Why is it important to maintain ratio?
Maintaining ratios ensures children are properly supervised at all times-preventing accidents, injuries or emergencies.
Who is responsible in completing quality assurance for supervision and accountability?
Black Shirts: Trainer, DCS, AD, Director
What form is used to track and monitor each child's attendance.
Attendance Roster
What is LOSS?
Line of Sight Supervision.
What is the infant single ratio?
1:3
What steps and practices are often skipped when a lapse of supervision occurs?
Name-to-face, visual sweeps, and head counts.
When a staff member steps out of the classroom, leaving children alone even for a second is called?
Lapse of supervision
What is the form used to accurately reflect the number of children/staff present?
Child and Youth Program Sign In and Out Accountability Sheet
What is the ratio for youth field trip ?
1:8
What is sight and sound supervision?
The ability to see and hear each child at any point.
What are common blind spots and areas in the classroom?
Diaper changing table, door, closet, etc.
What are visual sweeps?
Continuously view the entire care environment to observe the whereabouts of all children.
When is name-to-face checks required?
Every transition from indoor, outdoor, fire drills, CYP professional signing in, when there is discrepancy in head counts, and when reaching the designated area
What is zoning?
A strategy which a CYP professionals establish specific zones/areas in a space where each staff has primary supervision responsibility to scan entire area.
What is Supervision?
Trained CYP Professionals are assigned to be physically present with the children in care at all times.
What is it called to when CYP professionals are responsible and have a system in place to account for the whereabouts of all children.
Accountability
How do supervision lapses affect licensing compliance
Childcare licensing agencies require active supervision. Failing to meet the standard can result in closure or reassessment.
What age groups must be supervised by sight AND sound in care at all times
Infants, pretoddlers, toddlers, preschoolers
List common distractions that causes lapse of supervision?
Side conversations, doing paperwork, on their cell phones/ smart watches, cleaning.
What is positioning?
When CYP professionals continually place themselves in any environment to ensure all children are within sight and/or sound by at least one CYP pro
What is active supervision?
Applying developmental appropriate observations.
What is it called to act of quickly, simply, and vocally counting the number of children in care.
Head counts
What could happend if a child is left unsupervised, even for a short time?
A child could choke, fall, leave the room/area or get injured by toys or furniture.
What is the correct playground positioning for staff?
Staff should position themselves in all areas accessible to children and not clumped together.
What are the six active supervision?
Set up the environment, positioning, scan and count, listen/ sight and sound, anticipate children's behavior, and engage and redirect.
What is it called when the quantity between a CYP professional assigned to care for children & the number of children for whom they are responsible.
Staff: Child ratio