New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 52 - MANUAL OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE CENTERS
Subchapter 4 - STAFF REQUIREMENTS
Section 3A:52-4.2 - Staffing requirements
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 3A:52-4.2
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Each center shall have the following staff members:
1. A sponsor or sponsor representative,
who may also serve as the director and as one of the staff members specified in (a)3
below;
2. A director, who may also
serve as one of the staff members specified in (a)3 below;
3. One or more of the applicable qualified staff
members, as specified in the charts in (b) and (c) below for each program type
offered; and
4. Additional staff
members, as necessary, to meet staff/child ratio requirements, as specified in
3A:52-4.3.
i. If the center offers an early
childhood program and a school-age child care program, but has fewer than six
children in one of those programs, the center shall only be required to meet the
staffing requirements of the program serving six or more children.
ii. If the center offers an early childhood
program and a school-age child care program, and has fewer than six children in each
program, the center shall meet the staffing requirements in either (b) or (c)
below.
(b) For early childhood programs, the following shall apply:
1. Based on the center's licensed capacity, the
center shall have one or more head teachers, group teachers, and/or consulting head
teachers, as specified in the chart below:
TYPES OF STAFF REQUIRED AT EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
| Licensed | Head Teacher(s) | + Group | Consulting | ||
| Head | |||||
| Capacity | Teacher(s) | Teacher | |||
| 6-15 | 1 | or | 1 | or | 1 |
| 16-30 | 1 | or | (1 | and | 1) |
| 31-60 | 1 | ||||
| 61-120 | 1 | and | 1 | ||
| 121-180 | 1 | and | 2 | ||
| 181-240 | 2 | and | 2 | ||
| 241-300 | 2 | and | 3 | ||
| 301-360 | 3 | and | 3 | ||
| 361-420 | 3 | and | 4 | ||
| 421-480 | 4 | and | 4 | ||
| 481-540 | 4 | and | 5 |
+ A staff member who meets the head teacher qualifications, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.6(c), may be utilized as a required group teacher.
i. As an exception to the staffing
requirements in the chart above, centers with a licensed capacity of from six to 30
children, 50 percent or more of whom have special needs as a result of a cognitive,
socio-emotional or physical disability or disorder, shall have a head
teacher.
(c) For school-age child care programs, the following shall apply:
1. Based on center size, the center shall have one
or more program supervisors at each site as specified in the chart below:
| TYPES OF STAFF MEMBERS REQUIRED AT | |
| SCHOOL-AGE CHILD CARE PROGRAMS | |
| Licensed Capacity | Program Supervisor(s) |
| 6-180 | 1 |
| 181-360 | 2 |
| 361-540 | 3 |
(d) Programs operating at a capacity beyond 540 children shall have an additional program supervisor, as specified in 3A:52-4.6(d) for each additional group of 100 children.
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