Module 9: Program Planning and Development

Module 9 Discussion Question: Staff to Child Ratios

3/9/2015

Read the following and respond:

You have 15 students in your care and one student suddenly gets sick. You are the only teacher in the room. You need to help the student to the restroom or nurse's office. What do you do?

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197 Comments

Miranda Jones

4/27/2015 05:52:52 am

In my program, each class has walkie talkies, so if there were an instance where I needed to help a student to the restroom or health room, I would use the walkie talkie to get assistance from another staff member.

Ann Zop

4/27/2015 05:54:53 am

We have two teachers in each class at all times just for this reason. If this were not the case, I would probably use the class phone to call the office for help before taking the child to the bathroom.

antionette griffin

9/25/2015 01:30:53 pm

When it comes down to working alone and having to change diapers. I think their should be another person in the building, because what if one of the kids fall and hurt themselves. Someone needs to be watching them at all time.

Drew

5/12/2015 10:34:01 am

I work at an In home daycare and there are always two of us with in ear shot. But when working in a center I would all for assistance from the director, my last center had phones that would call the directors office and front desk.

Brett Turner

6/11/2015 04:35:34 am

There are always two staff workers on site at any particular time, but if this situation arose, I would call upon the secretary that works in her office right next door to where our program is.

Kaitlyn

6/12/2015 11:46:36 am

We have two teachers in each class at all times just for this reason. If this were not the case, I would probley use the class phone to call the office for help before taking the child to the bathroom

Jessica Enebo

6/13/2015 04:06:23 am

For this reason, we always have two or more staff available to help out.

cindy

6/13/2015 09:50:14 am

If I am the only staff, i would immediately contact the on call staff to come and help out either by watching the rest of children or take the student to the nurse. However, usually, we have five staff to watch approximately 30-40 children.

Ruth W.

6/21/2015 10:35:34 am

I would immediately call my supervisor and if he's not at the center, I would call the front desk and ask one of the people in the office to come and take the child to the nurse or restroom.

Serena

6/28/2015 02:40:50 pm

Our center uses walkie talkies, so I would immediately use one to ask my supervisor to send someone to watch the kids while I take care of the sick child.

Mallery Luke

7/6/2015 01:50:25 pm

In my program, each staff member has a walkie talkie. In the case of an emergency, if a child is ill, or if a child simply needs to use the restroom, I use the walkie talkie to get assistance from another staff member!

Kathryn Mills

7/7/2015 08:34:08 am

If I could see another worker while still supervising the other children, I would call them over to either take over or take the sick child to call their parents to come pick them up. Or if need be, take the whole group to find another worker to help deal with the situation.

Jeremy

7/19/2015 01:21:53 pm

Our SAC uses walkie talkies, so I would immediately use one to ask my supervisor to send someone to watch the kids while I take care of the sick child.

Shawna Calvert

7/21/2015 11:32:58 am

We have two staff present at all times. But if this situation did occur, my staff would contact the office for assistance.

yvonnne

7/26/2015 06:13:33 am

we have floaters that are available at all times, so if this kind of situation were to occur, someone would be available to assist with the children while I needed to take of the ill child.

Delia Farrell

7/29/2015 05:18:26 am

We have two teachers in the room at all times but if this does happen I would call the main office to get assistance so that there are always someone with the children.

teraza

7/29/2015 12:01:11 pm

when working in a center I would all for assistance from the director, my last center had phones that would call the directors office and front desk.

Taylor thames

8/2/2015 01:00:45 pm

I would walkie talkie someone of higher status to cr a company my class while i attended to the child.

Victoria A Weaver

8/3/2015 03:22:57 am

We usually have two staff on hand, but if not, I would try to contact the emergency person to come watch this kids for a few minutes.

karlee

8/3/2015 01:41:41 pm

at the center that I work at we have walki talkis to communicate throughout the day so I would ask the assistant director to come assist me.

Saida C.

8/5/2015 02:11:00 pm

If there is ever a staff alone with 15 students another staff would be close by, we always keep a walkie talkie on us or a site phone to contact someone in case of an emergency. In this case I would let the staff know in the front to take care of the sick child. Otherwise I would call the front office to see if she can take the student to the nurses office.

Juliana Davis-Marxer

8/13/2015 05:07:01 am

Are child care site is located at an elementary school so if we only had one staff member on (which never ever happens, we always have at least two) I would call upon the school secretary, nurse or another teacher in the building to help assist me.

Elise

8/22/2015 06:41:58 am

I would call the nurses office and ask them to come to the room and escort the child, or call another employee from the other building (there are usually 3) and ask if they can come assist.

Alicia Dickson

8/26/2015 03:56:28 am

I would contact the person on call immediately, Usually we always have two staff though, and if some reason just one our director is usually in her office so she will be available to help.

Elena

8/27/2015 02:29:52 pm

Call up a back up person to stay with the other 14 children while you take the other child to the nurse. Typically we have at least 2 staff in the room and another close by if we need extra help.

