Minimum qualifications of group child care supervisor

1. A group child care supervisor must be an adult of good physical, cognitive, social, and emotional health and shall use mature judgment when making decisions impacting the quality of child care. 2. The group child care supervisor shall meet at least one of the following qualifications, in addition to those set out in subsection 1: a. A bachelor's degree in the field of early childhood education or child development; b. An associate's degree with at least one of the following: (1) Eight semester hours or twelve quarter hours of department-approved early childhood education or child development; (2) One hundred twenty hours of department-approved early childhood training; or (3) A director's credential approved by the department; c. Current certification as a child development associate or successful completion of a department-approved diploma program with emphasis in early childhood or child care; d. Certification from a Montessori teacher training program; e. At least one year of exclusive experience as a self-declaration holder or licensed child care provider with positive references from at least two parents whose children were in the provider's care; f. A high school degree or equivalency with certification of completion in a secondary occupational child care program and at least one year of exclusive experience working with young children, with references from at least two individuals who either had their children in the group child care supervisor's care or instructed the group child care supervisor in child care programming; or g. A minimum of one year of exclusive experience providing care to three or more children, with positive references from at least two parents whose children were in the group child care supervisor's care or a center director or teacher who observed the group child care supervisor's care of children first hand. 3. The group child care supervisor shall certify completion of a minimum of ten hours of department-approved training related to child care annually, including one hour on safe sleep prior to providing care to infants and one hour on mandated reporter of suspected child abuse or neglect. A department-approved basic child care course must be completed within ninety days of employment. The same training courses may be counted toward licensing annual requirements only if at least three years has passed since the last completion date of that training course, with the exception of safe sleep and mandated reporter annual training. 4. The group child care supervisor must be present in the group child care no less than sixty percent of the time when children are in care.