Arka Montessori Academy

A child was observed left alone unattended during the inspection.

One teacher from the infant classroom left their classroom leaving a caregiver with 9 infants ages 12-17mo alone during nap time.

The director did not have the 30 hours of annual training available for review during the inspection.

Two children files were observed missing the health statements for review during the inspection.

One classroom was observed out of ratio during naptime. This was corrected when an additional caregiver was brought into the classroom.

One child in care did not have the health statement on file available for review.

One caregiver did not have the proof of high school qualification available for review during the inspection.

The admission information for two children were not available for review during the inspection.

A child was observed sleeping with a bottle in the crib during nap time. This was corrected when the caregiver was made aware and removed the bottle during the inspection.

A new hire staff member did not have the required pre-employement affidavit on file for reviewed.

Supervision was not maintained when a caregiver from the 3-4yo classroom walked to the infant classroom to replace the director leaving the children unattended during naptime.

The operation did not have any substitute caregiver to ensure the ratio of the caregiver and children are being maintained. Additional caregiver was called during the inspection.

The 3-4yo classroom was observed being out of ratio when there were 20 children with specified age group 4yo with one caregiver during naptime.

Two children did not have the completed admission information for reviewed during the inspection.

Based on the information obtained from the investigation, a staff member did not have the current CPR certification for review during an inspection while in charge alone in a classroom with the children in care.

Based on the information obtained from the investigation, the staff member did not have the current first aid certification for review during an inspection while in charge alone in a classroom with the children in care.

Based on the information obtained from the investigation, the staff member who regularly presented and assisted/left in charge of the classroom with children did not have the completed personnel and training qualifications to be a caregiver at the operation.

Caregiver in charge did not have access to the required records requested for review during the inspection.

A caregiver in 20-24mo classroom was observed using their personal cellphone while supervising 9 children during naptime. This was corrected when the caregiver was made aware and removed the cellphone.

A follow up insepction was completed, this standard was reviewed and recited. The training certificates from the staff training files were not valid as it was missing the date of the training given.

One 4 month old was observed sleeping swaddled. This was corrected when the caregiver was made aware and unswaddled the infant.

Based on the information obtained from the investigation, the attendance record for the director of the operation was not available for review during the investigation.

Based on the information obtained from the investigation, it is determined the operation is not compliant when the certification of training given by the director did not address the clock hours for each training topic given on a certain date.

Based on the information obtained from the investigation, this standard was reviewed and there is sufficient evidence to show training hours provided by the director were not documented truthfully and the information provided during the training information given by the director did not meet the requirements of the Minimum Standards. Training certificates provided documented 10 clock hours of training completed in one day when this did not occur

Based on the information obtained from the investigation, The certifications of training given by the director were reviewed and determined not compliant when there was no training assessment documentation completed by the staff members for review during the investigation.

Based on the information obtained from the investigation, this standard was reviewed and was determined not compliant when the caregivers at the operation did not have a complete understanding of the Minimum Standards to ensure children are being cared for appropriately.

Based on the information obtained from the investigation, this standard was reviewed and is determined that the operation did not provide opportunities for staff to complete appropriate training based on the requirements from the Minimum Standards.

The CPR/FA for the director and two other caregiver was not available for reviewed.

The operational policies were reviewed and missing the required information as speciifed in subchapter 746.501.

The children in the Toddlers classroom was observed did not wash their hands after having their diaper changed. This was corrected when the caregiver was made aware and washed the children hands

The children from the Toddlers classroom were observed sitting on the floor drinking milk from paper cups during lunch time. This was corrected when staff were made aware and removed the children from the floor.

Three employee files were reviewed and observed missing the signed affidavit for employment.

The training certificates from the staff training files were not available for reviewed. It was observed only training records were documented in the file.

The training hours for 6 staff members files were observed missing from the total of 24 hours required annually. Two staff members' files did not have the training documents to review.

Caregiver in the Toddlers classroom was observed did not wash their hands after completed changing diaper for the children. This was corrected when the caregiver was made aware and washed their hand during the inspection.

One of the caregivers on the playground with a group a children ages 3-5 stated there were 22 children in care. There were 25 children in care at the time.

There were only 11 children out of 25 children signed in on the sign in/out sheet the caregivers provided for review of the pre k classroom on the playground. Note: This was discussed with the caregivers and all children were signed in.

The Toddlers classroom was determined out of ratio when three caregivers with 20 children ages 18-23 months old with specified age group 23 months old were observed on the playground during the follow up inspection.

A caregiver in the Primary 1 with 3-4 years old did not know the age of the children when being asked during the inspection. This was corrected when a clip board contains children name and age were provided to the caregiver during the inspection.

The CPSC form was observed has not been certified during the inspection. This was corrected when the form was certified by the director during the inspection.

Two children from the Primary classroom were observed entered the building to use the bathroom without being unsupervised during the inspection.

The training documentation for nine employees file was observed not in a original certification form.

Five employees personnel files were reviewed and missing the proof of high school or equivalent documentation.

The Safety Emergency documentation was reviewed and missing the documentaion for the month of January 2023 for Fire Extinguisher, smoke detector and CO2 detector.

The immunization records for three children were not available for review during the inspection.

One children from the Primary Classroom was observed not washing their hands after finished using the toilet.

One employee file did not have the annual training certificates available for reviewed during the inspection.

The Evacuation diagram posting for each classrooms was observed missing during the inspection.

The Keeping Children Safe posting was observed missing during the inspection.

Age appropriate furniture, nap equipment for school age children were observed not available during the inspection.

Required telephone numbers was observed missing during the inspection.

There were no furnitures, toys, and nap equipment available for the Toddlers Classroom.

The AC units located on the side of the building were observed uncovered during the inspection.

Infant Classroom was observed missing at least one adult size rocker/chair for the infant care area.

There were toys avaiable for the Infant Classroom observed during the inspection.

List of current employees was observed missing during the inspection.

There were no cribs avaialble for the Infants Classroom.

One employee background check status were not inactivated after their last day of employment. This was corrected, the employee BGC was inactivated during the inspection.

The CPR/FA for one employee was not available for review during inspection. The employee was observed having unsupervised access to children in care.

The Fire Drill for the month of December was observed not documented properly.