The Gardner School of Midtown

1240-04-01-.09 Incident Reporting

During an incident investigation it was found that a lapse in supervision was reported to a member of administration and that person did not report it to the director, the parents of the children involved, DHS, or DCS. — Visit: Safety Plan Monitoring,Incident or Injury Investigation,Technical Assistance — Action taken: All members of administration will receive training in Incident Reporting.

1240-04-01-.11 Supervision

During an incident investigation, it was found that a class was left on the playground with no supervising educator. — Visit: Safety Plan Monitoring,Incident or Injury Investigation,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The educators involved will receive training in Supervision.

1240-04-01-.16 Physical Facilities

A baby gate at the center was loose and a child in the infant room was found holding a screw. — Visit: Complaint Investigation,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The educator will receive training through CCR&R in Supervision.

1240-04-01-.11 Supervision

During a complant investigation, it was found that two children were alone in the three year old classroom without supervision. — Visit: Incident or Injury Investigation,Technical Assistance — Action taken: The employee will receive training through CCR&R in supervision.

1240-04-01-.11 Supervision

During a complaint investigation, it was found that a child in the infant classroom crawled out of their classroom and was left unsupervised for a short period of time. — Visit: Complaint Investigation,Incident or Injury Investigation,Technical Assistance — Action taken: Staff members will receive training in supervision.

1240-04-01-.22 Specific Requirements for Child Care Centers

During a complaint investigation, it was discovered that ratios were not followed in the infant classrooms on at least 2 separate occasions. — Visit: Complaint Investigation,Safety Plan Monitoring,Technical Assistance — Action taken: LC ensured all classrooms in the facility were in ratio and explained to staff that teachers should not accept more children into their classroom if it will put them over the ratio.

1240-04-01-.11 Supervision

During a complaint investigation, it was found that ratios in infant classrooms are not being followed at times, which results in a lack of supervision from the educators in these classrooms. — Visit: Complaint Investigation,Safety Plan Monitoring,Technical Assistance — Action taken: LC ensured that all classrooms were in ratio and explained to staff that they should not accept more children into their classroom if it will put them over ratio.

71-3-502. Licensing of Child Care Agencies

Management did follow state licensing rules and regulations when they were made aware of suspected child abuse. — Visit: Complaint Investigation,Technical Assistance,Incident or Injury Investigation — Action taken: CCR&R will conduct the following trainings for specific individuals at the center: Incident Reporting, Mandatory Reporting, Conflict Resolution, Management Responsibilities, Staff Management, and Parent Communication.

1240-04-01-.15 Program Language and Literacy Development

During a complaint investigation it was discovered that an educator used a form of inappropriate discipline with a child/children. — Visit: Complaint Investigation,Technical Assistance,Incident or Injury Investigation — Action taken: CCR&R will conduct the following trainings for specific individuals in the agency: Classroom Management, Behavioral Management, Incident Reporting, Regulating your emotions in stressful situations, Conflict Resolution, and Staff Responsibilities.

1240-04-01-.10 Duty to Report Child Abuse and Neglect

During a complaint investigation it was discovered that possible child abuse and neglect had occurred. The director was made aware of this and did not report to the proper channels for this to be investigated. — Visit: Complaint Investigation,Technical Assistance,Incident or Injury Investigation — Action taken: Staff will attend required Incident Reporting Training.

71-3-508. Inspection of Entities Providing Child Care

During this time the safety plan was not being followed in compliance due to the following being observed: -There were several staff members that did not complete training with CCR&R -The agency received violation TCA 71-3-508 due to noncompliance of the safety plan. — Visit: Complaint Investigation,Technical Assistance,Incident or Injury Investigation — Action taken: The agency will reschedule and take the trainings, as well as more trainings that are required.

1240-04-01-.09 Incident Reporting

Management did not report a serious incident to TDHS or the child abuse hotline. — Visit: Complaint Investigation,Technical Assistance,Incident or Injury Investigation — Action taken: CCR&R will conduct the following trainings for specific individuals at the center: Incident Reporting, Mandatory Reporting, Conflict Resolution, Management Responsibilities, Staff Management, and Parent Communication.

1240-04-01-.09 Incident Reporting

All incidents must be reported to the department on the same day the incident occurred. — Visit: Complaint Investigation,Incident or Injury Investigation,Technical Assistance — Action taken: Center stated administration have been re-trained on incident reporting. We will ensure we report anything to our LC by the end of the day it occurs

1240-04-01-.11 Supervision

The two year old classrooms were not adequately supervising the children who were at the table eating breakfast. — Visit: QRIS Monitoring visit,Technical Assistance,Safety Plan Monitoring — Action taken: The teachers were given additional training on mealtime supervision. They are being observed by CCR&R so they can be given more ideas on how to prevent this from happening again.

1240-04-01-.11 Supervision

Child left unattended in classroom. — Visit: Complaint Investigation — Action taken: Center will re-train/train our employees more extensively on how to do name to face properly. They will re-train/train all employees to do a sweep of the area they are leaving to ensure all students are accounted.

1240-04-01-.09 Incident Reporting

All incidents must be reported on the same day of occurrence — Visit: Complaint Investigation — Action taken: Re-train all administration on proper reporting.

1240-04-01-.09 Incident Reporting

Parents are to be notified on the same day of the incident. — Visit: Complaint Investigation — Action taken: Re-train all administration and teachers on proper documentation of any incidents.

1240-04-01-.12 Health and Safety

All medications need to be current, not expired, and checked quarterly. — Visit: Complaint Investigation — Action taken: The center will regularly check all emergency medication to ensure it is not expired

1240-04-01-.22 Specific Requirements for Child Care Centers

Two 2 year old classrooms were over ratio the day after inclement weather. — Visit: Complaint Investigation,Technical Assistance — Action taken: If this occurs again, the admin staff will send children home or deny them entry at the door.

1240-04-01-.11 Supervision

Educators must not be on their phones while supervising children. — Visit: QRIS Monitoring visit,Technical Assistance,Complaint Investigation — Action taken: Staff will review and sign cell phone policy.

1240-04-01-.11 Supervision

Children are not to sleep in any restraining devices. They must be placed in their cribs immediately after falling asleep. — Visit: QRIS Monitoring visit,Technical Assistance,Complaint Investigation — Action taken: Infant staff will go through training and review safety procedures.