Plan to Correct

Through staff meetings and required continued education, all staff will stay up to date on licensing and OKDHS childcare requirements.

Regulation Description

340:110-3-288(c) - Inappropriate discipline. Personnel are prohibited from using or threatening to use inappropriate discipline.

Plan to Correct

Staff will be educated on appropriate discipline for each age group.

Regulation Description

340:110-3-288(b)(11)(A) - Personnel use this method only with children 2 years of age and older when:

Plan to Correct

Staff keep daily records for infant room and make available to parents/ licensing.

Regulation Description

340:110-3-280(d)(3)(A) - daily happenings, including the infant and 1-year-old daily records as maintained, per OAC 340:110-3-281.4(b);

Plan to Correct

Staff to infant ratio will be kept low, and staff having someone available to help make bottles at all times. Staff are encouraged to complete continued training as well to stay updated on licensing requirements.

Regulation Description

340:110-3-287(a) - Supervision. Supervision is the function of observing, overseeing, and guiding a child or group of children, including an awareness of, and responsibility for, the ongoing activity of each child, and being near enough to intervene when needed. The program is required to maintain supervision at all times.

Plan to Correct

Staff will maintain low staff to infant ratio and will staff to always allow for a helper in infant classroom to avoid having to leave the classroom at any time.

Regulation Description

340:110-3-286(a) - Ratios. Ratios are the number of teaching personnel required to be physically present with a child or group of children, per Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 340 Appendix GG - Ratios and Group Sizes. Only teaching personnel count in ratios, unless requirements specifically state otherwise. The program is required to maintain ratios at all times.

Plan to Correct

Director will be present at the center at least 30 hours per week. Records maintained

Regulation Description

340:110-3-284.2(b)(5)(C) - are present at the facility during the hours of operation at least 50 percent of operating hours or 30 hours per week, whichever is less.

Plan to Correct

All future staff are required to take Safe Sleep course before beginning employment.

Regulation Description

340:110-3-284(d)(4) - Safe sleep. Prior to caring for infants, personnel obtain formal professional development in safe sleep practices.

Plan to Correct

Personnel attendance records are kept daily. Employees sign in and out when arriving and leaving daily.

Regulation Description

340:110-3-281.2(c)(5)(A)(i) - promptly documented on paper, including personnel's full name and arrival and departure time; and