Section 407.100 General Requirements
for Personnel
a) Staff shall be able to demonstrate the skill and competence necessary to
contribute to each child's physical, intellectual, personal, emotional, and
social development. Factors contributing to the attainment of this standard
include:
- Emotional maturity when working with children;
- Cooperation with the purposes and services of the program;
- Respect for children and adults;
- Flexibility, understanding and patience;
- Physical and mental health that do not interfere with child care
responsibilities;
- Good personal hygiene;
- Frequent interaction with children;
- Listening skills, availability and responsiveness to children;
- Sensitivity to children's socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic and religious
backgrounds, and individual needs and capabilities:
- Use of positive discipline and guidance techniques; and
- Ability to provide an environment in which children can feel comfortable,
relaxed, happy and involved in play, recreation and other activities.
b) Child care staff, in addition to meeting the requirements of subsection (a)
of this Section, shall generally demonstrate skill and competence necessary to
assume direct responsibility for child care including:
- Skills to help children meet their developmental and emotional needs;
and
- Skills in planning, directing, and conducting programs that meet
the children's basic needs.
c) Child care staff shall be willing to participate in activities leading to professional
growth in child development and education, and in training related to the specific
needs of the children served.
- The director and each child care staff member shall participate
in 15 clock hours of in-service training per year. For the first year of employment,
topics which must be included in the training are staff requirements to recognize
and report suspected child/abuse or neglect, how to make a child abuse or
neglect report, rules governing the operation of the facility, and the legal
protection afforded to persons who report violations of licensing standards.
Subsequent in-service training may include, but not be limited to, child development,
symptoms of common childhood illnesses, hygiene, guidance and discipline,
and communication with parents.
- A record of in-service training shall be maintained at the site.
- The required in-service training hours may consist of on-site training;
documented attendance at seminars, workshops, conferences and early childhood
classes; and documented self-study programs that have been approved by the
day care center director. Staff meetings may be counted only if a planned
in-service program is presented.
- Staff serving children who require special program services shall
receive in-service training and/or consultation on issues related to those
specific needs.
d) Newly employed staff shall submit a report of a physical examination completed
no more than six months prior to employment which provides evidence that they
are free of communicable disease, including active tuberculosis, and physical
or mental conditions that could affect their ability to perform assigned duties.
This examination shall include a test for tuberculosis by the Mantoux method.
e) Cooks, kitchen helpers and others assisting in the preparation, serving
and handling of food and cooking/serving utensils shall make their positions
known to the examining physician, and shall comply with the current rules and
regulations of the Illinois Department of Public Health pertaining to Food Service
Sanitation (77 Ill. Adm. Code 750).
f) Staff shall have physical re-examinations every two years and whenever
communicable disease or illness is suspected.
g) A staff member experiencing fever, sore throat, vomiting or diarrhea shall
not be responsible for food handling or the care of children.
h) The center shall have on duty at all times at least one staff member who
has successfully completed training and is currently certified in first aid,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the Heimlich maneuver, and for centers
serving infants, first aid for choking infants in accordance with the approved
method specified in the Department of Public Health's rules 77 Ill. Adm. Code
520, The Treatment of Choking Victims. CPR certification must be specific for
all age groups served, i.e., infant (birth to 12 months), child (one to eight
years) and adult (eight years and older).
i) Any center that serves food shall have posted in a conspicuous location
visible to employees the Choke Saving Methods Poster available from the Illinois
Department of Public Health.
(Source: Added at 22 Ill. Reg., effective January 1, 1998)
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