10A NCAC 09 .0605 · Violation

Name of Operation: BOGUE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRE-K Facility ID: 16000179 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 4/9/2024 Number Present: 14 Completed Date: 4/9/2024 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 220 Time In: 09:00 AM Time Out: 12:40 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 December 5, 2018. The last annual compliance was conducted on April 18, 2023. The sanitation inspection was completed December 19, 2023, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted on October 31, 2023. Your facility was approved for 1st shift care, the facility meets enhanced ratios, enhanced space, and minus 1 child in each group. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was one hundred (100) percent. The NC Secretary of State website was reviewed on April 9, 2024, 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 fourteen (14) 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. Children were engaged in free play activities which included planning a picnic, magnetic building cubes, animal, cars, wooden blocks, sand play, Lincoln logs, magnetic numbers, and Khan Academy Kids electronic application. The children transitioned from free play activities to outdoor play, and lunch. Lunch consisted of cheese pizza, corn, apple crisp, and milk, Toileting, handwashing, screen time, and food service procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. The outdoor space had a variety of gross motor equipment including tricycles, large legos, scooters, hula hoops, balls, two (2) large manipulative mazes with gears, two (2) large shade umbrella structures, two (2) small rock climbers, an art easel, a large and small basketball goal, a large climber with a double slide, and a new see saw. Health and safety trainings were monitored, 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) 1867 The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. The depth of the mulch in the outdoor space under the large climbing structure was not nine (9) inches. .0605(k)(1-4) 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 Friday April 19, 2024, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail how and when the violations were corrected. Please submit pictures of the outdoor space for verification of mulch replacement and sand removed from around the covered sand box barriers. 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 for the 2022-2023 school year, dated October 25,2023, has been completed and was reviewed today. 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 in both indoor spaces and electronically on Teacher Strategies Gold online application. The facility uses the developmental screening tool, Brigance, 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, parent’s Night, Fall Festival, class Dojo application, parent teacher conferences, and parent volunteers for classroom events. Staff Requirements: Both the administrator and lead teacher met NC Pre-K education requirements. The teacher assistant has an associate degree in applied science; however, she is currently enrolled in courses to complete an associate degree in ECE. Technical Assistance: Importance of Resilient Surfacing Nationally, nearly 70% of playground related injuries are from falls. Fall injuries are the result of two things: 1) The height a child falls from and 2) The material/surface the child falls upon. Provide “soft” resilient surfacing under and around stationary playground equipment. Refer to 10A NCAC 09 .0605(h)(i). As we discussed today, the mulch around the climbing structure is compacted, has weeds, and grass growing up through it, and needs to be tilled. Fall Zones with Weeds As discussed, fall zones should be weeded regularly and loose parts including pine cones, gumballs and sticks should be collected daily to ensure fall zones are kept free of hazards. For the safety of the children, you must ensure weeds and debris are removed and sand is tilled or added to the appropriate depth to avoid potential injuries to children. I also urged you again to create a regular weeding and tilling schedule for the sand. To verify compliance, please submit a copy of an April playground inspection showing these hazards have been addressed. Workforce Education Unit: As we discussed today, instructions for staff member, L. Moore, to submit education to WORKS, can be found at the following link: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Home/DCDEE-Sections/Workforce-Education-Unit Rated License: Your facility’s three-year rated license reassessment was due to be completed in November 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. Today you stated that you are not sure if you want to proceed with an assessment during your preparatory year. Today, I provided you a copy of an Application for Assessment for a Two through Five Star Rated License, if you decide to proceed with a reassessment. 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. If you have any questions, check the short Frequently Asked Questions on our website for answers or email DCDEE_LF@dhhs.nc.gov Reminders: Qualification Letter: Staff member E. Fiorini’s qualifying letter will expire July 29, 2024. As this is during the school’s summer break, I suggest you submit the required documents for requalification prior to the summer break. This will ensure that your qualification letter does not expire. 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

