(A) What are the
step up to quality (SUTQ)
SUTQ definitions for the purposes of implementing
Chapter 5101:2-17 of the Administrative Code?
(1) "Administrator" means the following:
(a)
Ohio
department of job and family services (ODJFS) licensed
A child care center administrator as described in
rule
5101:2-12-07 of the
Administrative Code.
(b)
ODJFS licensed
A family child care provider as described in rule
5101:2-13-07 of the
Administrative Code.
(c)
Ohio department of education (ODE) licensed
preschool
A director as defined in rule
3301-37-01 of the Administrative
Code.
(d)
An administrator as defined in rule
3301-32-01 of the Administrative
Code.
(d) ODE licensed staff member as
described in rule 3301-32-02 of the Administrative Code.
(2) "Approved related
fields" means the following:
(a) Early
childhood education teacher approved related fields include: early childhood
education, child development, family studies, human ecology, human development,
child and family community studies, elementary education, early intervention
(ECE or special education), elementary, middle or secondary education, physical
education, elementary intervention, and school counselor, or other degrees as
approved by ODJFS and ODE
the Ohio department of children and youth
(DCY).
(b) Approved related
child development fields include psychology, and recreation management if
twelve semester or eighteen quarter hours of child development coursework, with
a grade of C or better from an accredited institution of higher education, is
completed.
(3)
"Assistant teacher" means a child care care
staff member who works under the supervision of a lead teacher. Assistant
teachers may work independently in a lead teacher's absence, but for the
majority of time the assistant teacher works directly with the lead teacher in
the same space with the same children.
(4) "Child care staff" means:
(a)
ODJFS
licensed
A child care center staff
member as described in rule
5101:2-12-08 of the
Administrative Code.
(b)
ODJFS licensed
A family child care provider staff member as described
in rule
5101:2-13-08 of the
Administrative Code.
(c)
ODE licensed
A preschool staff member
and
lead teacher
, head teacher, teacher, and
non-teaching employee as defined in rule
3301-37-01 of the Administrative
Code.
(d)
A
staff member as described in rule
3301-32-03 of the Administrative
Code.
(5) "Family
child care provider" means:
(a)
ODJFS licensed type
Licensed type A home provider.
(b)
ODJFS licensed
type
Licensed type B home
provider.
(6)
"Instructional time" means the time the group spends with the lead teacher each
day, excluding nap or rest time.
(a) The lead
teacher shall
is
to interact with children a minimum of three and one-half hours daily for
at least half the days of each week the program operates.
(b) If a group requires two or more child
care staff members to meet ratio, there shall
is to be a lead
teacher and an assistant teacher present. Co-lead teachers may be used to meet
this requirement.
(c) The assistant
or co-lead teacher shall
is to meet this requirement the other days of the
week.
(d) If a program or group
operates less than three and one-half hours daily, the lead teacher
shall
is to
be present for the entire
day
time the group
is in session or entire time group operates.
(e) School-age programs
shall
are to
have a lead teacher for the duration of either a total of three and one-half
hours, the complete before school session, or the complete after school
session. On non-school days, the program shall
is to meet the
three and one-half hour requirement as stated in paragraph (A)(7) to this
rule.
(7) "Lead teacher"
means the adult who has primary responsibility for the group of children. The
lead teacher shall
is to meet the three and one-half hour minimum
instruction time daily, not including nap or rest, for more than half of the
days in operation each week. The lead teacher is responsible for activity
planning and implementing the curriculum and child assessment requirements
related to the current star rating
level.
(8) "Program" means any of the following
licensed:
(a)
Family child care provider.
(b)
ODJFS licensed child
Child care center.
(c)
ODE licensed
preschool
Preschool program.
(d)
ODE licensed
school
School child program.
(9) "Substitute" means the
following:
(a) A child care staff member who
replaces an assigned staff member for fewer than ninety days.
(b) What if the substitute is providing care
for more than ninety days?
The substitute shall
is to become the lead teacher or assistant and
meet the requirements of the lead or assistant pursuant to this chapter.
(B) What are
the standards that
shall
are to be met to be
star rated
awarded bronze,
silver or gold?
(1) The program
shall
is to
comply with the desk review and the
any on-site verification visit.
(2)
ODJFS licensed
child care centers, ODE licensed preschools and ODE licensed school
child
Licensed programs
shall
are to
meet all of the standards
listed in appendix A to this
rule for the rating requested at registration and maintain the standards on an
ongoing basis
for the star rating requested at
registration as listed in appendices A, B, C, and D to this rule.
(3) Family child care providers
shall meet all of the standards for the star rating requested at registration
as listed in appendices E, F, G and H to this rule.
(4) Programs who register for a four
or five-star rating may be awarded points based on the verification of the
three-star rating requirements and their ability to earn additional points as
outlined in appendices D and H to this rule.
(5) A program shall obtain at least
one point in each of the following domains in order to achieve a four or
five-star rating:
(a) Learning and
development.
(b) Administrative and leadership
practices.
(c) Staff qualifications and
professional development.
(d) Family and community
partnerships.
(6) How many points shall be earned
to achieve a four-star rating?
(a) ODJFS licensed child care
centers and ODE licensed preschool or licensed school child programs shall
score thirty-five to fifty-five points. Points are indicated in appendix D to
this rule.
(b) Family child care providers
shall score thirty to forty-five points. Points are indicated in appendix H to
this rule.
(7) How many points shall be earned
to achieve a five-star rating?
(a) ODJFS licensed child care
centers, ODE licensed preschools and licensed school child programs shall score
fifty-six to seventy-nine points. Points are indicated in appendix D to this
rule.
(b) Family child care providers
shall score forty-six to sixty-four points. Points are indicated in appendix H
to this rule.
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