Mandy Taylor

8/31/2015 02:09:24 am

We never have only one person . If some one is sick I would ask for either have someone take over to remove child or have other staff take child away from others

kiera moore link

9/2/2015 12:55:19 pm

I would call for another staff member to watch the children in the room while i go and help the child that is sick.

Madison

9/5/2015 09:12:41 pm

If a student became violently ill in my class, I would call another staff member to watch over my classroom as I assist them. This would mean, teachers, cite mangers, and school secretaries or school nurses.

maricella link

9/7/2015 08:54:16 pm

If this were to happened I would use my walky talky to call for assistants. There's always 2 staff members on sight

Brooke P.

9/8/2015 11:39:26 am

I work at a private elementary school daycare, and we always have two teachers in every room for situations just like these. But if I was the only teacher, i would call our front office and ask for someone to come down to help me. There is always other staff members on campus.

Zachary Scott

9/14/2015 12:31:45 pm

If that happened to me and I was the only teacher I would either call for the one of the teachers in the next room or for the director, who's office is only just across the hall from my room, to come and take care of the child and take them where they need to go. Or I can radio for another teacher, we have a radio system.

Leah L'Rae Wonders

9/15/2015 09:14:06 pm

Usually I have another staff with me but in this instance I would phone the front office and tell them that I need some assistance or an escort to take that child to the restroom or nurses office that way I will still be supervising and in ratio.

Michael Eng

9/21/2015 02:51:25 pm

We always have two staff members on site and they have access to the emergency backpack with parent contact information, so staff members can contact parents right away.

Olivia Margoshes

9/27/2015 09:20:50 am

My program is an elementary school, so there is a head teacher and TA in each classroom. The other two classrooms are well under ratio (two teachers to ten and eleven students) so if I had to take a sick student out of the room I would call for the TA from another classroom to come relieve me momentarily. If they were unavailable for whatever reason, I would call the main office and have an available employee come immediately.

Emily

9/28/2015 10:34:45 am

We always have two staff on site, but the main office is available by phone at any time, so if the need truly arose for another staff to come help, we could call the main office for back up.

Robert Lee

9/28/2015 05:56:21 pm

We always have two staff for this reason. However, if this should ever arise, I would take all the kids to the nurse.

Dillon Kramer

10/1/2015 07:04:10 pm

I would take all 15 children with me to the nurses office. And have them sing or count while I go into the office with the nurse and the sick child

Andre Graham

10/2/2015 09:59:26 am

If for some reason I am the only staff with a group of children and one gets sick I would page or call another staff who is not alone with a group to stay in the room with my other children while I attend to the sick child.

Ashleigh

10/4/2015 09:06:00 pm

We always have two staff on hand.

Katie Cook

10/6/2015 03:03:06 pm

at my site we have 2 assistant teachers and two lead teachers. We have two walkie talkies that we use. One lead and one assistant teacher with a group of kids and the other two with the other kids. So in this situation, i would call the office/ nurse if he or she could come pick up the child.

Claudia Martinez

10/8/2015 12:03:33 am

We Always have 2 other staff members besides myself but if for some reason they were in the kitchen, bathroom etc...I would blow my whistle 3X . That means we have an emergency. When the whistle is blown 3x the kids go to the nearest adult and line up. in this case they would come to me and the staff would hear the whistle and also join. I would explain what was going on and have the kids sit until the other person showed up. we have a few emergency plans but this seems to work for our group. i would then walk the child to the nurses office and contact parent or guardian .

Sherry

10/13/2015 10:29:28 am

We have 2 people in the room. The assistant teacher can take the child to the nurse.

Robyn

10/24/2015 07:55:50 pm

I would make sure that one of the other aides covered for me! Our center has more than the required ratio of Caregivers to Students.

Maria Loredo

10/25/2015 08:08:25 pm

The program i work for always has two teachers in each classroom to avoid something like this. Also we carry radios on us at all times in case of an emergency and one of us is out to the bathroom away from the classroom.

Meghan

10/27/2015 10:38:31 am

If they need to go to nurse, you can call the nurse and ask they come pick-up the child from you. If needing to go to restroom - take all 15 with you! Big bathroom trip! Luckily our program is required to have 2 staff at all times no matter the number which avoids this conflict.

Amanda

10/29/2015 08:41:01 pm

I work at a before and after school program, so majority of the time, we are the only people on the campus. Whenever a child gets sick, we always call the parents to let them know that their child is sick and where they are sick. Thankfully, we always have two teachers on staff in case of some emergency.

Rachel Berry

11/1/2015 04:32:29 pm

I would first find a safe and comfortable place away from the other students but still within sight to put the sick child. Then I would call for the back up teacher to either stay with the other children or take the sick child themselves.

maranda morton

11/2/2015 02:55:08 pm

In this case i would call for back up, but if the child absolutly couldn't wait i would have all the children line up and we would all go to the restroom area

Benjamin

11/17/2015 07:37:19 pm

If it was at all possible to get another adult to go with the student, or to get the nurse to come to him, that would be preferable. If absolutely no one is available, the entire class would have no choice but to come with us as we went together.

