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Regulatory Services Section Child Care Center Handbook Revised Child Care Center Handbook Directors Meeting Winter 2010 NC Division of Child Development

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Revised Child Care Center Handbook. Directors Meeting Winter 2010 NC Division of Child Development. Participants will…. Hear an overview of the revisions made to the Center Handbook. Learn how the handbook supports the work of center administrators and staff. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Revised Child Care Center Handbook

Regulatory Services Section Child Care Center Handbook

Revised Child Care Center Handbook

Directors MeetingWinter 2010

NC Division of Child Development

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Regulatory Services Section Child Care Center Handbook

Participants will…

• Hear an overview of the revisions made to the Center Handbook.

• Learn how the handbook supports the work of center administrators and staff.

• Receive a free copy of the handbook.

• Get additional updates from DCD.

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Regulatory Services Section Child Care Center Handbook

Purpose of Handbook

• Identify the child care law and rules

• Explain how to comply with requirements

• Provide resources to assist with maintaining compliance

• Offer best practices

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Regulatory Services Section Child Care Center Handbook

Table of Contents

• Preface– Overview of Division of Child Development– How to use

• 17 Chapters– Resource Sections

• 5 Appendices

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Regulatory Services Section Child Care Center Handbook

What’s New

• Rule updates since 2003

• Symbols

• 2 new chapters (Ch 1 and Ch 17)

• New and updated resources

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Regulatory Services Section Child Care Center Handbook

Rule Updates

• Prelicensing workshops (Ch 1)

• Annual license fees (Ch 1)

• Record retention (Ch 1)

• 3 year CRC rechecks (Ch 2)

• ITS-SIDS training and safe sleep practices (Ch 2, 5 & 6)

• Off-premise activities (Ch 3)

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Rule Updates continued

• Daily air quality (Ch 3)

• Aquatic activities (Ch 4)

• Classroom staff to child ratio posting (Ch 5)

• Compliance history (Ch 7)

• Orientation for school-age staff (Ch 16)

• Star Rated License (Ch 17)

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Symbols Used

Rule

Additional information/explanations

Contact information

HH Helpful Hint (best practice)

Web site address

Resources and forms available

Public School Information

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Examples

Example 1:

• Chapter 11 – Behavior Management – page 11.2

Example 2:

• Chapter 17 – Star Rated License – page 17.5

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SECTION 1: DISCIPLINE REQUIREMENTS

NC GENERAL STATUTE 110-91(10)Discipline Practices

Each operator or staff member must attend to any child in a nurturing and appropriate manner, and in keeping with the child’s developmental needs.Each center must develop written policies, on discipline, describing the methods and practices used to discipline children enrolled in care.

Staff must attend to children in a nurturing and appropriate manner in keeping with the child’s developmental needs. The discipline policy of the center must explain the practices and methods that will be used by staff to promote healthy social and emotional behaviors and prevent and address challenging behaviors in the classroom. The policy must clearly state that corporal punishment is not used, unless the center has taken religious exemptions allowed by law. (Refer to Chapter 15 for allowable religious exemptions.)HH – Effective guidance and discipline focuses on the development of the child. When thinking about how to respond to a child’s behavior, consider the child’s development and the behaviors that are typical for children at that stage of development.HH - Caregivers have the responsibility to guide children to develop self-control and orderly conduct in relationships with peers and adults.

Explanation

Best Practice

Law Reference

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CHILD CARE RULE .2804Administrative Policies

Centers seeking two or more points for program standards must have administrative policies and practices which provide for:

selection and training of staffcommunication with and opportunities for participation by parentsoperational and fiscal managementobjective evaluation of the program, management and staff.

Administrative policies are reviewed by the child care consultant as part of the rated license assessment. HH–Research consistently finds that high quality administrative practices are essential for ensuring good outcomes for children and families. The McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership developed the Program Administration Scale (PAS) to reliably measure the leadership and management practices of center-based programs. The PAS was constructed to complement the environment rating scales. When used together, these tools provide a focused look at best practices at the classroom level and the broad view of program quality from an organizational perspective. You can access additional informational at www.cecl.nl.edu/.

Ch 17 – Star Rated License

Section 2: Program Standards

Best Practice

Web Link

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Chapters• Chapter 1 – Getting Started

– Resource Section

• Chapter 17 – Star Rated License– Resource Section

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• How does the handbook support your work?

• How will you use the handbook?

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DCD Updates

• Proposed rule changes

• Provider documents updated

• New and Revised Forms from the Workforce Section

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Regulatory Services Section Child Care Center Handbook

Legal Designee Form

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Questions?

Add your contact information

Division of Child Development

www.ncchildcare.net

919-662-4499 or 1-800-859-0829