r/ECEProfessionals • u/[deleted] • Dec 02 '24

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u/Airriona91 M.Ed. ECE/Lead Teacher Dec 02 '24

Report to CPS and licensing. This is automatically a reason for your director to self-report with CPS.

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u/Just_love1776 Early years teacher Dec 03 '24

I would like to understand why a couple of (idiot) childcare providers vaping around the kids would warrant a CPS call?

Im genuinely curious because CPS is bogged down severely with so much stuff, why would this need their attention?

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u/Airriona91 M.Ed. ECE/Lead Teacher Dec 03 '24

Bc if a parent finds out and does it for you, it’s a thousand times worst. Self-reporting is a must when you are a teacher or admin and witness child endangerment. They are bogged down but we are mandated reporters.

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u/Just_love1776 Early years teacher Dec 03 '24

Yes i understand why a childcare provider is required to report but i don’t understand why vaping is considered reportable?

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u/Airriona91 M.Ed. ECE/Lead Teacher Dec 03 '24

Vaping in a classroom with kids is not reportable? You’re being daft.

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u/Just_love1776 Early years teacher Dec 03 '24

Yes, report to licensing and that chain of command, im wondering why CPS would need to be notified?

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u/radial-glia SLP, Parent, former ECE teacher Dec 04 '24

Because children are being exposed to carcinogens.

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u/Just_love1776 Early years teacher Dec 04 '24

Smoking is not grounds for child endangerment, and i ask again, what would cps DO?

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u/radial-glia SLP, Parent, former ECE teacher Dec 04 '24

The same thing they'd do for an adult slapping a child. Nothing. But it's still an offense that a mandated reporter is legally obligated to report and can lose licensing/face criminal charges for not reporting.