Amanda Phillips

11/19/2015 12:17:27 pm

At my center, when I am in a room alone with the kids, which for me would be a one to seven ratio, I would call down the hallway at the front office staff, or I would call on the phone to the front for help.

Samantha

11/21/2015 07:10:38 pm

Our program uses walkie-talkies so that teachers are able to be in constant communication. I would request assistance from another teacher or one of the program directors to take the child or watch over the group.

Deana

11/27/2015 10:18:24 pm

I would use the room phone and call the office administrator to come get the child and assist them right away. If I couldn't get anyone to answer, I'd ask the kids to line up and we'd all walk to the office together! But that's only if my phone wasn't working or something. :)

Lorena Martinez Soto

11/28/2015 06:41:14 pm

In our site we are require to have 2 teachers at all time. but if that was the case I would use the phone in our room to call the office to get some immediate help.

Dylan

11/29/2015 07:47:50 pm

I usually have another staff with me but, if this ever happened I would call the front office and ask for some assistance.

Kayla

11/30/2015 01:17:12 pm

We have 2 people on staff in each class room at all times to avoid situations such as this, we also use walkie talkies so i would call another adult over, but if i was in a pinch I would;
Send the child with 2 other children older and very responsible to walk her to the office and drop her off and walk right back.

McKenzie Conner

12/2/2015 11:19:10 am

It is important to have more than one staff member working at a care facility for situations like this. Using walkie talkies among staff members in different rooms is a good way to keep in touch in case you need assistance.

Kiara McCallum

12/6/2015 03:26:18 pm

There are usually two staff members in a classroom of fifteen or more kids. If a child needs a staff members assistance and needs to leave the room, i would communicate with the other staff member and then speak with the other staff members and let them know that i need to leave the room and if i could receive a sub for the moment so we are not out of ratio in the classroom. Our program communicates with walkies talkies.

Breaunah Jacobs

12/6/2015 06:50:56 pm

Typically we have at least two staff per group of 15+ children but in the event there was only one we could communicate with the walkie talkies our program provides for us. This makes it easy for us to relay minor messages to each other or in cases where we need immediate back up, someone can come right away once you call for them without ever having to leave your classroom.

Mary Squiers

12/8/2015 10:28:48 am

Our program has walkie talkies, so I would just ask for another teacher, supervisor, etc to come take the student.

Dassah Ortiz

12/8/2015 09:16:38 pm

The directors office is in the same room as our open area where the kids play so if something where to ever occur she's always there.

Patricia

12/8/2015 09:22:21 pm

We have intercoms to call for assistant from the director or another teacher if we need anything.

Rachel Davenport

12/12/2015 03:39:35 pm

I would use the radio to call for someone to come help me.

Audrey Heeren

12/14/2015 09:09:13 am

1. Call the office (it is right across the hall)
2. Call the parents if warranted
3. Fillmout an illness report

Anamaria Varela

12/16/2015 01:17:45 am

that has never happen cause our program always has 2 or more people working at the site but if indeed it happens we have a form that we fill out before we contact the parent to come pick up there child.

Estefania

12/18/2015 02:12:19 am

Call for assistance. Tell the office or call parents

Emely

12/18/2015 02:18:18 am

We usually always habe 3 staff because we have over 40 kids, but in this case I woud probably ask someone in the office to watch over while i take the kid to bathroom. If not we can all go in a line and wait for the child outside the bathroom.

Stacy

12/22/2015 01:33:06 pm

Ask for assistance. Call parents

Gisella Santiago-Gronka

12/23/2015 01:10:09 pm

We typically have 2-3 staff in each room for this situation but if I were alone, I'd use the classroom phone to contact the front office for assistance.

Amber Fitzgerald

12/28/2015 04:13:51 pm

We always have two staff available so we don't have these situations, but if it did happen I would call the director.

Desiree Price

12/28/2015 06:08:27 pm

Our center has intercoms on a wall in each room in case of situations like this. You press the button to call the office, tell them of the situation, and another person will be sent down to help with the situation, or to take the ill child out of the room to help them, contact parents, get cleaning supplies in case there was an accident (vomit, etc.), etc.

Rebecca Pedersen

12/29/2015 07:48:26 pm

I would call for the other staff on premises to help me, if that wasn't available I would call my director who is always on call to come in case of emergencies. Depending on the sickness of a child I would call their parent to pick up their child to minimize infection to other children.

Katrina

12/30/2015 07:40:33 pm

I would use my program's walkie-talkie system to call to another teacher or my supervisor for assistance.

