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The NC Division for Child Development wants you to know:
This training is approved for orientation or 5 hours of
in-service credit.
The areas covered are:
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Role of state and local government agencies
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Overview of NC Child Care Licensing Laws
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Regulations and the Child care Handbook Maintaining a Safe
and Healthy Environment
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Child Abuse and Neglect and Reporting Procedures
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Enhanced License Star Rating System Requirements
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North Carolina Fire Safety (required by fire inspectors)
Supervision
According to NC child care rule .0707, all new employees
must receive a minimum of 16 clock hours of on-site
training and orientation within the first six weeks of
employment. Six of those clock hours must be completed
within the first two weeks of employment in the areas of
recognition of the signs and symptoms of child abuse or
neglect (Module IV-35 minutes), adequate supervision of
children (Module VII - 35 minutes), and review of the
center's operational policies (not on this CD).
The FIT North Carolina New Employee Orientation Training
for Child Care Professionals includes six of the 11 areas of
training that are required, in addition to the North
Carolina Fire Safety Training (about 5 hours of training).
IT IS THE CENTER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE 12 ADDITIONAL
HOURS OF ORIENTATION ON THE CENTER SPECIFIC AREAS OF:
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Review of the center's operational policies, including the
center's Safe sleep policy for infants (within the first
two weeks)
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First-hand observation of the center's daily operations
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Instruction in the employee's assigned duties
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Review of the center's purposes and goals
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Review of the center's personnel policies
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An explanation of the employee's obligation to cooperate
with representatives of State and local government
agencies during visits and investigations
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Any additional information about recognizing the signs and
symptoms
of abuse or neglect or any additional information about
adequate supervision of children.
This training may be used for orientation or in-service
credit, but may only be counted once for each employee at
the same center.
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