The Childrens Education And Learning Cen

3270.31(e)(4)(ii) · Staff persons shall participate, at least annually, in firesafety training conducted by a fire protection professional. Staff persons and volunteers shall receive training in maintenance of smoke detectors, the duties of facility persons during a fire drill and during a fire and the use of the facility's fire extinguishers, not including discharge of the fire suppressant agent.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. Regulation requires staff to participate in annual fire safety training. The following staff did not participate in annual fire safety training: Staff #3 (previous 6/27/23, current 7/10/24), Staff #4 (previous 6/29/23, current 7/19/24), Staff #5 (previous 7/5/23, current 8/26/24) and Staff #6 (previous 5/25/23, current 6/18/24).

Corrected by Jan 10, 2025

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3270.31(f) · Staff persons shall complete professional development within 90 days of hire as listed in subsections (f)10. Staff person #2 will have until 1/24/25 to complete the required training. Until such time as the required training has been completed, staff person #2 must be supervised, when interacting with children, by an AGS who has completed the required training related to this citation. If there are no staff available to supervise staff person #2, staff person #2 may not work in a child-care position at the facility.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the date of hire. Staff person #2 has not completed the following required pre-service training within 90 days of their date of hire from an approved PQAS instructor: pediatric first aid/CPR. Staff #2 completed an unacceptable training on 5/22/24.

Corrected by Jan 13, 2025

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3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) · The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL. Facility Person #1 may not work in a child care position at the facility.

A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the date of hire. Staff #1 was hired using a volunteer child abuse clearance dated 8/2/23. The CPSL states a volunteer clearance cannot be used for employment in child care. Staff #1 was working in child care at the time of this inspection. The CPSL requires clearances to be updated every 60 months. Staff #7 did not update their clearances every 60 months: child abuse (previous 8/29/16, update 9/24/21) and FBI (previous 8/29/16, current 9/23/21).

Corrected by Jan 8, 2025

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3270.171(a) · An operator shall notify local traffic safety authorities annually in writing of the location of the facility and the program's use of pedestrian and vehicular routes around the child care facility.

During the inspection, there was no documentation on file which showed that the local traffic safety authorities had received an annual written notification of the facility and the program's use of pedestrian and vehicular routes around the childcare facility.

Corrected by Dec 28, 2023

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3270.14/3270.21 · A facility shall be operated in conformity with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations. State agencies whose regulations may relate to the operation of a facility include the Department of Environmental Resources, the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, the Department of Education and the Department of Transportation. Conditions at the facility may not pose a threat to the health or safety of the children. To maintain full compliance with 45 CFR 98.41(a)(1)(vii), child care facilities must have requirements for volunteer emergency preparedness training, practice drills and continuity of operations included in their emergency plan.

During the inspection, the emergency plan reviewed does not contain information about the continuity of operations.

Corrected by Dec 28, 2023

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3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) · The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL.

Staff person #10 (see code sheet for date of hire) who resided outside of Pennsylvania within the last five years did not obtain the missing out-of-state clearances until March of 2023 and November of 2023. Staff person #11 (see code sheet for date of hire) who resided outside of Pennsylvania within the last five years did not obtain the missing out-of-state clearance until November 2023. These clearances were required to be requested prior to working with children, and staff must have presented them within the first 45 days.

Corrected by Dec 28, 2023

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3270.124(e) · A written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency care and staffing provisions in the event of an emergency shall be displayed conspicuously in every child care space and shall accompany a staff person who leaves on an excursion with children.

During the inspection, there was no written plan posted in any of the childcare spaces which identified how a child would be transported in the event of an emergency and what staffing provisions would be provided.

Corrected by Dec 28, 2023

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3270.151(c)(3)/3270.151(c)(5) · An adult health assessment must include an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination. An adult health assessment must include the physician's or CRNP's assessment of the person's suitability to provide child care.

Facility person #3 had a health assessment on file which did not include an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination or the physician or CRNP's assessment of the person's suitability to provide child care.

Corrected by Dec 28, 2023

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3270.192(2)(ii)/3270.192(2)(iv) · A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility. A facility person's record shall include acceptable verification of experience, education or training is a transcript or a diploma or a letter signed by a representative of the experiential, educational or training entity.

The record for staff person #5 did not include any education.

Corrected by Jan 30, 2024

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3270.95(a) · Fire detection devices or systems must be in compliance with standards established under section 1016(c) of the act (62 P.S. §  1016(c)). Child care facilities in a commercial space (center and group) must manually test its alarm at least once every 30 days and shall maintain a written record of testing with the facility's fire drill logs in accordance with 62 P.S. § 1016(c)(1).

The fire detection system logs showed that the fire detection system was not tested every 30 days as evidenced by the following documented testing logs: 1/17/23 to 2/23/23, 3/16/23 to 4/19/23, 5/8/23 to 6/13/23, 7/3/23 to 8/17/23, 8/17/23 to 9/21/23, and 10/10/23 to 11/21/23.

Corrected by Dec 28, 2023

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3270.31(f) · Staff person shall complete professional development in the topics of 3270.31(f)(10) within 90 days of hire. Staff person #-1-2 must receive pediatric first aid/CPR training in an approved curriculum by a PQAS-certified trainer. Until such time as the correction is implemented, staff person #-1-2 must be supervised, when interacting with children, by an AGS, who has completed the required training related to this citation. If there are no staff available to supervise staff person #-1-2, staff person #-1-2 may not work in a child-care position at the facility.

Staff person #-1-2 have acceptable pediatric first aid/CPR training in an approved curriculum; however, the trainer has not provided documentation that they are PQAS-certified in that training topic.

Corrected by Jan 10, 2023

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3270.163(a)(1) · A lunch or dinner prepared at the facility for children of toddler age or older shall include at least one dairy product.

During inspection on 12/28/22 observed facility children served a lunch that did not include a dairy product.

Corrected by Jan 4, 2023

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3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) · The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). AS of July, 1 2020 the CPDL was changed to including a requirement of facility persons and household members who have lived outside of Pennsylvania within the past five years. These persons are required to provide background checks for the State (s) they have resided in within the past five years. .Staff number 1 & 2- may not work in a child care position at the facility.

Staff number 1 and staff number 2 were hired as provisional staff. Staff 1 & 2 have lived in another state within 5 years and do not have a record of out of state clearance and clearance request.

Corrected by Jan 21, 2022

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