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NC GS 110-90 · Violation

Name of Operation: BOGUE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRE-K Facility ID: 16000179 Consultant: ANDREA JOHNSON Operation Type: Center Case Number: Visit Date: 4/9/2024 Number Present: 14 Completed Date: 4/9/2024 Age: From 4 To 5 Total Minutes: 220 Time In: 09:00 AM Time Out: 12:40 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 December 5, 2018. The last annual compliance was conducted on April 18, 2023. The sanitation inspection was completed December 19, 2023, with a “Superior” classification. The last fire inspection was conducted on October 31, 2023. Your facility was approved for 1st shift care, the facility meets enhanced ratios, enhanced space, and minus 1 child in each group. The center's compliance history was reviewed with the operator. The program’s compliance history was one hundred (100) percent. The NC Secretary of State website was reviewed on April 9, 2024, 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 fourteen (14) 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. Children were engaged in free play activities which included planning a picnic, magnetic building cubes, animal, cars, wooden blocks, sand play, Lincoln logs, magnetic numbers, and Khan Academy Kids electronic application. The children transitioned from free play activities to outdoor play, and lunch. Lunch consisted of cheese pizza, corn, apple crisp, and milk, Toileting, handwashing, screen time, and food service procedures were monitored, and requirements were met. The outdoor space had a variety of gross motor equipment including tricycles, large legos, scooters, hula hoops, balls, two (2) large manipulative mazes with gears, two (2) large shade umbrella structures, two (2) small rock climbers, an art easel, a large and small basketball goal, a large climber with a double slide, and a new see saw. Health and safety trainings were monitored, 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) 1867 The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. The depth of the mulch in the outdoor space under the large climbing structure was not nine (9) inches. .0605(k)(1-4) 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 Friday April 19, 2024, I must receive a written, dated, and signed compliance letter that describes accurately and in detail how and when the violations were corrected. Please submit pictures of the outdoor space for verification of mulch replacement and sand removed from around the covered sand box barriers. 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 for the 2022-2023 school year, dated October 25,2023, has been completed and was reviewed today. 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 in both indoor spaces and electronically on Teacher Strategies Gold online application. The facility uses the developmental screening tool, Brigance, 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, parent’s Night, Fall Festival, class Dojo application, parent teacher conferences, and parent volunteers for classroom events. Staff Requirements: Both the administrator and lead teacher met NC Pre-K education requirements. The teacher assistant has an associate degree in applied science; however, she is currently enrolled in courses to complete an associate degree in ECE. Technical Assistance: Importance of Resilient Surfacing Nationally, nearly 70% of playground related injuries are from falls. Fall injuries are the result of two things: 1) The height a child falls from and 2) The material/surface the child falls upon. Provide “soft” resilient surfacing under and around stationary playground equipment. Refer to 10A NCAC 09 .0605(h)(i). As we discussed today, the mulch around the climbing structure is compacted, has weeds, and grass growing up through it, and needs to be tilled. Fall Zones with Weeds As discussed, fall zones should be weeded regularly and loose parts including pine cones, gumballs and sticks should be collected daily to ensure fall zones are kept free of hazards. For the safety of the children, you must ensure weeds and debris are removed and sand is tilled or added to the appropriate depth to avoid potential injuries to children. I also urged you again to create a regular weeding and tilling schedule for the sand. To verify compliance, please submit a copy of an April playground inspection showing these hazards have been addressed. Workforce Education Unit: As we discussed today, instructions for staff member, L. Moore, to submit education to WORKS, can be found at the following link: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Home/DCDEE-Sections/Workforce-Education-Unit Rated License: Your facility’s three-year rated license reassessment was due to be completed in November 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. Today you stated that you are not sure if you want to proceed with an assessment during your preparatory year. Today, I provided you a copy of an Application for Assessment for a Two through Five Star Rated License, if you decide to proceed with a reassessment. 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. If you have any questions, check the short Frequently Asked Questions on our website for answers or email DCDEE_LF@dhhs.nc.gov Reminders: Qualification Letter: Staff member E. Fiorini’s qualifying letter will expire July 29, 2024. As this is during the school’s summer break, I suggest you submit the required documents for requalification prior to the summer break. This will ensure that your qualification letter does not expire. 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