February 8-11, 2012 Inspections…

     After a relaxing three-day weekend (thanks to “playing hookey” on my birthday), I was thrown back into the world of meeting the numerous child care regulations, which is a large and important part of working for an army based child care organization, with the arrival of our inspectors from Hawaii.  These visits are always a bit nerve-racking, but also very useful for our future, helping us to understand why we do what we do in the way we do it, and also to give us ideas on how to do it better. J  We’re at the beck and call of the inspections while they are here, so very little of our regular work gets done, and we are left with a long list of corrective actions to complete within a prescribed timeframe of either 72 hours, 30, 60, or 90 days for any findings on their list of 300+ items to check in the 4 main inspection areas of curriculum, training, program, and administration, but it’s all part of the process of becoming better at what we do.  You’d think I’d be used to it having been through it before, but it always takes more out of me than I expect, so this weekend, I’ll be enjoying a pre-Valentine’s weekend on Roi, getting my mind off of work and onto the business of enjoying the tropical island I am so privileged to live and work on instead.