Mary El Daher - CDPE 7002 - Health and Safety Part A
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Health Science
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Dec 6, 2023
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Name:
Mary El Daher Student #:
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CDPE 7002 Facilitator: Tracey Wells Course Name:
School Age Environment Placement Assessment Title:
Health and Safety - Part A Date of submission:
March 24
th
, 2022
Part A –
Health and Safety Checklists It is essential for the learning environment to be safe as it offers consistency and continuity as well as graduated which enables children to tackle challenges, learn to persevere and explore ways to cope with and manage levels of positive stress (How Does Learning Happen). A safe and secure environment allows children to better learn and succeed and have better opportunities to grow academically, emotionally and socially. 1.
Determine if there is a safety checklist for the environment. If not applicable, explain why? If yes, how often does it need to be completed? The schools in Ontario do not have a particular safety checklist for the environment rather there are many online resources and websites that the staff members could refer to and abide with. In the school you can see a health and safety committee that inspects the indoor and outdoor environment on monthly basis, however if the educators notice any damaged equipment, unleveled surface, shattered fence or any other issue that is deemed as a concern they could inform the committee and the committee would be on top of the issue till it is solved and no longer is a concern or causes a source of danger to the students. 2.
How does it compare to the ministry requirements for school age programs? Include which licensed sections are relevant to the checklist? Both schools and school age programs are required by the ministry to create and maintain an environment that promotes the health and safety of not only its children but also its staff. The licensed sections relevant to the checklist for both school age programs and schools are:
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Hazardous material storage:
all items that could cause harm to a child such as cleaning materials, dangerous or poisonous substances should be inaccessible to children (CCEYA - O.Reg.137/15, Section 31). Such materials need to be properly labeled and stored in an area that is out of the reach of the children. 2-
Fire drills: a procedure is established and each staff member is assigned duties in the event of a fire. The evacuation plan should be posted in each room that us used for the care of the children. Fire drills should also be conducted at least once a month and recorded (CCEYA - O.Reg.137/15, Section 68).
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Emergency telephone numbers: schools and school age programs should have an up-to-
date list of the contact information and telephone numbers of the child (CCEYA - O.Reg.137/15, Section 70).
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Special medical or additional information: schools and school age programs should keep up to date information about any special medical or additional information that could be helpful in an emergency (CCEYA - O.Reg.137/15, Section 70).
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Serious occurrence: schools and school age programs are obliged to report any form of serious occurrence such as a child goes missing, a life-threatening injury or illness, abuse, neglect or the death of a child (CCEYA - O.Reg.137/15, Section 38). 6-
Cut off temperatures: children get to spend time outdoors for at least 2 hours each day weather permitting (CCEYA - O.Reg.137/15, Section 47). 7-
Child illness and accident: kids need to be observed by the teachers and able to detect possible symptoms of ill health and the parents are contacted to take the child home (CCEYA - O.Reg.137/15, Section 36).
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Play activity space and equipment: children should be provided with unobstructed floor space, a fence should be placed around the playground, and the equipment should be in good repair and safe to use (CCEYA - O.Reg.137/15, Section 16, 19 and 27). The physical environment of the school and classrooms is designed to ensure student
s’ safety and promote student engagement and emotional well-being.
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If you are in an elementary school classroom, what are the requirements? How do those requirements compare to a ministry licensed before and after school program? Being an elementary school teacher, I should hold a teaching certificate from the Ontario College of Teachers. I would be responsible to set a curriculum, prepare lesson plan, teach it and follow through, observe, assess children and evaluate their progress, determine individual needs and discuss the results with parents and school officials. It is my responsibility as well to maintain a structured and disciplined classroom. I would be responsible to teach the majority of the subjects to the students such as math, science, social sciences, language, etc. Whereas, a ministry licensed before and after school program is run by an ECE where the ECE is responsible to plan, organize and initiate activities based on the child’s interests. The environment is a more flexible one compared to an elementary school classroom. The ECE is not required to assess the child’s progress but still has to communicate with parents should there be any concerns. In an elementary school classroom, there is 1 OCT and 1 ECE in the classroom for 1 to 30 children and the classroom runs for approximately 7 hours. On the other hand, before and after school programs cannot run more than 3 consecutive hours in a day and the ratio of employees is 1 to 13 with a maximum of 26 kids attended by 2 teachers.
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Provide specific examples. In childcare centers or school age groups, each age group has a different ration for instance the toddler’s ratio is 1 for every 8 children. However, a
s per the CCEYA Schedule 1
Requirements for Child Care Centers the ratio of school age category is 1 to 13 where the maximum number of children in the group is 26 and 1/2 of the employees must be qualified. In Ontario, the Ministry of Education established the class size of kindergarten to have a size limit of 26 but may exceed the class size limit and have up to 32 students under certain conditions. As for grades 1-3 to be limited to 20 children, grades 4-8 should not exceed 25 kids. 5. Include copies of the checklist if applicable. As mentioned earlier, schools do not have a specific health and safety checklist that they follow but instead they have so many online resources and websites they could refer to. However, schools are responsible to make sure that first aid kits are available and accessible. Teachers are also responsible for the children’s health and safety on daily basis thus they are attentive all the time and they perform counting to make sure none of the children in their care got missing. The counting is performed more often. In daycares, the teachers carry the life-threatening medications on them when accompanying the child at all times yet schools do have individual plans for students who have anaphylactic reaction or life-threatening allergies. Upon registration pa
rents are asked to provide information about their kid’s life-threatening allergies and treatment or any other relevant information. Health and safety of children is not solely the physical aspect as teachers are responsible to create an environment that promotes the well-being of the children and this is done when the
teachers create an inclusive environment that is welcoming and promotes the cognitive, physical, emotional and social aspect of each child.
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