Personal Care Routines

A provider requested for the following questions to be posted:

i) Some staff members are unable to use bleach due to health concerns. The provider uses a product called “Germ Clean.” The label on the bottle indicates that it is effective bactericide, but does not indicate if it is a hospital-grade sanitizer. What is the best resource to determine is this will be acceptable for the ERS requirements?
ii) When using a hand dryer during the hand washing procedures, the staff understands that the faucet must still be turned off with a paper towel. They were wondering if there were specific requirements for drying hands with the hand dryer. Please provide the page where the information can be located.

Playground Safety

Please share with directors.

http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/playpubs.html

This website has all the most up to date playground safety information, which is used in rating for Quality Counts.

ITERS/ECERS materials correlations

You will find our new ONLINE COMMUNITIES for Teachers and Parents as well under the Free Resources Tab.
Click here:
http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/general_content/free_resources/planners.jsp?f=m or follow the path below:www.lakeshorelearning.com > roll over "free resources" tab > select "customized catalogs and correlations" > scroll to bottomI hope you find this useful and look forward to seeing all of you in September!
Thanks,
Joe GervaseRegional ManagerLakeshore Learning Materials

Health and Safety Resources

Shortcut to: http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/ecc/res-health.htm

Thanks to Mary Jean Woika

Portfolio documentation clarification - professional

Hi Everyone,

When working with directors on the portfolio, please advise them to provide documentation for only the highest level of education, and just one copy. We are seeing portfolios with both the training transcript AND copies of certificates for the same thing. They can save a lot of paper, not to mention time, by including just the transcript. We do not need High School diplomas unless they DO NOT have a FCCPC/CDA or higher. College tanscripts should be provided only to document ECE courses and/or attainment of a degree. Do not include foreign diplomas, only the translation and evaluation of foreign diplomas.

For inservice training and curriculum training, again, we need either the certificate OR the sign-in sheet, not both, but make sure the topic and number of hours are noted.

Thank you!

"Much of the Day" - ITERS-R

The provider requested to have the following questions posted to the blog:

i) The ITERS-R uses the term “much of the day”. When looking at the All About the ITERS-R, it referred the provider to page 7 of the ITERS-R. The provider read the definition, but was able to locate the statement that indicates the “much of the day” equals “20 minutes total.” Where can this information be located in writing? If it can be found on the Internet, please provide the link.

New Name

Hi Everyone,

I just want to remind you that we are now using the name "Quality Counts" to identify our QRIS program. Please start using it with providers so they get accustomed to the new name.

Thanks!