Assignment:
Ensuring the health and safety of the children in your center is one of your most important responsibilities as a director. However, managing health and safety at a child development center is a complex task and thus requires the participation and cooperation of not just the director, but all staff members at the center. In this assignment, you will consider how you, as a director, might delegate the various tasks involved in health and safety management at your child development center.
To complete this assignment, create a chart in which you identify the specific responsibilities of each level of staff member (e.g., director, assistant director, lead teacher, assistant teacher, aide, and/or any other levels or types of staff you employ in your center) in ensuring the health and safety of the children in your center (including yourself). What, specifically, will each staff member be required to know and do in order to manage the health and safety of the children in the center? Take into account the following aspects of health and safety management:
- Meeting licensing regulations
- Creating a “medical home” for every child
- Arrival, departure, and transportation of children
- Reporting possible child abuse
- Accidents, injuries, and emergency procedures
- Meeting children’s physiological needs (activity, rest, diapering, toilet training)
- Meeting needs of children with disabilities and chronic medical problems
- Health education for children and families
- Meeting children’s mental health needs
- Monitoring health and safety conditions
You may use the Health and Safety: Staff Responsibilities Chart.
Your answer must be, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format.