Cecilia

12/31/2015 04:36:09 pm

Our program uses walkie talkies for just this reason. I would move over to attend to the child, so that they know they are safe, but I would also call on my walkie talkie for assistance from another adult as soon as possible. Then either myself or my coworker can attend to the sick child. Often we move the child toward the door where we know the other adult is coming from; if we can see the adult in the hallway and the child is well enough to move, we can send them toward the other adult watching both them and the other children in the room until the child connects with the approaching staff member, communicating via walkie talkie throughout. In the interem, I would also clean up the child as best as possible and begin the sanitation process of necessary areas.

Laura

1/1/2016 07:28:45 pm

Our school has a walkie talkie system. I would contact another teacher, supervisor or administrator to help.

James over

1/2/2016 02:37:57 pm

We have walkie talkies in my program, so I would be encouraged/required to ask my manger for help temporarily. Ratio is heavily stressed and executed flawless almost seamlessly.

Andrea

1/3/2016 09:58:27 pm

at my job we have walkies talkies and in a situation like that i would communicate myself with another staff member whom is available to help in this case.

shelby kesterke

1/7/2016 01:57:00 pm

In this situation I would call down to the front desk and ask for assistance. If no one answers I would then ask the student who is sick and another student from the class to help that student walk down to the nurses office so they are not walking down there by themselves. I would not walk the student down to the nurses office because then I would be out of ratio.

Justyna Galaz

1/15/2016 12:52:47 pm

I would contact the staff that is just on-call although, I don't really know any learning centers with just one staff.

rebecca arnold

1/20/2016 12:56:51 pm

I would call the office for help if by self. but we always have two staff members at the center. one would help with child one would be with other children.

DAvid

1/20/2016 01:37:54 pm

Well id hope this situation wouldnt happen because we'd have two people on site. if it did though i would use the site phone to call an office member to assist me

anitha

1/20/2016 10:33:54 pm

At my center,we have two staff present at all times but if this situation happens we would call to the nurses office and contact the child's parent or guardian.

Micaela Carroll

1/21/2016 04:36:27 pm

I would use the phone to call my supervisor and have her come in so that I could either go call the nurse, or contact the child's parent or guardian.

jennifer massengale

1/24/2016 01:56:22 pm

there are always two of us present but if the situation arose I would call the nurse or school staff.

Sybil

1/26/2016 12:39:17 pm

If I am the only staff on hand I would call the school office next door for assistance. In our facility this is never the case, so I would call the director over to take care of the needs of the sick child. If need-be and possible, I would also call the parent of the child.

Annika

1/28/2016 11:43:51 am

You have 15 students in your care and one student suddenly gets sick. You are the only teacher in the room. You need to help the student to the restroom or nurse's office. What do you do?

Worst case scenario we take a 'field trip' and we all walk over, best thing to do is call in reinforcements be it another teacher, a supervisor, a parent or a sub.

James Negron

1/29/2016 07:27:37 am

We usually have two staff in the room but if I was alone with 15 kids I would use the walkie talkies that we have to communicate that I needed help and wait till another staff came to help.

Gabriel A

1/29/2016 12:26:13 pm

At our site we have 2 staff working at all times. In the case where i was the only one I would try & get help from an immediate supervisor like the principal or a teacher nearby. If that is not avalible I would quickly walk the child to the bathroom then go back to the children & use the site phone to call the office for help.

Carly

1/31/2016 12:20:28 pm

Since I could not leave the 14 other children alone, I would use our classroom phone to call in another staff member or hopefully another adult in the building who could help me assist the sick child.

cynthia smith

1/31/2016 03:41:19 pm

Being I would be the only one with 14 healthy children, I would use the classroom phone to call in a teacher from a neighboring classroom to help me assist with the sick child

Molly B

1/31/2016 09:05:26 pm

We always have 2 people on site for this very reason. just in case.

Alissa Wallace

2/8/2016 01:17:31 pm

In our program, we always have two staff on site for this very reason. However, if I ran into this situation - I would use the inter-district phone system and call for additional staff into my room.

Holly

2/8/2016 08:50:25 pm

We have at least one staff member for each 10 children from 3 to 5 years old. If there is an issue, we would use the intercom to communicate with someone from the main office or we would use an aid from the neighboring classroom to support the teacher in an unexpected emergency.

Sarah Still

2/13/2016 12:06:37 pm

We are required to have two staff members on site at all times just in case anyways. If the other staff member could not help for some reason I would call the office and have them help out while I helped the child.

Michael Chapman

2/14/2016 09:16:44 am

We would call the nurse on our phone for her to come down to our classroom and take the kid up to her office would send down their TA to come get them.

Kay

2/16/2016 12:28:24 pm

We always have at least 2 staff people available at all times, so I wouldn't encounter this situation alone. However, if I was the only person, I would grab a garbage can and call the office immediately!

Brandi

2/18/2016 03:16:41 pm

We always have two staff in the room.

Rachel

2/19/2016 01:01:55 pm

You always have two staff.

