Section 400.8131. Professional development requirements.

(1) The center shall provide an orientation of the center’s policies and practices and the child care administrative rules to all staff hired after the effective date of these rules and before unsupervised contact with children.

(2)   Caregivers shall have training that includes information about infant safe sleep and shaken baby syndrome before caring for infants and toddlers.

(3)   Before unsupervised contact with children, each caregiver, site supervisor, and program director shall complete blood-borne pathogen training.

(4)   All program directors, site supervisors, and caregivers shall complete 16 clock hours of professional development annually on topics relevant to job responsibilities, including, but not limited to, child development and learning; health, safety and nutrition; family and community collaboration; program management; teaching and learning; observation, documentation, and assessment; interactions and guidance; professionalism; and the child care center administrative rules. The center may count CPR and first aid training for up to 2 hours of the annual professional development hours in the year taken.

(5)   An on-going professional development plan shall be developed and implemented to include all the training and professional development required by the child care center administrative rules.

(6)     On-line trainings and correspondence courses shall have an assessment of learning.

(7)    All program directors, lead caregivers, and at least 1 caregiver on duty in the center at all times in programs serving preschool age children and younger shall have current first aid and infant, child, and adult CPR training.

(8)    All program directors, site supervisors, and at least 1 caregiver on duty in the center at all times in programs serving only school-age children shall have current first aid and child and adult CPR training.

(9)   Verification of all professional development required by this rule shall be kept on file at the center. Verification shall be issued from the training organization or trainer and include the date of the course, the name of the training organization or trainer, the topic covered, and the number of clock hours.

History: 2013 AACS.