Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The individual
who is responsible for ensuring the administration of the program, whether
on-site or off-site, shall:
(1) Prior to
employment, have at least:
(A) 400 hours of
experience working with school-age children in a licensed child care
program;
(B) 600 hours of
verifiable experience working with school-age children in an unlicensed
school-age care or camp setting; or
(C) have an undergraduate, graduate, or
associate degree, with at least 12 semester hours in school-age care related
coursework; and
(2) Meet
the requirements for a child care administrator in
G.S.
110-91(8).
(b) At least one individual who is
responsible for planning and ensuring the implementation of daily activities
for a school-age program (program coordinator) shall:
(1) Be at least 18 years old and have a high
school diploma or its equivalent prior to employment;
(2) Have completed two semester credit hours
in child and youth development and two semester credit hours in school-age
programming. Each individual who does not meet this requirement shall enroll in
coursework within six months after becoming employed and shall complete this
coursework within 18 months of enrollment. An individual who meets the staff
requirements for administrator or lead teacher shall be considered as meeting
the requirements for program coordinator, provided the individual completes
Basic School-Age Care (BSAC) training as defined in
10A NCAC
09.0102(4) of this Chapter,
and
(3) Be on site when children
are in care for programs offering before and after school care only. For a full
day program, the program coordinator shall be on site for two thirds of the
hours of operation. This includes times when the individual is off site due to
illness or vacation.
(c)
Staff who are responsible for supervising groups of school-age children (group
leaders) shall be at least 18 years of age and have a high school diploma or
its equivalent prior to employment, and shall complete the BSAC
training.
(d) Staff who assist
group leaders (assistant group leaders) shall be at least 16 years of age and
shall complete the BSAC training.
(e) The individual who is on-site and
responsible for the administration of the school-age component of a center
which also provides care to preschool-age children, shall meet the requirements
for child care administrator in
G.S.
110-91(8) and Rule.0704 of
this Chapter.
(f) When an
individual has responsibility for both administering the program and planning
and ensuring the implementation of the daily activities of a school-age
program, the individual shall meet the staff requirements for an administrator
and shall complete the BSAC training.
(g) Completion of the BSAC training course,
shall count toward meeting five hours of one year's annual on-going training
requirements in Rule.1103 of this Chapter.
(h) As used in this Rule, the term
"experience working with school-age children" means experience working with
school-age children as an administrator, program coordinator, group leader,
assistant group leader, lead teacher, teacher, or aide.
(i) All staff shall receive on-site training
and orientation as follows:
(1) Within the
first two weeks of assuming responsibility for supervising a group of children,
each employee shall complete at least six clock hours of training on:
(A) recognizing, responding to, and reporting
child abuse, neglect or maltreatment pursuant to
G.S.
110-105.4 and
G.S.
7B-301;
(B) the center's operational policies,
including the transportation policy, identification of building and premises
safety issues, Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan and the emergency
medical care plan;
(C) adequate
supervision of children, taking into account their age, emotional, physical,
and cognitive development; and
(D)
prevention and control of infectious diseases, including immunization;
and
(2) Within the first
six weeks of assuming responsibility for supervising a group of children, each
employee shall complete at least three additional clock hours of training on:
(A) maintaining a safe and healthy
environment and developmentally appropriate activities for school-age
children;
(B) firsthand
observations of the program's daily operations and instruction in the
employee's assigned duties;
(C)
instruction in the administration of medication to children in accordance with
10A NCAC
09.0803;
(D) successfully complete CPR and First Aid
training appropriate for the ages of children in care;
(E) prevention of and response to emergencies
due to food and allergic reactions;
(F) review of the program's handling and
storage of hazardous materials and the appropriate disposal of biocontaminants;
and
(G) review of child care
licensing law and rules, including an explanation of the role of State and
local government agencies in the regulation of child care and the employee's
obligation to cooperate with representatives of State and local government
agencies during visits and investigations.
(j) Staff in part-time, full day, or
track-out school-age care programs required to complete BSAC training shall do
so within three months of becoming employed.
Authority
G.S.
110-85;
110-91(8),(11);
143B-168.3;
Eff.
July 1, 1988;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2010; November 1, 2007; July
1, 2000; July 1, 1998; January 1, 1992; September 1, 1990;
Readopted Eff. October 1, 2017.
