Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.8131 - Professional development requirements
Rule 131.
(1)
The center shall provide an orientation about the centers policies and
practices and these administrative rules for all personnel hired after the
effective date of these rules and before unsupervised contact with
children.
(2) Child care staff
members shall have training that includes information about prevention of
sudden infant death syndrome and use of safe sleep practices before caring for
infants and toddlers.
(3) Before
caring for children, all child care staff members and unsupervised volunteers
who work directly with children shall be trained on prevention of shaken baby
syndrome, abusive head trauma and child maltreatment, and recognition and
reporting of child abuse and neglect.
(4) Before unsupervised contact with
children, all child care staff members who work directly with children shall
complete prevention and control of infectious disease training, including
immunizations.
(5) Within 90 days
of being hired, or the first day as an unsupervised volunteer, all child care
staff members and unsupervised volunteers who work directly with children shall
complete the following trainings, which may count toward annual professional
development hours and are available at MiRegistry:
(a) Administration of medication.
(b) Prevention of and response to emergencies
due to food and allergic reactions.
(c) Building and physical premises
safety.
(d) Emergency preparedness
and response planning.
(e) Handling
and storage of hazardous materials and appropriate disposal of
bio-contaminants.
(f) Precautions
in transporting children, if applicable.
(g) Child development.
(6) All child care staff members who work
directly with children shall complete 16 clock hours of professional
development annually on topics relevant to job responsibilities that include,
but are not limited to, any of the following subjects:
(a) Child development and learning.
(b) Health, safety, and nutrition.
(c) Family and community
collaboration.
(d) Program
management.
(e) Teaching and
learning.
(f) Observation,
documentation, and assessment.
(g)
Interactions and guidance.
(h)
Child care center administrative rules.
(7) A center may count CPR and first aid
training for up to 2 hours of the annual professional development hours in the
year taken. Staff may use hours from MiRegistry to meet the professional
development requirements in subrule (6) of this rule.
(8) An on-going professional development plan
must be developed and implemented to include all the training and professional
development required by these rules.
(9) On-line trainings and correspondence
courses must have an assessment of learning.
(10) All child care staff members who work
directly with children are required to be trained in first aid and pediatric,
child, and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) within 90 days of being
hired. Prior to issuing a license to operate a child care center, and prior to
the renewal of a license, the department shall verify that at least 50% of the
child care staff members who work directly with children are currently
certified in first aid and pediatric, child, and adult CPR. Each of these child
care staff members first aid and CPR certificates must be valid and retained on
file in the center.
(11)
Verification of all professional development required by this rule must be kept
on file at the center or online at MiRegistry. Verification must be issued from
the training organization or trainer and include the date of the course, the
name of the training organization or trainer, the topic covered, and the number
of clock hours. Training hours from MiRegistry also meet this rule.
(12) When the department of licensing and
regulatory affairs or the department of education publishes a notice that a new
health and safety update document or a new health and safety update training
activity has been published on MiRegistry, the licensee shall ensure that all
personnel read and acknowledge the document or complete the activity within 6
months of the notice.
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