IF-06022020-04   

HSN/2.5

Cost-$25/Person

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This training session is open to Maryland's early childhood professionals. Join Andrew Roszak, Executive Director of the Institute for Childhood Preparedness for a LIVE ZOOM Training Session!

Reopening Your Program After Coronavirus – Operational, Staffing and Legal Considerations

This training session will examine the operational and legal considerations that child care programs should take into account before reopening. Policies and procedures will be examined. This will include classroom setup, ratios, pick up and drop off procedures, procedures for sick children, and staffing considerations. The training will also examine sources of potential legal liability, new requirements under the CARES Act regarding employees and the Family Medical Leave Act, and also considerations to take into account regarding conducting health screenings and testing of employees and children.

Learning Goals and Objectives:

• Identify at least two practices that you can implement today to minimize the risk of spreading the coronavirus.
• Describe ways that pick up and drop off can be modified to reduce the likelihood of coronavirus transmission.
• Identify at least two changes the CARES Act made to existing employment law.
• Describe the procedure and purpose of health screenings.
• Identify at least two legal issues that need consideration before reopening.
• Discuss ways that can be used to maintain social distancing in an early childhood environment.
• Describe how the coronavirus is transmitted.
• Discuss at least two steps you can take prior to reopening to make your program better prepared.

Andrew Roszak, JD, MPA, EMT-Paramedic, serves as the executive director for the Institute for Childhood Preparedness, as Chief of Preparedness, Health and Environment for the Region II Head Start Association and as an adjunct professor in the school of community and environmental health at Old Dominion University. For the past six years, he has been working full time on emergency preparedness, response and recovery issues impacting the early childhood sector – child care and family child care programs, afterschool care, Head Start and Early Head Start. Roszak was formerly the Senior Director of Emergency Preparedness at Child Care Aware of America, Senior Public Health Advisor for the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Emergency Care Coordination Center and Senior Director of Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness and Catastrophic Response at the National Association of County and City Health Officials, where he worked each day to help prepare communities and the healthcare sector for pandemics and disasters. Roszak began his emergency preparedness career as a firefighter, paramedic and is certified as a hazardous materials technician and in hazardous materials operations. Roszak also served as Health Policy Fellow for the United States Senate Budget and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committees during the 110th and 111th Congress. Roszak is admitted to practice law in Illinois, the District of Columbia and before the US Supreme Court.