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The Goddard School - Woodlake

Inspection · 2024-02-13

Date
2024-02-13
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.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
20 Access to minors records
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education

Inspector Notes

An unannounced renewal inspection was conducted on 2/13/2024. The inspector was on site from approximately 9:05 am-11:00 am. There were 24 children present, ranging in ages from 4 to 6 years, with 4 staff supervising. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas of administration, physical plant, staffing and supervision, programming, medication, special care and emergencies, nutrition and background checks. A total of 5 child records and 6 staff records were reviewed.

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

Please complete the plan of correction and date to be corrected for each violation cited on the violation notice and return it to me within 5 business days from today. You will need to specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Just writing the word corrected is not acceptable. Your plan of correction must contain: 1) steps to correct the noncompliance with the standard(s), 2) measures to prevent the noncompliance from occurring again; and 3) person(s) responsible for implementing each step and/or monitoring any preventative measures. Please do not use staff names; list staff by positions only.

Violations

3
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-O
Based on a review of documentation and interview, the center did not ensure to notify the parent by the end of the day of any known minor injuries as required.

Evidence:
1. An injury report for child #1 was reviewed. The record indicated that child #1 sustained a minor injury on 12/5/2023. The document indicated that the parent was notified on 12/6/2023. The document contained three signatures that were dated 12/6/2023.
2. Administration acknowledged that the recorded date of notification was not the same day as the date of occurrence.
Plan of Correction: Teachers will continue to document all injuries via written incident reports. Teachers will be re-trained on this policy during our staff meeting on 2/19/2024
Standard 8VAC20-780-560-F
Based on observation and interview, the center did not ensure to follow the most recent, age-appropriate nutritional requirements of the Child and Adult Care Food Program of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Evidence:
1. The center's menu listed a morning snack of pancakes and juice. Two classrooms were observed eating snack. The snack offered to the children consisted of only pancakes. During interview, the staff acknowledged that the juice was not served. Snacks are required to contain two of the five components which are fluid milk, meat/meat alternatives, vegetables, fruit, and grain. The morning snack offered to the children only contained one component. (grain)
2. Administration acknowledged that the snack did not meet the requirements.
Plan of Correction: Our plan of correction is to assign a specific staff member to prepare snack each day to ensure that all nutritional requirements are followed.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
Based on a review of six staff records and interview, the center did not ensure that one record contained the required information.

Evidence:
1. The record of staff #4 (date of employment: 3/20/2023) did not contain documentation to demonstrate that the individual possesses the education required by the job position. Staff #4 was identified as a lead who qualified through a combination of experience, training and education. The education component was not in the record.
2. Administration acknowledged that the staff was qualified but they were missing the proof of education.
Plan of Correction: Staff #4?s school will be contacted to obtain proof of education by 2/29/2024. Administration will require proof of education prior to beginning employment from here on out as to not have this happen again.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services