8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1402-1-2.810

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024

Section 8 CCR 1402-1-2.810 - SCHOOL AGE CHILD CARE SUBSTITUTE QUALIFICATIONS

A. Substitute for School Age Child Care:

1. Must meet requirements found in rule sections 2.806 and 2.807;

B. Substitute Program Director

1. Must meet requirements of rule sections 2.806 and 2.807;

2. The Program Director substitute must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age. The substitute program director must have demonstrated to the Agency, prior to placement at a school age child care center, maturity of judgment, administrative ability and the skill to appropriately supervise and direct school-age children in an unstructured setting.

3. The Substitute Program Director must have verifiable education or training in work with school-age children in such areas as Recreation, Education, Scouting or 4-H; and the program director must have completed at least one of the following qualifications:

a. A four (4) year college degree with a major such as Recreation, Outdoor Education, Education with a Specialty in Art, Elementary or Early Childhood Education, or a subject in the Human Service Field;

b. Two years of college training and six (6) months (910 hours) of satisfactory and verifiable full-time or equivalent part-time, paid or volunteer, experience, since attaining the age of eighteen (18), in the care and supervision of four (4) or more children; or c. Is qualified as a Large Child Care Center Director.

4. Three years (5,460 hours) of satisfactory and verifiable full-time or equivalent part-time, paid or volunteer, experience and one of the following qualifications:

a. Complete six semester hours, or nine quarter hours in course work from a regionally accredited college or university;

b. Forty (40) clock hours of training in course work applicable to school-age children and the Department-approved courses in Injury Prevention, and Playground Safety for School-Aged Child Care Centers within the first nine (9) months of employment; or

c. Satisfactory experience includes experience in the care and supervision of four or more children from the ages of four (4)-eighteen (18) years old, unrelated to the individual, since attaining the age of eighteen (18).

C. Substitute Program Leaders for School Age Child Care Centers

1. Must meet requirements found in rule sections 2.806 and 2.807;

2. Each Substitute Program Leader must be at least eighteen (18) years of age, demonstrate ability to work with children, and must meet the following qualifications:

a. Complete the Department-approved course in Injury Prevention;

b. Complete the Department-approved course in Playground Safety for School-Aged Child Care Centers. This requirement does not apply to day camps that do not regularly use a playground; and

c. Must have at least three (3) months (460 hours) of full-time or equivalent part-time satisfactory and verifiable experience with school-age children.

D. Substitute Program Aides for School Age Child Care Centers

1. Must meet requirements found in rule sections 2.806 and 2.807;

2. Substitute Program Aides must be at least sixteen (16) years of age. Program Aides must work directly under the supervision of the Program Director or Program Leaders and must never be left alone with children.

3. Substitute Program Aides can be counted as staff in determining child care staff ratios.

8 CCR 1402-1-2.810

46 CR 22, November 25, 2023, effective 12/15/2023