Frederick Douglass Head Start

1240-04-01-.11 Supervision

LC was investigating a self reported incident of a child being left in the classroom by alone during dismissal time; this was found to be a valid incident. — Visit: Incident or Injury Investigation,Technical Assistance — Action taken: Director stated that she was going to put in to place an "end of the day" transition change that would hopefully make the afternoons easier to manager, and will help ensure children are no longer left unattended in their classroom. Director implemented this plan which includes designating specific educators to retrieve the bus rider children from their classrooms and take them to the bus. Other educators are advised to remain in their classroom with the children who are picked up by parents. Director and chosen educator or Assistant Director will go to each classroom and gather the children who stay for aftercare and take them to the aftercare classroom. Once the aftercare children are dropped off the Director goes back around to each classroom and uses the "SWEEP" method to ensure the classroom are empty before educators leave the classroom.

1240-04-01-.11 Supervision

Child was left unattended in the classroom at dismissal time. — Visit: Incident or Injury Investigation,Technical Assistance — Action taken: A violation was given for supervision. LC discussed with Director Name To Face Roll Call and how it should take place at any transition (including dismissal/leaving the classroom); this will help prevent incidents like this in the future.

1240-04-01-.09 Incident Reporting

During a complaint investigation of a serious incident. Site director was unable to produce written incident report. Parent was contacted but has not received the incident report, due to union rep not releasing the documents. — Visit: Complaint Investigation,QRIS Monitoring visit — Action taken: Staff will be retrained on the TDHS Rules and Reg. Metropolitan Action Commission Early Education Manager, Compliance Coordinator, and Administrative Personnel will continue ongoing monitoring to ensure compliance

1240-04-01-.11 Supervision

During a QRIS observation a child went into the restroom with kitchen items and began washing and drinking out of the items. LC waited for the educators to recognize the child was in the restroom, but they did not LC had to alert the educators that the child was in the restroom with the kitchen play appliances. — Visit: QRIS Monitoring visit — Action taken: Agency will retrain educators in supervision. There will be modification made to the classroom to lower ration for safety purposes