LEARNING TREE ACADEMY

Submit the following to complete staff files: -Fingerprinting eligibility letters are needed for staff #1, #4, #6, #7, #10, #11, #13, #14, #17,, #18. -Fingerprinting receipts are needed for Staff #4, #7, #11, #13, #15, #17, #18. -CPR and first aid qualifications are needed for Staff #5, #8, #18. -Medication training is needed for Staff #8, #18. -OCCL Health and Safety Training is needed for Staff, #3, #4, #5, #8, #9, #16, #17, #18. -A professional development plan is needed for Staff #4, #8, #16, #17, #18. -Health appraisals with TB results are needed for Staff #2, #7, #11, #12, #16. A job application is needed in the file for Staff #18. -A release of employment history is needed for Staff #8, #11. -Service letters are needed for Staff #8, #11, #14. -Two additional references are needed for Staff #4. -One more reference is needed for Staff #7, #8, #14. -Staff #17 was not fingerprinted within five days of her 18th birthday. She must be fingerprinted immediately. Send the fingerprinting receipt as soon a she has been fingerprinted. Staff #17 cannot be alone with children until the eligibility letter comes through.

Correction status: Completed · corrected May 5, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due April 10, 2023

All child files must be complete. -Hours and days of attendance are needed for Child #6, #10, #12, #21 -Updated health aprraisals are needed for Child #6, #7, #8, #12, #16, #18. -Updated immunization records are needed for Child #6, #7, #11, #16, #18. -Lead blood screening results are needed for Child #1, #8, #10, #13, #17, #20. -Developmental plans are needed in the file for Child #9, #10, #11, #14, #21. -An infant feeding schedule , signed by the parent, is needed for Child #14. -Permission to sleep on a mat is needed for Child #10.

Correction status: Completed · corrected May 5, 2023 · how corrected: Document · correction was due April 10, 2023

On November 22, 2022, the Institutional Abuse Unit (IAU) received a complaint regarding a child injury but did not accept it for investigation. The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received the complaint on November 28, 2022, and accepted it for investigation for allegations of lack of supervision. An investigation began on December 1, 2022, and ended on January 24, 2023. The complaint is substantiated for lack of supervision and incorrect staff-to-child ratio, because staff were observed on video from November 21, 2022, leaving children unsupervised and classes out of ratio. It was observed only one staff person was present with 12 one-year-old children on the playground for 30 minutes on the same date. The Licensing Specialist did not observe when the child got hurt on the video segments, but did observe the child unable to put weight on his left foot when back in the classroom after the class came in from playing on the playground at approximately 11:21 AM Concerns also observed on video footage and cited are improper discipline and lack of positive behavior support when dealing with children s behaviors, staff not cleaning and sanitizing tables and diaper changing mats when required; staff not washing their hands or the children s hands as required; using inappropriate language in conversation with children present; not contacting a parent immediately after assisting the child for a serious injury, and lack of appropriate interactions between staff and children.

On August 31, 2022, OCCL received a complaint regarding classrooms having improper staff-to-child ratios, classrooms exceeding maximum group size, and unqualified staff alone with children. The complaint also alleged a child was left alone in a classroom for 20 minutes one day in May, 2022. An investigation was conducted, beginning on September 6, 2022, and ending on September 13, 2022. There is no evidence to substantiate the complaint because all classrooms were in correct staff-to-child ratios at the time of the visit and no classroom exceeded maximum group size. A review of one week s worth of attendance tracking sheets showed all classrooms in correct staff-to-child ratios and no classrooms exceeding maximum group size. All staff alone with children had proper qualifications. Four staff and the former administrator all denied knowledge of a child left alone in a classroom alone in May, 2022, or at any other time. The concern is attendance tracking did not include staff signing in and out for breaks or lunches.