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Mae's Learning Academy

Inspection · 2024-09-23

Date
2024-09-23
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Sharon Curlee
(804) 840-8312
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 Staff Qualifications and Training.
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies
8VAC20-780 Special Services.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
8VAC20-820 HEARINGS PROCEDURES.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on September 23, 2024, and
completed on September 23, 2024, as part of the licensure period. The on-site inspection began at 8:30 am and ended at 11:17 am. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 32 children present and seven staff. The inspector reviewed five children?s records
and eight staff records on-site. This inspection included document review (i.e. Injury logs, policies and procedures, emergency drill logs, medication administration logs, authorization forms), tour of the facility, interviews, and observations.
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 October 15, 2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website

Violations

7
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-4
The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.

The center did not have documentation of having requested a search of the child abuse and neglect registry from one state for Staff #5, who has been employed for more than three months and was working with children at the time of the inspection.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-245-A
Staff shall complete a minimum of 16 hours of training annually, appropriate to the age of children in care.

Staff #1 obtained three of the16 required hours of annual training in 2023.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
The center is required to ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.

1. There were three small vinyl seats in the hallway being used by school age children while waiting for the bus. The seats were torn at the seams and the vinyl was peels from the seat.
2. A heating vent in the hallway had a thick layer of dust covering the grate.
3. The mat on the floor in the toddler room was torn at the seams from wear.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-D
Each grouping of children shall have at least one staff regularly present who meets lead teacher qualifications.

Staff #5, who did not meet lead teacher qualifications, was alone with a group of preschool children. Staff #5 was identified as the lead teacher for the preschool classroom. No additional staff were assigned to the classroom.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-500-A
Children?s hands shall be washed with soap and running water after toileting, or any contact with blood, feces or urine.

1. Staff # 8 changed a child?s diaper in the toddler room and did not wash the child's hands with soap and water afterwards.
2. In the toddler room, three children didn?t have their hands washed before eating and two children didn?t have their hands washed after eating.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-530-A-1
At least one staff in each classroom or area where children are present shall have current certification in CPR. The training shall include an in-person competency demonstration.

1. Staff #5 oversaw a group of nine preschoolers and was not certified in CPR.
2.Staff #7 and Staff #8 oversaw a group of six toddlers, 18 to 24 months in age and were not certified in CPR
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-530-A-2
At least one staff in each classroom or area where children are present shall have current certification in First aid.

1. Staff #5 oversaw a group of nine preschoolers and was not certified in First aid.
2.Staff #7 and Staff #8 oversaw a group of six toddlers, 18 to 24 months in age and were not certified in First aid.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
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