Andrea Myers

2/19/2016 01:34:13 pm

We always have two or more staff members presented. If I were by myself in the situation mentioned above I would radio to the director or another staff member to come over and either stay with my kids or take my injured kid to the nurse or bathroom

Katharina Gees

2/24/2016 11:08:00 am

I would use my cellphone in order to call the front office or health room to send a supervisor to pick up the child and take it to the restroom or health room. I always keep a cellphone on me (that is charged) in order to be able to call parents or other staff as necessary.

Kammi

2/28/2016 11:07:31 am

We have a phone/intercom system between all of our classrooms. If that weren't the case, our classroom's are set up in such a way that I could ask the teacher next door to send the message to the office (think the telephone game).

Henry Moen

2/28/2016 07:18:52 pm

So the best thing to do here would be to contact your backup to come and take the child. If they're busy too you could organize it so that all the kids come with you too.

Marc

2/28/2016 09:49:09 pm

There is always at least two staff on site if anything happens, program supervisor and director is contacted.

Nohelani Quigtar

2/28/2016 11:44:14 pm

Any time we have over 12 students, there are always at least two staff. If I was the only one in the room, I would call my supervisor or another staff member to the other room to either watch the other children or take the child that is ill and help them.

Morgan

2/29/2016 11:37:15 am

our center uses walkie talkies and i would radio for another teacher to come either walk the sick child to the nursing station and help them or i would have then watch over the room while i walk the child.

Andrew

3/7/2016 11:22:00 am

I would use the phone or intercom to contact someone nearby. If they were unable to respond promptly I would see about a teacher in a adjacent classroom - that way I could remain just outside of the classroom while checking. If the sickness were serious enough, requiring prompt attention, I would administer that attention and maybe have the class line up quietly outside the restroom or nurse's office, in order to supervise both at once or easily go back and forth. Yell for help, too.

mariah

3/8/2016 11:07:03 pm

If another staff is available, I would have them come take over for me or have them take the child. If another staff is not available, I would take all the children to the gym and let the sick child walk to the bathroom or to the nurse's office (both are in my site from the gym).

Nicole Littleton

3/13/2016 04:43:58 am

At my center, we have an intercom we can use. Over the intercom, I would ask for another teacher to come down and help me out.

Sara McColloch

3/14/2016 10:57:42 am

We always have two staff present, but with this circumstance we would have to call our supervisor to come help and assist.

Tabitha

3/15/2016 02:43:33 pm

You should have two or more staff members on site.

Katie

3/15/2016 06:46:54 pm

If a staff from a different activity was available, I would ask them to either step in for me while I assisted the child or take the sick child to where they needed to go. If another staff was not available I would take all of the children with me and have them play in an open area where I could monitor them but still help the sick child.

Audrey MEZIL

3/19/2016 09:58:32 am

We have a teacher in each class and an assistant who share her time between our two classes. So if the assistant is not in my classroom, I will call the other teacher in order she send me the assistant.
And then, I will ask the assistant to go and take care of the child who is sick.

Brianna Kanyid

3/19/2016 07:19:49 pm

1. I would call my supervisor and state that I need help and hopefully a backup person could be sent.
2. If no backup person is available, I would have all the rest of the students line up and I would take them with me.

Nathan Johnson

3/21/2016 12:21:36 pm

call my director who can come assist me while I take care of the sick child

Melissa

3/21/2016 08:01:16 pm

I would make sure another staff person was in easy contact and I would contact a supervisor or staff person to come assist me while I helped the childl

Brittany Nielsen

3/22/2016 09:47:33 pm

Immediately call the front office and have them send the first available person to my classroom before escorting the student either to the bathroom or to the nurse's office.

Jaclyn Tabone

3/24/2016 06:03:37 pm

Call someone on the phone to get the nurse and have them escort the child to the nurses office.

Mischelle Johnson

3/27/2016 07:28:13 pm

1) I would call my director to come on site to take care of the second person site with the kids.
2) If the site called for it, I would call for a teacher in another classroom- or have the students line up in the room nearby so I could keep an eye on them while handling the issue

Aimee

3/29/2016 12:28:57 pm

We always have at least two people working. If we are in separate areas then we all have walkie talkies. I would either use the walkie talkie to get one of the other people to came help or I might use the intercom to call the school nurse to come and get the child.

Linda Mae Kristofik

3/29/2016 08:10:52 pm

In the Head Start I volunteer there is always at least 2 if not 3 staff present in the classroom and usually one in the office on site. The same is also shared - divided by a wall - with another Head Start so there is always someone around to call on. There is a phone in the office to call to the main school office, on the outside chance no one else is around

Natalie Rapp

4/4/2016 02:29:35 pm

If I was the only teacher and had a student needing to go to the nurse, I would either call up the nurse to come get the child, or call for assistance from the director to watch over my class or take the student.

