Minimum qualifications of child care center supervisor

A supervisor shall: 1. 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. Have a demonstrated ability in working with children; 3. Hold at least one of the following qualifications: a. An associate degree in the field of early childhood development; b. Current certification as a child development associate or successful completion of a department-approved diploma program with an emphasis in early childhood or child care; c. Certification from a Montessori teacher training program; or d. A high school diploma or high school equivalency with at least one year of experience in a child care or similar setting; 4. Possess knowledge and experience in building and maintaining interpersonal relationships; 5. Successfully complete a department-approved basic child care course within ninety days of employment; and 6. Successfully complete a minimum of thirteen hours of department-approved training related to child care each year, and annually thereafter. The supervisor shall certify completion of one hour of department-approved safe sleep training before providing care to infants and one hour on mandated reporter of suspected child abuse or neglect. 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.