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(a) Ensure compliance with the requirements of this chapter, and with all applicable Federal and District of Columbia laws and regulations;

(b) Select and supervise qualified staff and volunteers in accordance with the District of Columbia Career Guide for Early Childhood and Out-of School-Time Professionals;

(c) Implement pre-service, orientation and annual health and safety training for each staff member and volunteer, as required;

(d) Monitor when staff members complete pre-service, orientation, and annual training, verify their completion, and record staff members’ training in a document that is available during inspections;

(e) Ensure that adult-to-child ratios are maintained in compliance with this chapter at all times;

(f) Ensure that parents and guardians continuously have an opportunity to be involved in the program and in the activities of the Center;

(g) Report unusual incidents as defined by and in accordance with this chapter;

(i) Participate in on-going in-service training and continuing education requirements, as required;

(j) Report evidence of child abuse and neglect that comes to the Facility staff’s attention, in accordance with this chapter;

(k) Supervise curriculum implementation at the Center; and

(l) Ensure that staff members have access to ongoing professional development through registration in the District of Columbia’s Early Learning Professional Development Information System.

164.10 A Center Director shall be physically present at the Facility at all times during the Center’s peak hours of operation when the majority of children are present, and maintain on the premises a record of days and actual hours of work at the Facility,