Standard 10

10B.16: Show that your program and your facility has a license to operate or is regulated by an applicable public regulatory system. Your license or regulatory documentation indicates your program is in good standing with your regulatory body. 

Evidence: State of New Jersey Child Care License

10B.17: Show that you have a detailed, written strategic plan that includes what you will do to: 

• Implement the program’s vision and mission 

• Achieve desired child outcomes 

• Maintain high-quality services to children and families 

• Assure adequate funding for future needs

10B.18: Show that your family handbook includes information about the program’s guidance and discipline policies and procedures. 

10B.19: Show that your family handbook includes procedures for these health and safety precautions: 

• Building security and access 

• Storage and administration of medication 

• Inclusion or exclusion of ill children 

• Emergency response plans 

10B.20: Show that your family handbook includes procedures for negotiating difficulties and differences that arise in interactions between families and program staff. Procedures include two or more techniques for conflict resolution that involve increasing levels of formality.

EVIDENCE SUBMITTED BY GODDARD SYSTEM WIDE

10B.21 NEW ITEM LANGUAGE 2022: Show that you assign specific educators to work with each class of children, day-to-day and stably over time.

10B.22 NEW ITEM LANGUAGE & GUIDANCE 2022: Show that you have written procedures that address how to maintain developmentally appropriate staff-to-child ratios and class sizes (see table below): 

• During all hours of operation. 

• In classrooms and other indoor settings. 

• In outdoor learning environments.

10C.1: Show a quarterly or monthly accounting report, created in the past year that includes a reconciliation of expenses to budget. 

Evidence: Program's monthly expense and budget

10C.2: Show that a financial review or financial audit was conducted in the most recent fiscal year.

Evidence: Affidavit 

10C.3: Show or describe how the person directly responsible for program implementation (for example, director or site manager) helps prepare, review, and reconcile the program’s operating budget.

EVIDENCE: Monthly financial meetings

10C.4: Show or describe how program leaders (for example, director and other administrative staff, board of directors) work to generate and manage the financial resources needed to support a program of excellence.

10D.5: In your staff handbook, your written policy and procedure for reporting child abuse and neglect states that staff who report suspicions of child abuse/neglect where they work are immune from discharge, retaliation, or other disciplinary action for that reason alone, unless it is proven that the report was intended to do harm. 

10E.1 NEW ITEM LANGUAGE & GUIDANCE 2022: Show your written policy stating that new educators do not work alone with children until they have received an initial orientation to the program and the job. If educators are prohibited by law from working alone with children at any time, provide the relevant licensing or regulatory rule in place of a policy. 

10E.2 NEW GUIDANCE 2022: Show that your program’s initial orientation for substitutes, support staff, volunteers, and/or other service providers includes all of the following: 

• health, safety, and emergency procedures; 

• acceptable (and unacceptable) guidance, discipline, and classroom management techniques; 

• child abuse and neglect reporting procedures; 

• a review of pertinent regulatory requirements.

10E.3 NEW ITEM LANGUAGE & GUIDANCE 2022: Show your policy stating that support staff and volunteers do not work alone with children. They must be with, and supervised by, regularly scheduled educators at all times.

10E.4: Show that you have salary scales with increments based on professional qualification, staff role, length of employment, and performance evaluation.

10E.5: Show or describe how you hire staff or identify volunteers who speak the same language as the children served.

EVIDENCE: Hiring staff that can support biligual families

10E.6: Show that your written personnel policies include resignation, termination, and grievance procedures.

10F.2: Show that when the annual comprehensive program evaluation is completed, program staff, families and advisory or governance board members are given a report of the findings.

EVIDENCE: QA and State License report

10F.3: Show or describe two examples of how you have used information from your annual comprehensive program evaluation to plan professional development. 

EVIDENCE 1: Behavior Management Training

EVIDENCE 2: Conducting Assessments with Fidelity Using COR Advantage

10F.4: Show or describe two examples of how you have used information from your annual comprehensive program evaluation to improve program policies, procedures, or activities.

EVIDENCE 1: Improving parent communication

EVIDENCE 2:  Enhancing Staff Training for Earthquake Preparedness