assistance. I am also available to assist you upon request. This is an opportunity to focus on your Star Rated License and consider strategies to help maintain or increase your star rating. Review topics related to the Environment Rating Scales or other quality initiatives. For example, if transitions are challenging, ask yourself what strategies help. Engage to brainstorm, offer support and clarification, and set goals. Allocate resources so you can focus on self-study as part of the workday to help you become more familiar and confident with the assessment process. Also, be reminded that you may voluntarily request a reassessment at any time by contacting me, and that NCRLAP outreach assessments are still being offered if you wish to “practice.” You may also wish to contact technical assistance specialists with Carteret County Partnership for Children to help you with mock assessments. Workforce Online Reporting and Knowledge System (WORKS): As we discussed today, staff member, U. Jones needs to upload official transcripts to the Workforce Education Unit for evaluation. WORKS official transcript submission process can be accessed at the following link. https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Portals/0/documents/pdf/O/Official_Hard_Copy_Electronic_Transcript_Submission_Process-May_2023.pdf?ver=NubgP6zClMNdJNHCyJjd4Q%3d%3d Improvements to Criminal Background Check Portal Improvements are coming soon to the ABCMS Portal that DCDEE recently launched to manage child care criminal background checks. ABCMS will soon allow individuals to be associated with the child care program that employs them. Directors/Administrators will be able to use their NCID business account to see the criminal background check result for each employee. Reminders: For the latest information on child care rules and regulations, please visit the Division of Child Development and Early Education's website at: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/ At the completion of the visit, this visit summary was reviewed with you, signed, emailed to you, and copies were printed. As we discussed, this computer-generated visit summary serves as completion of the annual compliance visit. If you have any questions and/or concerns, you have my contact information. You may also contact my supervisor, Lynette Robbins Lynette.Robbins@dhhs.nc.gov PMB 361 Office: 910-824-0235 3600 S. College Road, Suite E Wilmington, NC 28412 If the operator fails to correct any documented violations within the established time period, the Division of Child Development and Early Education may deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke any permit to operate (10A NCAC 09 .2000). All information in this report has been reviewed with me today.I understand that it is my responsibility to maintaincompliance with applicable NC Child Care Requirements at all times

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.