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The Goddard School - Woodlake

Inspection · 2025-08-12

Date
2025-08-12
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Jennifer Moore
(540) 430-0384
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
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above to include standards found out of compliance during the previous inspection. Unless otherwise noted as a violation within this inspection report, the provider was in compliance with the standards reviewed. If there were any serious injuries or fatalities related to a violation, the details will be included in the description of the violation.

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was conducted on 8/12/2025. The on-site inspection began at 10:30 am and ended at 1:45 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 125 children present and 29 staff. The inspector reviewed 10 children?s records and 13 staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, a tour of the facility, interviews, observations and measurements.

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 violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five business days from today, which will be the close of business on 8/19/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

4
Standard 8VAC20-780-440-E
There shall be at least 12 inches of space between occupied cots, beds, and rest mats.

In a two year old classroom, there were three children on rest mats during nap time that were spaced less than 12 inches from other occupied mats.
Plan of Correction: Directors will retrain staff and will observe classrooms more regularly during nap.
Standard 8VAC20-780-530-A-1
At least one staff in each classroom or area where children are present shall have current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as appropriate to the age of the children in care. The training shall include an in-person competency demonstration.

Staff #8 had a current CPR certification that was obtained online and did not include the hands on competency demonstration. Administration stated that staff #8 has supervised a group of children independently in the afternoon.
Plan of Correction: Director will ensure that all future CPR/FA is through correct vendors.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-P
The center shall maintain a written record of children's serious and minor injuries in which
entries are made the day of occurrence. The record shall include the required information.

Child #4 and child #5 had injury reports that were missing any future action to prevent recurrence of the injury.
Plan of Correction: Teachers will be retrained on incident reports.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
A record shall be kept for each staff member that contains the required information.

The record of staff #11, employed as a program leader over three months ago, was missing documentation to demonstrate that the individual possessed the education required by the job position.
Plan of Correction: Director will make sure to get completed transcripts.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services