Stephanie L

4/5/2016 12:16:32 pm

Call the reserve staff person (who should be no more than 5 minutes away). Then call the nurses office to have the nurse come to the child. Try to keep the child calm until either the backup staff person or nurse arrives.

RAFFAELA GENZALE

4/6/2016 10:53:54 pm

Contact the reserve staff person and call the nurses office tor the front office to come to you to get the child

Katrina Tarpy

4/14/2016 08:37:33 am

We have a co-teacher next door so during the school day there is no concern. Whenever we go to the playground alone we must have our cell phones to call the front office for assistance, if necessary.

Jeannette Williams

4/14/2016 11:17:28 am

I work at an In home daycare and there are always two of us with in ear shot. but i know i would have to work

Nayelika link

4/14/2016 04:19:16 pm

gabrielle

4/26/2016 03:18:23 pm

I would immediately call an available staff member to come and supervise the rest of the children.

Dexter Allenlee Registe

4/26/2016 04:06:48 pm

Call down to the main office for another staff to come help with the problem. At our Club we have many staff around that is always welling to help.

Drew

5/3/2016 02:12:08 pm

We always have 2 members in each classroom to prevent this but if this were to happen, I would use a walkie talkie or my cell phone to contact my supervisor or anybody else on site to come watch the rest of the kids while I deal with the sick one.

Kari

5/6/2016 01:21:03 pm

Hopefully another staff is on site. If not, I would call them for assistance (or director) because they should only be five minutes away. Another option is to send a few students to take the ill one to restroom or nurse. Then I can take care of calling parents and next steps for cleaning.

Emily DuBois

5/6/2016 01:42:49 pm

The only time the teachers would be in separate areas is if one teacher took a group of children outside. If this happens we ALWAYS have walkie talkies in case of an emergency or incase a parent has showed up to pick up their child. So if this were to happen I would separate the child from the group and walkie in one of my coworkers to come oversee.

Kristina

5/10/2016 10:54:15 am

You should always have two people on site.

Daniel Allen

5/11/2016 04:36:05 pm

I would call the secondary emergency staff person to come in our if no staff is available I would ask a school office assistant to help

Myell Mergaert

5/21/2016 08:23:18 pm

I would call the nurse down to me to help deal with the sick student.

Christopher Williams

5/31/2016 08:17:09 pm

I would radio another teacher and they would come swap me out for the time being.

Katheryn Leyde

6/3/2016 09:42:52 am

I would call another staff member to come into work.

Maddi

6/7/2016 04:50:14 pm

For this reason, there is at least 2 staff members present. However, if the situation were to occur I would immediately call in another staff member or my supervisor to assist.

Christina Huskey

6/10/2016 02:48:47 pm

i would first make sure that there was a way to communicate with another teacher or someone that could help. if there is no form of communication I would have an older student go get help from a person a that they new that could come help out.

Leticia Gutierrez

6/13/2016 10:09:57 pm

there are always two of us present but if the situation arose I would call the parents

Sashia Ramirez-Trujillo

6/14/2016 09:11:40 am

in our program we always need to keep a phone with us, so I will call for assistance or call the parents.

Katie

6/16/2016 12:27:16 am

With 15 children in my care, if one gets sick I need to call into a different room for help or use a phone to ask for assistance.

manroop buttar

6/18/2016 11:33:03 am

I would call our director for assistance if no teacher is available to help.

Mia Naficy

6/23/2016 04:30:11 am

We always have two or even three teachers in each classroom. In an incident where I was alone with 15, I would call another teacher somewhere on site. In an emergency situation where no one was available to help, I would leave a note by the door and take all 15 students with me to the nurse's office.

Manolita

6/25/2016 04:19:37 pm

Each classroom has an intercom that is used to call out help from the front desk person or attending staff. I will ask the staff to assist the child in need while I take care of the rest of the class.

Kimme

7/5/2016 01:06:17 pm

If this happened, I would walkie talkie out for help and share with the people on the Walkie that we will be walking down to the nurses office and to come and grab the other 14 kids with me so that way we can all go together and they can go back reasonably fast and the sick child can get to the care that they need if it is serious. If it is not so serious i would radio for someone to take the 1 kid to the nurses office and wait for the response.

OLivia Castillo

7/5/2016 10:25:01 pm

I would use the cell phone the staff have on hand and call another staff to either help the child in need or watch the other 14 kids while i help the child in need

Emily Enright

7/12/2016 11:45:32 pm

I would never leave the children alone. I would use my phone to call the office/director to have someone qualified to come help look after the children while I had to do whatever task outside of the classroom.

Jeremy Tagliaferre

7/17/2016 04:29:23 pm

I would call my director on the phone in my classroom and he would come up from his office which is at the bottom of one flight of stairs. He could watch my class or walk the student to the nurse.

venise

7/20/2016 05:17:39 am

Follow rapid response emergency plan or call/radio your near-by back up staff.

