Your children and their safety are my number one priority! Below is my COVID-19 mitigation plan.  This plan is directed, and monitored by the Municipality of Anchorage Child Care Licensing Department.

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Creative Learning with Cady Lynn COVID-19 Mitigation Plan, updated 5/18/2021

 

Drop off Protocol

• Temperatures will be checked upon arrival

  • Children with an abnormal temperature will be sent home

• Children will wash hands when they first arrive

• All household members will take their temperature every morning

• Parents are asked to wipe tablet after use (sanitizing wipes are provided)

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Pick up Protocol

• Parents are asked to wipe tablet after use (sanitizing wipes are provided)

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Reporting

• Staff and Parents are asked to stay home if they have any symptoms of COVID-19

• If staff/family suspects they have COVID-19 they can return after they have received a negative test result

  • No tuition will be charged for time away from the facility due to illness

  • Staff are guaranteed their job upon their return, after providing a negative test result

  • If children/family member of children are sick, but do not receive a test because it was thought their symptoms do not match the COVID-19 symptoms, the child is asked to stay home for a 14 day quarantine period to ensure everyone’s safety

  • If a child or family member living with the child is traveling, we ask they respect the 14 day quarantine period or provide a copy of their negative COVID-19 test, as is required to travel to Alaska.

• If a household member, staff member, child in care, or family of child in care becomes sick with COVID-19, all employees and families will be immediately notified.

  • Pending on severity and situation, Creative Learning with Cady Lynn may close for a 14-day quarantine to ensure the virus does not spread

  • If, for some reason, we do not close, and a parent decides to keep their child home, no tuition will be charged for the time they say home.

• If anyone tests positive for COVID-19 – staff, household member, child, or one of their family members – I am required by the state to report it immediately to my child care licensing specialist.

• Postings

  • Postings are at the door requesting people with symptoms do not enter

  • Postings are sent out in the weekly email asking families with symptoms do not enter

 

Cleaning Protocols

• All toys will be sanitized at least once per day

• A popular toy or toys will be sanitized during an appropriate break or nap time, multiple times per day

• All common surfaces will be sanitized frequently during high traffic times

  • Drop off

  • Pick up

  • Meals

  • Activities

• Common surfaces include

  • Doorknobs

  • Light switches

  • Counter tops

  • Tables

  • Cubbies

• Children will wash their hands

  • When arriving

  • Before/after eating

  • Before/after an activity

  • After coming in from outside

  • After putting their hands in their mouth

  • After picking their nose

  • After using the bathroom or having their diaper changed

• Toys will be removed from the general space if it has been in a child’s mouth

• Toys will be removed from the general space if it has been coughed on or sneezed on

• The facility will be cleaned and sanitized daily.  Cleaning will include

  • Sweeping

  • Steam/sanitize moping

  • Vacuuming

  • Sanitizing all surfaces and toys with bleach solution

  • Scrubbing the toilet

  • Sanitizing all surfaces in bathroom and kitchen

  • Sanitizing step stools in bathroom and kitchen

  • Washing cloth hand towels

• Face masks

  • All staff are vaccinated and do not have to wear a mask

  • All unvaccinated adults entering the center area asked to wear a mask

  • Vaccinated adults do not need to wear a mask

  • All children over the age of 2 will be introduced to face masks

    • They will be provided by CLCL

    • They will be washed and sanitized by CLCL

    • Children will be able to wear their assigned masks if they desire at appropriate times

• We will not be bushing our teeth after lunch until further notice

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State Mandates Require

• Children grouped in group sizes of less than 20, with adults assigned to specific groups and limiting their group cross over

  • This is not applicable to Creative Learning with Cady Lynn – 8 children are on site, with 1 adult

  • No extra mitigation strategies are needed for staff because they will not be moving between groups of children