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SACERS
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Indoor Space

• Allowed to find space to be alone
• Hard to do in a large setting with a lot of kids
• Looking for it being provided and easily
  supervised
• Can they bring things they choose in?

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Room Arrangement

• What are interest centers?
• Homework
• Computers
• Art
• Science
• Discovery
• Arrangement of Centers is used to promote
  independence by children

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Furnishings for Routine Care

• Most programs miss at the 1 level Insufficient
  number of basic furnishings for eating, nap,
  storage of childrens possessions.
• If the kids have no where to put their backpacks
  so they are piled somewhere in the gym or
  classrooms. There is a concern for lice in this
  scenario
• Baskets
• Lockers
• Cubbies

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Furnishings for Learning and Recreational
Activities

• Dont get 5 display of children's work
• And 7 Appropriate independent use of materials

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Furnishings for Relaxation and Comfort

• Some softness needs to include more than just
  carpet in a classroom.
• Need to be clean and in good repair
• 5 Regularly accessible to children means they
  can get it out and utilize it easy and often

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Furnishings for Gross Motor Activities

• Most outdoor equipment will fulfill the 3s
• Variety and Readily available is the key to
  portable materials
• Wheel toys
• Balls
• Jump ropes
• Hula hoops
• Roller skates
• Bats
• Tennis rackets

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Access to Host Facilities

• Moved the one line from 1.1 to the 7 level
  Dedicated to its exclusive use
• Some dedicated and some shared space 3
• 5 Ample looking for space available in ratio
  to how many children are in the program
• If you can get 5 its fairly easy to go up to a 7

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Space for Staff

• Personal
• Separate Restroom
• Space for personal belongings
• Lounge

• Professional
• Access to a phone
• File and storage space
• Conference space
• Staff material storage

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Health and safety

• Parent Handbook

• Policy Handbook

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Attendance

• Parents are required to call if their child will
  be late or absent
• Attendance is recorded
• Staff call parents about unnotified absences
• Answering machine

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Departure

• Parents are required to come into the facility
  and sign the child out
• Parents are required to notify staff of alternate
  arrangements
• Authorized people picking kids up

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Meals/Snack

• USDA guidelines- 2 food groups
• Allergies taken and posted
• Sanitary conditions with napkin on sanitized
  tables
• Menus posted for parents
• Sit with the kids
• Enough food for seconds

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Personal Hygiene

• Tissues
• Check Bathrooms
• Daily routine for hand washing - is smelling
  enough?
• Beads
• Tickets
• Routine

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Balance
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Schedule300

• Younger Kids k-2
• 230- Staff Prep
• 300- Snack and Free Time
• 330- Homework
• 415- Announcements/Enrichment
• 500- Structured Free Time
• 530- Parents Come

• Older Kids 3-5
• 230- Staff Prep
• 300- Snack and Free Time
• 330- Announcements/Enrichment
• 415- Homework
• 500- Structured Free Time
• 530- Parents Come

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Schedule330

• Younger Kids k-2
• 300- Staff Prep
• 330- Snack and Free Time
• 345- Homework
• 430- Announcements/Enrichment
• 515- Structured Free Time
• 530- Parents Come

• Older Kids 3-5
• 300- Staff Prep
• 330- Snack and Free Time
• 345- Announcements/Enrichment
• 430- Homework
• 515- Structured Free Time
• 530- Parents Come

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Activities

• Variety and Availability Again promoting
  individual use by children
• Art
• Music
• Blocks and construction
• Drama
• Science
• Culture

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Homework

• Language
• Reading
• Games
• Math
• Games
• Help from Staff

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Staff Interaction

• Greeting/Departing
• Are you talking to parents when they come?
• Staff-Child Interactions/Communication
• Is your interaction warm and respectful? Is your
  conversation directive or interactive?
• Are your questions open ended and thought
  provoking or yes or no questions
• Supervision

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Discipline

• Policy in place and given to parents?
• Incentive program?
• Modeling good social skills?
• Directive or Interactive
• Who is responsible for the behavior of the
  children
• Do they have responsibility invested in their own
  behavior?

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Relationship between program and classroom
teachers

• Do you have a homework element in the program?
• Utilize homework sign sheet?
• Collaboration/bridge building

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Schedule

• See schedule slides
• Indoor AND Outdoor DAILY!!!
• Planned vs. spontaneous
• Transitions
• Field Trips

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Free Choice

• Children are FREE to decide not to participate.
• We are different from the school day

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Community Resources

• Special Trips 5/7 Trips follow a theme that has
  been set up.

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Supervision and Evaluation of Staff

• Annual eval
• Written eval shared with staff
• Staff do self eval