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Profile of Entire Staff
You may read more about our director, Karen O'Hagan, by clicking on Administration.
West Shore has a low rate of staff turnover for the field of child care. A core group, approximately 60% of the 21 staff members, has been employed at West Shore for five or more years. West Shore is committed to the retention and the advancement of its excellent employees. Our Center offers health insurance to employees who work 30 hours a week or more, as well as vacation and personal time. Our wages are very competitive with other child care centers in the area, while keeping tuition affordable for working parents.
Part of our commitment to quality early childhood education is our enrollment in Step Up to Quality. All staff members working directly with children are required to take 10 in-service hours of approved training.
In addition to the above 10 hours, all of our staff are required to take First Aid, Communicable Disease Recognition, Infant-Child CPR, and Child Abuse Recognition. West Shore pays for all ongoing training. The minimum requirement for employment is a Certificate of Training from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services involving 45 classroom hours of in-service earned within three years, including the above-mentioned courses, as well as child development.
Our director and 6 of our 20 employees have 4 year degrees including the assistant director. One staff member has 25 years experience working with special needs children, five staff members have at least one associates degree, two staff members are working on their Early Childhood Education Associates degree, one has an Early Childhood CDA, and one has an Associates degree in child psychology as well. Four staff members are currently enrolled in college.
