Penn State Behrend Early Learning Center
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Hours of Operation
- Monday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Tuesday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Wednesday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Thursday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Friday7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| 2026-05-27 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.77(a) - No peeling paint or plaster | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.77(a) Description: No peeling paint or plaster Noncompliance Area: Observed peeling, flaking paint and plaster in the following areas: from a small hole under the whiteboard in the Todd 1 Room. From holes in the wall in the left corner of the Twos 2 Room. Near the sink in the K-Prep Room. On several of the fence caps in the outdoor play spaces. Correction Required: Peeled or damaged paint or damaged plaster is not permitted on indoor or outdoor surfaces in the child care facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The hole under the whiteboard in Tods 1 was plastered and painted, in addition a plastic door stop was added to prevent holes in the future. The peeling paint under the paper towel holder in Tods 1 was scraped and repainted. The two holes in Twos 2 were plastered and painted. In K-Prep the wall was plastered, painted, and a plastic doc-u-pocket was hung to prevent the garbage can from rubbing against the wall in the future. The fences caps in the outdoor play space were scraped and painted. |
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| 2026-05-27 | Allocated Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.95(a)/3270.95(b) - Devices must be compliant/Director or designated staff person ensure compliance | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.95(a)/3270.95(b) Description: Devices must be compliant/Director or designated staff person ensure compliance Noncompliance Area: The fire drill/fire system test log documents one occasion where fire system checks exceeded thirty days between tests: 3/6-4/14. Correction Required: Fire detection devices or systems must be in compliance with standards established under section 1016(c) of the act (62 P.S. § 1016(c)). The Director or designated staff person who is responsible for compliance with this chapter shall ensure the requirements under subsection (a) are met. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) On 4/14/26, a drill was conducted 6 days after the 30 day mark correcting the missed drill while the director was off work. |
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| 2025-11-19 | Renewal | 3270.107 - Refrigerator | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.107 Description: Refrigerator Noncompliance Area: Observed food and drink residue on the bottom shelf and the base of the refrigerator in the Toddler 2 Room. Correction Required: A facility shall have an operable, clean refrigerator used to store potentially hazardous foods. The refrigerator shall be capable of maintaining food at 45° F or below. An operating thermometer shall be placed in the refrigerator. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The fridge was cleaned in the toddler 2 room. |
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| 2025-11-19 | Renewal | 3270.123(a)(3) - Services proceeded | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.123(a)(3) Description: Services proceeded Noncompliance Area: The most recent Child Service Reports in the file for Child #1 exceeded 6 months between reports. Correction Required: The services to be provided to the family and the child, including the Department's approved form to provide information to the family about the child's growth and development in the context of the services being provided. The operator shall complete and update the form and provide a copy to the family in accordance with the updates regarding emergency contact information in § 3270.124(f) (relating to emergency contact information). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The child service report/portfolio child assessment was signed and corrected prior to the inspection. |
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| 2025-11-19 | Renewal | 3270.135(a)(3) - Disposable diapers | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.135(a)(3) Description: Disposable diapers Noncompliance Area: On 11/19/25 at approximately 10:00 AM in the Toddler 1 Room, observed Staff Person #4 lift the lid of the hands-free can, rather than use the foot petal, when disposing a soiled diaper. Correction Required: If disposable diapers are provided by a parent or by a facility, a soiled diaper shall be discarded by immediately placing the diaper into a plastic-lined, hands-free covered can. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The garbage can was moved closer to the changing table for easier reach of the foot pedal. |
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| 2025-11-19 | Renewal | 3270.31(e)(4)(ii) - Fire safety - 1 yr. | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.31(e)(4)(ii) Description: Fire safety - 1 yr. Noncompliance Area: The most recent fire safety trainings in the file for Staff Person #1 exceeded 12 months between trainings. Correction Required: Staff persons shall participate, at least annually, in fire safety training conducted by a fire protection professional. Staff persons and volunteers shall receive training in maintenance of smoke detectors, the duties of facility persons during a fire drill and during a fire and the use of the facility's fire extinguishers, not including discharge of the fire suppressant agent. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The staff person had obtained a fire safety training prior to the inspection. |
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| 2025-11-19 | Renewal | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) Description: Comply with CPSL/CPSL information Noncompliance Area: The most recent State Police and Child Abuse Clearances in the file for Staff Person #1 exceeded 60 months between clearances. The file for Staff Person #3, who permanently resides in South Dakota, did not contain the necessary out of state clearances for South Dakota conducted within the past 60 months. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL. Facility Person #3 may not work in a child care position at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The Staff person #3 is not working at the center while she collects the required out of state clearances. Staff person #1 obtained her state police and child abuse clearances prior to the inspection. |
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| 2025-11-19 | Renewal | 3270.34(a)(6) - Staff evaluations | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.34(a)(6) Description: Staff evaluations Noncompliance Area: The file for Staff Person #2, who has been working at the facility for more than one year, did not include an annual written evaluation (See LIS Code Sheet). Correction Required: A director is responsible for written evaluation of staff persons on a regular basis, a minimum of one evaluation every 12 months. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) An annual written evaluation has been completed for staff person #2. |
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| 2025-11-19 | Renewal | 3270.76 - Building Surfaces | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.76 Description: Building Surfaces Noncompliance Area: Observed dried food and drink particles on the wall between the sink and the refrigerator in the Toddler 2 Room. Observed a ceiling tile discolored from water damage above the Discovery Learning Area in the Twos 2 Room. Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Food was cleaned from the wall and refrigerator in the toddler 2 room and a ceiling tile was replaced in the twos 2 room |