Judith Regalado

7/28/2016 11:29:27 am

We always have 2 or more adults on staff for this reason. However, in this situation, I would call the supervisor immediately and the on call staff. Then I would as the music teacher down at the end of the cafeteria (we use the cafeteria for our program) and ask her to watch the kids as I take the child that is not feeling good to the nurses office.

Carly Froneberger

7/31/2016 08:58:36 pm

If this situation happened to me I would call the director or office so they can escort the child to the nurses office.

Edith Stillwell

8/1/2016 08:38:14 am

We have 2 or more teachers in out room and classroom bathrooms, but for the times that it is only 1 teacher, I would use the class phone to call the office for someone to come to my room to assist.

Anne Pyle

8/24/2016 07:06:04 pm

In my childcare program we are never alone with the children. Although we may be alone with a group of 3+ students, there is always at least 2 staff on site. I would call the other staff to come take over my group and have a group of 4 students walk down to the nurses office. If I was all by myself for whatever reason, I would call the school office and/or call the parents depending on the situation.

Heidi Roberts

8/25/2016 10:58:06 am

We always have two teachers in each classroom

Margaret

8/30/2016 08:52:24 am

I would try to avoid this situation in the first place making sure that there is another adult BEFORE anyone gets sick, protecting myself and the kids I am working with. But in the case that it happened I would call for help with the phone in the room, walkie talkie or my cell phone. If I could not get a person I would have the group line up and we would all walk down to the nurses office/bathroom where hopefully there is a nurse and the supplies I need or to a bigger room with a phone and binder with emergency contacts to call their parents.

Miesha

8/30/2016 09:59:23 am

Having two teachers in the room could eliminate this problem. but if this did happen i use my phone to call another teacher to come help me so that i could take care of the sick child.

Alexander

8/30/2016 01:57:31 pm

Our facility has floaters for this exact reason, so that we can cover caring for any class while the primary caregiver is busy,

Angela Brun

8/31/2016 02:32:33 pm

We always have two teachers on hand. This situation would never happen. We are also in communication with other connected centers if an emergency were to happen.

Katarina Allen

9/4/2016 06:28:22 pm

That shouldn't happen as there should always be 2 people on site and if there is only 15 kids the other staff member should be able to take the child to the nurses office if need be. Hence why we are required to have 2 staff on site. If there were 30 children and each staff had 15 then you will have to transition the other children with you to the nurses station until another staff or nurse takes the sick child.

Katarina Allen

9/4/2016 06:29:56 pm

Kate Taylor

9/5/2016 11:13:36 am

We have two staff at all times. If this isn't the case then I'd call the office to get someone there to help me out.

Konstantin Yatsuk

9/10/2016 01:39:51 pm

In our program we always have at least 3 other people in the building with the children. But if that were not the case I would call the program director and call other staff members to come and help while I tended to the child in the same room, but moved off to the side from the other children. If it is a bathroom emergency, I ask an older student to accompany them to the bathroom since the bathroom is within sight of the room in which the rest of the children are located.

Mani Hooyman

9/11/2016 11:13:47 pm

1. Hopefully there is two teachers in the room at all times, if not then we have a walkie talkie to communicate between classrooms, if no one is available to cover my class then take the whole class up to drop off student.

Alissa Gutierrez

9/14/2016 11:31:24 am

I work in a latchkey program, so I would call the school's nurse and see if he/she can come and assist. If not, I would have the child sit aside and I would call their parent. No leaving children alone, ever!

Maleeha Choudhry

9/22/2016 12:54:56 am

we always have two teachers on site and 2 emergency backpacks which are present at all times

Chloe Dziok

9/24/2016 01:59:23 pm

The staff at our program are usually always within earshot of each other. So, if I needed to take care of a sick child, I would have one of the other staff members come in to watch the kids.
If, for some reason, the other staff members were not within calling distance, we can use our cellphones, which we are required to have on us at all times.

McCanna

9/24/2016 03:20:11 pm

In my program we have two or more people at all time. If the problem arose i would line up all the children and we would go to the bathroom or nurse. If the child was hurt of very ill, i would call to have the school nurse come to where we are if possibly. I would also call parents and my supervisor.

Sarah

9/26/2016 10:20:07 am

At my site we always have two adults. But if for some reason this was not the case, I would quickly line up all the kids and we would all have to go together.

Britt

9/29/2016 08:21:22 pm

At my site we always have two staff, and in an emergency, I would take everyone with me.

Yarely Espinoza

9/30/2016 02:06:11 pm

I would immediately call a second staff member in. Also call a parent to let them know what is going on and maybe they would like to pick up their child. Attend to the child and then as soon as my other star gets there take them to the nurses office

Krystal Hwang

10/2/2016 02:00:01 am

I would immediately call a supervisor or backup staff so I wont have to leave the other children's behind. Try to help the sick child as possible until help comes. Last is call emergency contact or a parents that the kid needs to be picked up.

Kate Sheldon

10/3/2016 11:46:32 am

I would call the main office or the nurse them self for assistance.

