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KinderCare Learning Centers #301766

Inspection · 2024-07-10

Date
2024-07-10
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Diana DeSilva
(571) 596-3656
SHSIA monitoring inspection of an approved subsidy vendor to determine compliance with current subsidy requirements regarding the health and safety of children and to promote quality standards for the children in their care.
No

Areas Reviewed

8VAC20-780 Administration.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.

Inspector Notes

An unannounced monitoring inspection was initiated on 07/10/2024 and completed on 07/12/2024 in response to a self-report received by the licensing office on 07/05/2024 relating to Administration and Staffing and Supervisions. The inspector reviewed 2 children?s records and 2 staff records on-site on 07/10/2024. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility,
and interviews.

Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program.

Please complete the plan of correction (POC) and date to be corrected sections for each violation cited on the violation notice. Specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 07/26/2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

3
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-A
Based on staff and witness interviews, staff did not ensure care, protection, and guidance while supervising children.

Evidence:
1. On 07/05/2024, at approximately 11:59am, Staff #1 and Staff #2 were unaware that they left child #1 (3 years old) outside on the playground alone when they returned inside to their classroom.

2. The witness stated that the temperature on 07/05/2024 around 12:00pm was 91 degrees Fahrenheit. Feels like temperature at that time was 97 degree Fahrenheit. The witness went to the center and reported Child #1 was outside alone.

3. Based on interviews from the staff and the witness, Child #1 was left
alone and unsupervised on the playground for approximately 5 minutes until the child was retrieved by Staff #3.
Plan of Correction: Individual coaching was provided to each staff member involved in the incident.

The entire center team was retrained on child supervision, name to face transitions and the proper use of the CSR at July's staff meeting.
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-F
Based on staff and witness interviews, the center did not ensure that all children under 10 years of age always shall be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff.

Evidence:
1. On 07/05/2024, at approximately 11:59am, Staff #1 and Staff #2 were unaware that they left Child #1(3 years old) alone and unsupervised on the playground.

2. At approximately 12:04pm, Child #1 (3 years old) was retrieved from the outdoor playground by Staff #3 and returned inside. Child #1 had been alone and unsupervised for approximately 5 minutes.

3. Interviews with Staff #1 and Staff #2 confirmed that they were unaware that child #1 (3 years old) was left on the playground until Staff #3 returned the child to the class.
Plan of Correction: Individual coaching was provided to each staff member involved in the incident.

Entire center team was retrained on Child Supervision, Name to Face transitions, and proper use of the Child Supervision Record (CSR) at July's staff meeting.
Standard 8VAC20-780-40-E
Based on a review of school policies and interviews, the licensee did not ensure that the center's activities and services are maintained in compliance with the center's own policies and procedures that are required by these standards and the terms of the current license.

Evidence:
1. The licensee uses a Child Supervision Record (CSR) system for accounting for the whereabouts of each child in care. The CSR system requires staff to perform a name-to-face check of each child during each transition, verifying that each child has made the transition. The CSR requires staff to perform two Name-to-Face checks when moving between locations: before you cross the first threshold and after you cross the last threshold. After the name-to-face verification, the staff should document the number of children and teachers at the bottom of the CSR.

2. On 07/05/2024 at approximately 11:59am, Staff #1 and Staff #2 left the Pre-K playground to return to the classroom with 16 out of 17 children listed on the CSR.

3. Staff #1 stated they had the classroom CSR sheet and marked 17 children present in the line to re-enter the classroom.

4. Once in the classroom, Staff #1 and Staff # 2 did not complete the CSR transition sheet.

5. Staff #1 and Staff #2 confirmed that they did not complete the secondary name-to-face check of the children after crossing the last threshold back to the classroom.
Plan of Correction: Individual coaching was provided to each staff member involved in the incident.

The entire center team was retrained on child supervision, name to face transitions and the proper use of the CSR at July's staff meeting.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services