N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:52-4.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 3A:52-4.2 - Staffing requirements

(a) Each center shall have the following staff members:

1. A sponsor or sponsor representative, who may also serve as the director and as one of the staff members specified in (a)3 below;

2. A director, who may also serve as one of the staff members specified in (a)3 below;

3. One or more of the applicable qualified staff members, as specified in the charts in (b) and (c) below for each program type offered; and

4. Additional staff members, as necessary, to meet staff/child ratio requirements, as specified in 3A:52-4.3.

i. If the center offers an early childhood program and a school-age child care program, but has fewer than six children in one of those programs, the center shall only be required to meet the staffing requirements of the program serving six or more children.

ii. If the center offers an early childhood program and a school-age child care program, and has fewer than six children in each program, the center shall meet the staffing requirements in either (b) or (c) below.

(b) For early childhood programs, the following shall apply:

1. Based on the center's licensed capacity, the center shall have one or more head teachers, group teachers, and/or consulting head teachers, as specified in the chart below:

TYPES OF STAFF REQUIRED AT EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS

Licensed	HeadTeacher(s)	+ Group	Consulting
Head
Capacity	Teacher(s)	Teacher
6-15	1	or	1	or	1
16-30	1	or	(1	and	1)
31-60	1
61-120	1	and	1
121-180	1	and	2
181-240	2	and	2
241-300	2	and	3
301-360	3	and	3
361-420	3	and	4
421-480	4	and	4
481-540	4	and	5

+ A staff member who meets the head teacher qualifications, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.6(c), may be utilized as a required group teacher.

i. As an exception to the staffing requirements in the chart above, centers with a licensed capacity of from six to 30 children, 50 percent or more of whom have special needs as a result of a cognitive, socio-emotional or physical disability or disorder, shall have a head teacher.

(c) For school-age child care programs, the following shall apply:

1. Based on center size, the center shall have one or more program supervisors at each site as specified in the chart below:

TYPES OF STAFF MEMBERS REQUIRED AT
SCHOOL-AGE CHILD CARE PROGRAMS
LicensedCapacity	ProgramSupervisor(s)
6-180	1
181-360	2
361-540	3

(d) Programs operating at a capacity beyond 540 children shall have an additional program supervisor, as specified in 3A:52-4.6(d) for each additional group of 100 children.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:52-4.2

Administrative Change, 49 N.J.R. 98a.

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 413(a), effective 3/6/2017