North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 09 - CHILD CARE RULES › Section .2800 - TWO THROUGH FIVE STAR RATED LICENSES › Section 09 .2829 - QUALITY POINT OPTIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Operators may choose to earn one additional quality point
				  toward a rated license as described in Rule.2802 of this Section as
				  follows:
(1) Education options:
Quality Point Education Options (.2829)
75 percent of infant/toddler teachers have obtained
							 an Infant and Toddler Certificate;
OR
All teachers have the North Carolina Diploma in Early
							 Childhood (1 year) from a regionally accredited college or university as
							 defined in Rule.1103 of this Chapter;
OR
75 percent of teachers have an AAS or higher in early
							 childhood education or child development;
OR
75 percent of lead teachers have a BA/BS or higher in
							 early childhood education or child development;
OR
All lead teachers have an AAS or higher in early
							 childhood education or child development;
OR
75 percent of group leaders have a North Carolina
							 School-Age Care Credential or 6 semester hours in school-age coursework;
OR
A Family Child Care Home operator has an Infant and
							 Toddler Certificate or a BA/BS or higher in early childhood education or child
							 development;
OR
Completing 20 additional annual on-going training
							 hours for full-time lead teachers and teachers, and staff working
							 part-time;
OR
Completing 20 additional annual on-going training
							 hours for family child care home operators;
OR
The child care administrator has at least 10 years of
							 documented child care administrative work experience in a licensed program that
							 can be verified by the Division;
OR
75 percent of lead teachers and teachers have at
							 least 10 years of documented early childhood work experience that can be
							 verified by the Division;
OR
All lead teachers and teachers have at least 5 years
							 of documented early childhood work experience that can be verified by the
							 Division and have been employed by no more than 2 different employers;
OR
When the program has earned at least 4 points in
							 education and the program has a combined turnover rate of 20 percent or less
							 for the administrator, program coordinator, lead teacher, teacher, and group
							 leader positions over the last 12 months;
OR
In a stand-alone school age program, 75 percent of
							 group leaders have at least 5 years of documented school-age work experience
							 that can be verified by the Division and have been employed by no more than 2
							 different employers.
(2)
				Programmatic options:
Quality Point Programmatic Options (.2829)
Using a curriculum as defined in Rule.0102(10) of
							 this Chapter. This programmatic option is not available to facilities that are
							 required to use an approved curriculum in accordance with Rule.2802(d) of this
							 Section;
OR
Having reduced group sizes decreased by at least one
							 child per age group from the seven point level as described in Rule.2818(c) of
							 this Section;
OR
Having staff/child ratios decreased by at least one
							 child per age group from the seven point level as described in Rule.2818(c) of
							 this Section;
OR
Meeting the following program standards:
(1) Having a staff benefits package that offers at
							 least four of the following benefits: paid leave for professional development,
							 paid planning time, vacation, sick time, retirement, or health insurance;
							 and
(2) Having evidence of an infrastructure of parent
							 involvement that includes at least two of the following: parent newsletters
							 offered at least quarterly, parent advisory board, periodic conferences for all
							 children, or parent information meetings offered at least quarterly
OR
A Family Child Care Home operator has completed a 30
							 hour or longer business training course;
OR
A center administrator has completed a business
							 training course and a wage and hour training course that is at least 30 hours
							 of total training time;
OR
Restricting enrollment to four preschool children in
							 a Family Child Care Home;
OR
Reducing infant capacity by at least one child from
							 the seven point level for a Family Child Care Home as described in Rule
							 .2828(g)(3) of this Section.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  110-85;
				  110-88(7);
				  110-90(4);
				  143B-168.3; S.L. 2011-145, s.
				  10.7(b);
Eff. May 1, 2006;
Amended Eff. December 1,
				  2006;
Recodified from Rule.2823 Eff. August 1, 2012;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2015; September 1, 2012;
Readopted Eff. March
				  1, 2019.