Tiny Steps Preschool V

2025

1. Medium riskStandard 336/23/2025

   33. Training Requirements CCF Handbook, Section 4 (33-01)

   Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month did not complete the 40 hour Introductory Child Care Training requirement. CCF Handbook Section 4.2.1 Comments: Licensing specialist reviewed one staff who has not completed 40-hour training. Technical assistance was provided that Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month must begin training within 90 days of employment in the child care industry and successfully complete Departments training within 12 months from the date training begins. Training taken prior to employment in the child care industry does not constitute begin training. The begin training timeframes begin at the time of employment in the child care industry. Training completion may not exceed 15 months from the date of employment in the child care industry in any licensed Florida child care facility. This may be accomplished by classroom attendance in a Department-approved training course, acquiring an educational exemption from a Department-approved training course, beginning a Department-approved online child care training course, or by receiving results from a Department-approved competency examination. The child care program is responsible for obtaining training documentation from child care personnel. Child care personnel must successfully complete 40 hours of child care training as evidenced by successful completion of competency examinations offered by the Department or its designated representative with a weighted score of 70 or better. Child care personnel who successfully completed the mandatory 40-hour Introductory Child Care Training prior to January 1, 2004 are not required to fulfill the competency examination requirement. A. Part I Courses (30 Hours) Child care personnel must complete all of the following: ?Child Care Facility Rules and Regulations ?Health, Safety and Nutrition ?Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect ?Child Growth and Development ?Behavioral Observation and Screening B. Part II Courses (10 Hours) Child care personnel must also complete 10 hours of the following Part II courses: ?Special Needs Appropriate Practices (10 hours), or ?Understanding Developmentally Appropriate Practices (5 hours) and one of the following courses: 1. Infant and Toddler Appropriate Practices (5 hours) 2. Preschool Appropriate Practices (5 hours) 3. School- Age Appropriate Practices (5 hours) Source: FL DCF CARES inspection 2025-06-23. View official inspection document (report 2e898319-d6b6-461a-99c0-5e96ca6ebbc6)

   Not corrected
2. Medium-Low riskStandard 446/23/2025

   44. Personnel Records CCF Handbook, Section 7.4 (44-05)

   A Volunteer Acknowledgement (Form CF-FSP 5217) was not on file prior to volunteering. CCF Handbook, Section 7.4, F Record Keeping [SR] Comments: Licensing specialist observed one person who was cleaning at the facility during the inspection. Provider stated that she was a family friend that was helping and had started this week. A volunteer acknowledgement or any other documentation was available. Technical assistance was provided that Prior to beginning volunteering in a child care facility, a CF-FSP 5217, Volunteer Acknowledgment which is incorporated by reference in 65C-22.001(7)(e), F.A.C., and may be obtained from the Departments website www.myflfamilies.com/childcare, must be completed and on file at the child care facility for the volunteer. Written documentation of volunteer hours must be maintained at the facility for a minimum of 12 months and available for review by the licensing authority. Compliance Comments All (9) child care personnel records in the system were reviewed of which 5 were updated for compliance. Three new personnel were hired since the last inspection as per the director. Source: FL DCF CARES inspection 2025-06-23. View official inspection document (report 2e898319-d6b6-461a-99c0-5e96ca6ebbc6)

   Not corrected