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The Goddard School - Woodlake

Inspection · 2025-10-20

Date
2025-10-20
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 Staffing and Supervision.

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above. 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 monitoring inspection was conducted on 10/20/2025 in response to a self-report received by the licensing office on 10/07/2025 relating to supervision. The inspector reviewed 1 child?s record and 1 staff record on-site. This inspection included a partial tour of the facility, document review, 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 violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five business days from today, which will be the close of business on 10/27/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

2
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-F
REPEAT VIOLATION

Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of
staff.

On 10/07/2025, Child #1, age 2, was left unsupervised on the playground for less than one minute during a transition from the playground to the classroom.
Plan of Correction: Staff will be retrained on our supervision policy.
Standard 8VAC20-780-40-E
REPEAT VIOLATION

The center shall ensure their activities and services are maintained in compliance with
their own policies and procedures that are required by these standards.

The center's supervision policy requires that children must be supervised by sight and
sound at all times. At no time is a teacher to leave a child unsupervised. Name to face counts must be verified each time children cross a threshold. On 10/07/2025, Staff #1 gathered seven children to transition indoors from the playground. Two children were permitted to retrieve their water bottles. The door closed before Child #1 was able to enter the classroom. Child #1 stood outside of the classroom door for approximately 50 seconds before Staff #1 opened the door to retrieve the child.
Plan of Correction: Staff will be retrained on how to properly perform name to face and threshold counts.