Lexi

10/4/2016 12:12:30 pm

You would need a second staff.

kylee

10/10/2016 08:48:12 pm

your only option would be to take all students with you

Kristopher McLendon

10/11/2016 01:12:06 pm

I would call my boss or someone in the office to assist with taking the child to the nurse.
We have two people on staff to avoid this situation.

Kiana Wastradowski

10/16/2016 11:36:03 pm

I would wait for my co-worker to come back or take all the students with me.

Alicia

10/17/2016 02:00:21 pm

In my program, two staff are always required to be on site. I would call the second staff to either take over the group or be the one to walk the sick child to the office.

diana

10/17/2016 08:42:17 pm

we are never left alone with children there is alwasyat least 2 of us there

Lacie

10/20/2016 03:47:48 pm

We always have multiple staff for this reason exactly! Or that other staff is a phone call away!

Jocelyn Ramirez

10/25/2016 11:37:04 pm

I call a coworker right away to either assist the sick child or to take over the class while I take the sick child to the nurse's office. I will not leave the place unattended. While I wait for the person to pick up and get to my area, I will have the child sit somewhere a little far from the other children.

Aliyah Martin

10/26/2016 05:59:13 pm

Calling for assistance is really the best thing that you can do to make sure that the child that is ill receives the care that they need. Also to make sure that you are staying with in proper protocol of the staff-child ratio to ensure the safety of every other child.

nicole wilson

11/3/2016 07:34:16 pm

we normally have 3 staff at all times at our site , but if the unlikely happened and i was alone then i would use the phone to call the office or see if their was another teacher or adult present who could step in and help out for a few minutes

Amber

11/16/2016 11:01:29 am

We are required to have at least 2 staff present at all times at our program. If we are in different rooms, we are at least within earshot.
We also have walkie talkies if someone is outside. If none of these are possible, I would use our phone to call the school nurse, or take all of the children with me.

Sarah Garcia

11/20/2016 01:38:55 pm

There are always 2 other teachers in our site for this reason. If that wasn't the case, we are always able to call our director to find an available person to come and help. If I were the only one, and no one was available or it was something that needed to be done immediately, I would shut down the activities, line the children up, and take them all to the nurses office so I can still be supervising all of them.

Laura Murillo

11/29/2016 10:29:37 pm

I would make a call to the front desk and try to get a hold of staff, if no phone was available I would call out (voice) for help to get nearest staff available, if none of these approaches work I would follow system for rapid emergency response.

Jennifer Hargrove

12/1/2016 10:24:07 pm

I would call to my lead teacher, inform then of the situation. The parents would be called and the lead teacher would isolate the child.

Esperanza Lira

12/3/2016 01:54:47 pm

Well first, there should be at least two staff on site. So I would call the second staff and follow an emergency plan to help the sick child when the second staff arrives. We should be within ratio when the other staff arrives for me to leave the room to assist the sick child.

Juan Flores

12/4/2016 05:33:36 pm

We have walkies in our facility and I would ask for assistance.

Marisol Diaz

12/9/2016 01:33:20 pm

we have 2 staff at all time but if i were the only one i would wokie another staff to come help out.

Karla Palomino

12/20/2016 11:45:24 am

We have at least two staff on site at all time, but if this were a situation I would call a designated back-up person to come help. In the meantime I would line up all the kids and have them walk with me to the nurses, that way they are still under supervision.

Nakayla

12/30/2016 09:04:27 pm

If there is no way to contact the other staff you would have to bring the other children with you

Jessica pattison

1/6/2017 07:13:33 pm

Usually have 2 staff at all times but if this did occur I would have to call the parents immidiatly. If need be I would have to line all students up to come with me to nurses or restroom.

Thomas

1/15/2017 11:48:45 am

We always have two staff at least on site, for situations like this. However, if I were the only staff, I would contact the front desk and ask for the nurse to meet us in our current location.

nishat Iqbal

1/16/2017 03:01:46 pm

If the situation occurs I would call my Director. or next door teacher and ask for help.

Barbara Edrington

1/16/2017 03:02:34 pm

We always have 3 teachers on site but in this case i would either call my director or the parent to come pick up the child depending on the situation of the child!

Rachel Simmons

1/22/2017 09:13:04 pm

We always usually have at least 2 staff members on site, but if for some reason I was the only site teacher I would have all of the students line up and come with me to take the child to the nurse. No children can be left by themselves. I would also call the parent as well and let them know whats going on.

Leslie

1/31/2017 12:25:41 am

Another staff member should be within earshot and on the premises along with you in case of emergencies such as this one. We also use walkie talkies, so that all staff carrying one will know where or what is happening to a colleague in their classroom.

Kaile

2/9/2017 08:48:51 pm

We always have 2 staff on sight I would send one kid to the other staff to tell them that their friend is walking them to the nurse while I stand in the hall to watch because I can see the other kids

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