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| 2025-11-19 | Renewal | 3270.77(a) - No peeling paint or plaster | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.77(a) Description: No peeling paint or plaster Noncompliance Area: Observed flaking paint and plaster from holes in a wall, of which a bulletin board had been removed, across from the diaper changing table in the Toddler 1 Room. Correction Required: Peeled or damaged paint or damaged plaster is not permitted on indoor or outdoor surfaces in the child care facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The holes that created flaking paint were covered with tape as we wait for the new bulletin board to be hung. |
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| 2025-05-08 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3270.113(b) - No physical punishment | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(b) Description: No physical punishment Noncompliance Area: Staff Persons #1 and #2 were observed squirting water in the faces of preschool-age children as a form of discipline, resulting in the children's hair being visibly wet and dripping. Correction Required: A facility person may not use any form of physical punishment, including spanking a child. TIERED LIS: 1. The legal entity must create a written discipline policy that includes 3270.113(b). The policy should incorporate the staff responsibilities for mandated reporting of child abuse. The written discipline policy must incorporate into the parent handbook. Each staff must review and sign the policy, and a copy of the policy shall be included in the child and staff handbooks. Documentation of staff signatures will be provided to OCDEL representative upon request. 2. The legal entity shall require all staff at the facility to attend 2 hours in person training regarding appropriated discipline techniques by the ELRC within 2 months of the approval of this plan of correction. Documentation of the completed training will be provided to the OCDEL representative upon request. The training may count towards the mandatory 12 training hours required by the Department. 3. The legal entity shall require all staff at the facility to retake mandated reporting training. Documentation of the completed training will be provided to the OCDEL representative. The training may count towards the mandatory 12 training hours required by the Department. 4. The legal entity shall hold monthly staff meetings for a period of four months following the acceptance of the plan of correction. Each meeting must follow a structured agenda that promotes a supportive environment, reinforces positive guidance strategies, and eliminates the use of inappropriate discipline or punitive practices. The staff meeting agenda will also include a review of citations made by the Dept in the last 6 months. Provider must keep documentation of a dated agenda along with a signed attendance sheet for each monthly meeting. Documentation of each monthly meeting will be made provided to OCDEL representatives upon request. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) 1. 7/17/2025 Staff involved in this incident were terminated on 5/13/25. The Center will print and distribute the Bright Horizons Positive Guidance Policy that contains a statement employees will not use any form of punishment including spanking. All staff will review the Bright Horizons Mandated Reporter Policy and review and sign the Mandated Reporter Acknowledgment form. Employees will review and sign off on both policies on Positive Guidance and Mandated Reporter. The parent handbook known as the Family Guide includes a summary of the Bright Horizons policy on discipline/positive guidance. 2. 9/15/2025 All Center staff will attend a 2 hour in person appropriate discipline training lead by the ELRC within 2 months of completing this plan of correction. 3. 8/30/2025All Center staff will retake the mandated reporter training within 2 months of this plan of correction. 4. 10/31/2025The Center currently holds monthly staff meetings, but for the next 4 months we will include and discuss topics that specifically promotes a supportive environment, reinforces positive guidance strategies that eliminates the use of inappropriate discipline or punitive practices, a review of the citations that have been made in the last 6 months. An attendance sheet will be collected at these meetings. |
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| 2025-04-09 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.113(c) - No ridicule or threaten harm | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(c) Description: No ridicule or threaten harm Noncompliance Area: Based on investigation findings, staff #1 has singled children out for ridicule by saying "Stop it you're too old to act like a baby, you're being ridiculous, you're 4." Correction Required: A facility person may not single out the child for ridicule, threaten harm to the child or the child's family and may not specifically aim to degrade the child or the child's family. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility persons will not single out a child for ridicule, threaten harm to a child or a child's family and may not specifically aim to degrade a child or child's family. |
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| 2025-04-09 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.113(d) - No harsh language | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(d) Description: No harsh language Noncompliance Area: Based on investigation findings, staff #1 has used harsh and demeaning language in the presence of children including calling children spoiled, entitled brats, and telling a child they were acting like a baby. Correction Required: A facility person may not use harsh, demeaning or abusive language in the presence of children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility persons will not use harsh, demanding or abusive language in the presence of children. |
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| 2025-04-09 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.113(e) - Restraints prohibited | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.113(e) Description: Restraints prohibited Noncompliance Area: Based on investigation findings, on 4/01/25 staff #1 restrained child #1. While child #1 was in a seated position on the floor, staff #1 stood above them with their hands on the child's shoulders for approximately 2-3 minutes while saying the child was out of control. Correction Required: A facility person may not restrain a child by using bonds, ties or straps to restrict a child's movement or by enclosing the child in a confined space, closet or locked room. The prohibition against restraining a child does not apply to the use of adaptive equipment prescribed for a child with special needs. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility persons will not restrain a child by using bonds, ties, or straps to restrict a child's movement or by enclosing the child in a confined space, closet, or locked room. |
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| 2025-03-26 | Renewal | 3270.106(f) - 2 feet apart | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.106(f) Description: 2 feet apart Noncompliance Area: Observed less than 2 feet of space on three sides of the cots for three of the children who were napping in the Twos 2 Room. Correction Required: At least 2 feet of space is required on three sides of a bed, cot, crib or other rest equipment while the equipment is in use. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The cots were adjusted to meet the regulation of at least 2 feet on 3 sides of each child's cot. |
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