KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTER

Weekly lesson plans

Licensing observed multiple classrooms with lesson plans from May. Visit: Periodic / Full. Plan to correct: Director will ensure lesson plans that are posted are for the current week and will send a picture of posted lesson plans to licensing. Moving forward director will ensure lesson plans are posted for each week. Source: OKDHS Child Care Locator program record.

General

Licensing observed a teacher's wallet and keys on the table in a classroom accessible to children. Visit: Periodic / Full. Plan to correct: The teacher removed the item from the table and placed it where it is not accessible to children. Moving forward director will ensure rooms are scanned for personal items and will ensure they are put away. Source: OKDHS Child Care Locator program record.

Oklahoma Professional Development Ladder

Two teaching personnel who have been employed for more than 12 months do not have current OPDL certificates. Visit: Periodic / Full. Plan to correct: Director will ensure personnel have submitted renewal applications and will submit PDL certificates to licensing once renewed. Moving forward, director will ensure all personnel employed more 12 months or more have a current PDL certificate. Source: OKDHS Child Care Locator program record.

Required individuals

One teacher rehired by the program on 1/16/26 does not have a new background showing In Process or Complete. Visit: Periodic / Full. Plan to correct: Director had teacher submit a new background check while licensing was present which now shows as In Process. Moving forward, director will ensure any personnel either new to the program or a rehire has a new background check completed for the program. Source: OKDHS Child Care Locator program record.

Physical environment checklist

The program does not have documentation of having completed the physical environment checklist in the past 12 months. Visit: Periodic / Full. Plan to correct: Director will complete the checklist and will send to licensing once completed. Moving forward, director will ensure this form is completed annually. Source: OKDHS Child Care Locator program record.

Evaluate

The program has not completed an equipment inventory in the past 12 months. Visit: Periodic / Full. Plan to correct: Director will complete the checklist and will send to licensing once completed. Moving forward, director will ensure this form is completed annually. Source: OKDHS Child Care Locator program record.

Position specific qualifications

The program's director does not have a current ODC certificate of Bronze or higher. Visit: Periodic / Full. Plan to correct: The director has already applied on 3/19/25. Director will ensure the Registry completes the process and awards an ODC of a Bronze level or higher within the agreed upon time frame. Source: OKDHS Child Care Locator program record.

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

Supervision - Two children left the outdoor play area through a gate and were found in front of the center; staff in charge were unaware of the children's whereabouts. Complaint finding: Substantiated (complaint #18127). Plan to correct: Notice to Comply received 10/10/24 - On the day of the incident, the program director spoke with the two teachers in charge about making sure the gates for the outdoor play area were closed properly; the program has since enacted a plan to ensure proper supervision; management spoke with the two staff regarding supervision requirements for outdoor play; staff are now walking throughout the entire outdoor play areas to ensure the safety of all children; all staff will be participating in training on10/14/24 during which expectations for supervision will be reiterated; in addition, a work order has been made for all gates and latches to be checked to ensure they are working properly; in the meantime, management will observe all gates and latches each morning to ensure they are working properly. Source: OKDHS Child Care Locator program record.

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);

Reporting (daily happenings) - Parents were not notified upon pick-up of children leaving the outdoor play area and being placed at imminent risk of harm. Complaint finding: Substantiated (complaint #18127). Plan to correct: Notice to Comply received 2/7/25 - Management was retrained on licensing requirement of parents being notified of child incidents the day of the incident. New management is also in place. Source: OKDHS Child Care Locator program record.

340:110-3-280(a)(1)(K) — an incident exposing children to an imminent risk of harm, such as a child leaving the facility without personnel's knowledge or being left alone on- or off-site or in a vehicle;

Reporting - Licensing was not notified by the next business day of two children leaving the outdoor play area and being placed at imminent risk of harm. Complaint finding: Substantiated (complaint #18127). Plan to correct: Notice to Comply received 2/7/25 - As soon as the District Lead was notified of the incident she immediately notified licensing and retrained management on licensing requirements of reporting by next business day. New management is also in place. Source: OKDHS Child Care Locator program record.