Self-Assessment: Health, Safety, and Nutrition

Be concise in answering the statements/questions in each box. The NAEYC criteria for National Accreditation is the basis of this
self-assessment to demonstrate alignment with the Standards and to familiarize students with this national accreditation process.
Describe how you supervise children adequately—by positioning self to see as many children as
possible, how you are aware of children’s location always, how you monitor by sound when
children may be out of visual range (as when using the toilet, etc.).
One way to do it is to always be aware of a child’s needs and if the child is allergic to anything.
Always making sure that you see the child at all times and if you don’t you can hear them.
When supervising children you should always be aware of children’s needs and
Describe the child tracking procedures you use when moving from one location to another (as
in when going from classroom to outdoor play area).
The child tracking procedure means when leaving the class room you have a head count
and you put the children in a line to walk in while going to a different room.
Describe your use of proper hand-washing procedures—list the times when you wash your
own hands and when you assist children in washing their hands.
Teacher
1. When you first get to the center, classroom
2. After every diaper change
3. Before meals
4. After meals
Children
1. Before and after meals
2. After outside
3. After art class
Describe a schedule for cleaning and sanitizing and what it means to use universal precautions
— including cleaning and sanitizing of surfaces, use of gloves and barriers to minimize contact
with body fluids, cleaning spills as they occur, cleaning and sanitizing toys that have been
mouthed or exposed to body fluids.
1. Before a meal
2. After a meal
3. After art
4.after having a sick child in the room
Describe your process for being aware of children’s special health care needs, nutrition needs or
allergies, etc. Do you conduct daily health checks as children arrive? If yes, what do you look
for? If no, why not?
Yes every day that they arrive they should have a daily health check done. We look for
bruises any signs of sickness or abuse.
Describe the process for administering medication or applying sunscreen or other products.
What do you do to follow licensing requirements for administering and logging?
You have to make sure that they have the absolute right amount of medication for the child
and you have to make sure you write it down in the log the time you gave it and how much.
You make sure that you give the child the medicine at the correct time the doctor specified
and that you log it.
Give some examples of how you use care routines such as toileting, meal and nap routines as
opportunities to build relationships, language, concepts (food classification, nutrition, healthy
living, manners, etc.) and to build child’s self-awareness, social interaction and self-help
skills.
When putting the child down for a nap you can look into their eyes and comfort them and
that helps build their relationship with you.
Describe what you do during meal/snack times. Do you sit with children and promote
children’s feeding skills and social interactions? If yes, how do you? If no, why not?
Yes you do by allowing the children to talk and make sure that they are being feed the
right way and everything is good.
Describe what you do to handle and serve food using proper safety precautions and sanitary
techniques.
When serving food you should wash your hands first and then put on gloves and make
sure that the table the children are eating on is sanitized and cleaned. Also have the
children wash their hands.
Describe the clean-up routine—how do you encourage children to participate in daily clean up
and maintenance of the classroom?
You can ask the children to put their plates and utensils in a bin once they are done and to
wash their hands afterwards.
Describe the toileting routine—how do you help children use the toilet following good health
and hygiene practices?
You take the children to the bathroom and assist if needed and always remember to have
the children wash their hands.
Describe the nap time routine—what do you do to follow licensing regulations and meet
children’s need for rest? What do you do if a child does not sleep at nap time?
One child per cots no one can use the same one. They have to be at least 2 feet apart from
the other children on the cots.
If a child does not sleep during play time they can play quietly as long as it doesn’t disturb
the other children from sleeping.