Fraser Valley Montessori Preschool & School Age Care

A licensee must ensure that all indoor and outdoor play materials and equipment accessible to children are (b) safely constructed, free from hazards and in good repair.

Observation. Licensing walked the perimeter of all playspaces that the children in care use. Licensing observed protruding nails from the wooden planks in three of the playspaces.

Corrective action. Ensure the playspaces are safely constructed and in good repair.

A licensee must: (b) have an emergency plan that sets out procedures to prepare for, mitigate, respond to and recover from any emergency.

Observation. Fire Extinguisher has not been serviced annually

Corrective action. Ensure fire extinguisher is serviced annually.

A licensee must not employ a person in a community care facility as (a) an educator or an assistant unless the person holds a certificate issued under Division 2 [Employee Qualifications], which must be verified by the system maintained by the early childhood educator registry. (Educator or assistant certificate validation)

Observation. Licensing reviewed 3 staff files and two staff files were missing validation of ECE certificates. This is a repeat contravention from 2022.

Corrective action. Ensure all staff files are complete.

A licensee must ensure that each employee (b) practices implementing the fire drill system at least once each month.

Observation. Licensing observed that fire drill was not practiced in the month of June.

Corrective action. Ensure fire drills are practiced at least once each month.

Without limiting subsection (1), a licensee must ensure that (a) children attending a community care facility are divided into groups, with each group having no more children than that permitted in Schedule E.

Observation. School Age, incl. gr. 1 - Maximum group size of 18 was exceeded. Licensing observed 19 children in care at the time of the inspection. The daily attendance was not accurate. Showing less children than what licensing and manager counted.

Corrective action. Manager said that they will discuss with the staff and find out what took place. The manager agreed that there were 19 children in care but could not say why the facility was over the maximum number allowed.

A licensee must ensure that the community care facility and the furniture, equipment and fixtures within it are clean and in good repair while children are in attendance.

Observation. During the inspection of the outdoor playground of the facility the following was observed: - two horizontal planks on the swing playground were rotting and had sharp nails and splinters. The children were observed walking on the planks and playing on them. - under the swings the mulch (wood chips) has been pushed away from under the swings and the black tarp underneath was exposed. More resilient surfacing needs to be under the swings. - one horizontal plank on the blue and green climbing structure was broken and had a rusted nail exposed. School age staff said that they check the playground for any debris daily and mark it on the playground check sheet. Staff said that they only check the swings for safety (to make sure they are not broken).

Corrective action. Please ensure the playground is in good repair.

A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (d) name and telephone number of a parent, medical practitioner and emergency contact.

Observation. Licensing reviewed 8 children's files, of those, one file did not contain the telephone number of the medical practitioner.

Corrective action. Please ensure to obtain the telephone number of the medical practitioner.

A licensee must not employ a person in a community care facility unless the licensee or, in the case of a person who is not the manager, the manager has first met with the person and obtained all of the following: (b) character references in respect of the person.

Observation. Licensing reviewed two staff files, of those, one file did not contain evidence of character references in respect of the person.

Corrective action. Please ensure to obtain character references in respect of the person.

A licensee must not employ a person in a community care facility unless the licensee or, in the case of a person who is not the manager, the manager has first met with the person and obtained all of the following: (a) a criminal record check for the person.

Observation. Licensing reviewed two staff files, of those one file contained a criminal record check issued by the RCMP.

Corrective action. Please ensure to have the criminal record check issued by the provincial criminal records review program

A licensee must not employ a person in a community care facility as (a) an educator or an assistant unless the person holds a certificate issued under Division 2 [Employee Qualifications], which must be verified by the system maintained by the early childhood educator registry. (Educator or assistant certificate validation)

Observation. Licensing reviewed two staff files, of those, one file did not contain evidence that the early childhood educator certification had been verified by the system maintained by the early childhood registry.

Corrective action. Please ensure that all employee early childhood educator certification has been verified by the system maintained by the early childhood registry.

A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (b) date of enrolment in the community care facility.

Observation. 8 children records were reviewed. 3 records did not contain the date of enrolment in the community care facility.

Corrective action. Please ensure to keep, for each child, a record showing the date of enrolment in the community care facility.

A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (a) name, sex, date of birth, medical insurance plan number and immunization status.

Observation. 8 children's records were reviewed. 1 record did not contain immunization status.

Corrective action. Please ensure to keep, for each child, a record showing the immunization status.

A licensee must ensure that each employee (b) practices implementing the fire drill system at least once each month.

Observation. Review of facility fire drill records indicated that record of a fire drill conducted in July was not documented.

Corrective action. Please ensure that each employee practices implementing the fire drill system at least once per month,

A licensee must ensure that each employee (b) practices implementing the fire drill system at least once each month.

Observation. A conversation with staff indicated that fire drills had not been practiced since March, 2020.

Corrective action. Ensure that each employee practices implementing the fire drills system at least once each month.