HAR §17-895.1-35
HAR §17-895.1-35. and recorded by the department, and then annually thereafter
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Cite as Haw. Code R. § 17-895.1-35
(1) Each caregiver staff member shall complete at least sixteen hours of training annually in at least two of the topic areas in subsection (f).
(2) Substitutes shall complete at least ten hours of training annually in at least two of the topic areas in subsection (f).
(3) Volunteers who serve ten hours or more a week shall complete at least eight hours of training annually in at least two of the topic areas in subsection (f).
(4) When an individual does not meet the requirements in subsection (e) and does not provide evidence of working to complete on-going training, the individual shall no longer be eligible to meet the staff-child ratio in accordance with sections 17-895.1-36(f) and 17-895.1-37.
(f) Each caregiver shall provide written evidence to the department to show completion of on-going training. The on-going training course, workshop, or class shall be different from the training topic areas completed in the prior twelve month period, except for safe sleep training required in accordance with section 17-895.1-96(b), and shall be in the following topic areas:
(1) Physical care of the young child;
(2) Care of the sick child;
(3) Child nutrition;
(4) Child growth and development;
(5) Children with special needs;
(6) Learning activities and play;
(7) Family engagement;
(8) Managing challenging behaviors;
(9) Community resources;
(10) Prevention of child maltreatment and abuse;
(11) Pediatric first aid and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
(12) Health and safety;
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(13) Child care business or program management;
or
(14) Physical environment; and
(15) Safe sleep if permitted to care for children
less than one year of age.
(g) Applicants and staff members shall be of
reputable and responsible character and shall not have
the following:
(1) A criminal history record, employment
history, sex offender registry history,
child abuse or neglect history, or adult
abuse history that may pose a risk to the
infants and toddlers in care as specified in
section 17-801-5; or
(2) Any other situations that poses a risk to
the health, safety or well-being of children
in care.
(h) The director of an infant and toddler center
shall have:
(1) A bachelor's degree or higher in early
childhood education (ECE), child development
(CD), or related field from a regionally
accredited college or university or
transferable to a regionally accredited
college or university; thirty hours of
course work in infant and toddler
development from an accredited teacher
training institute or program; and twelve
months of full time experience working with
children under thirty-six months of age in a
licensed group care setting; or
(2) Two years of college education from a
regionally accredited college or university
in early childhood education, child
development, or related field; thirty hours
of course work in infant and toddler
development from an accredited teacher
training institute or program; and twenty-
four months of full time experience working
with children under thirty-six months of age
in a licensed group care setting.
(i) A lead caregiver shall have:
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