Check-In/Out Process
All children are checked into Ironwood Kids, they will receive a name tag with a unique security code. You will also receive a claim tag with a matching code. When picking up your child, you must present the claim tag to the classroom leaders to match the codes on the tag. Only family members 18 years and older with a tag can pick up kids from their rooms. If a sticker is lost, it can be reprinted at the check-in kiosks.

Calling System
We avoid calling parents out of the service for any reason except for a child exhibiting signs of illness or dangerous behavior. If there is any other reason a parent would like to be called, they can notify a volunteer in their child’s classroom of the request and provide them with a cell phone number.

Restroom Policies
To ensure the safest possible environments for both children and volunteers, we have several policies in place regarding diaper changing and restroom usage, including:

• Only adult females may change diapers

• There are bathrooms in each of the classrooms

• Only adult females may enter a restroom to provide needed assistance to a child

Interior/Exterior Security
We have a security team in place that regularly monitors the facility, and supervisors at each service specifically monitor the Ironwood Kids classrooms and hallways.

Classroom Ratios
We maintain a low volunteer-to-child ratio in each classroom and never allow a volunteer or teacher to have one-on-one time with a child. There are no exceptions to this rule.

Volunteers
All Ironwood Kids volunteers undergo an extensive process including an application, reference checks, interview, training, and background screening.

To protect the children and volunteers in our ministry, we request that parents do not bring children into the classroom if they are exhibiting any of the following symptoms, as we simply are not properly equipped to care for sick children:

• Fever – Child must be 24 hours fever-free

• Runny Nose – a runny nose due to a non-contagious allergy is not included

• Persistent Cough

• Questionable Rashes

• Vomiting or Diarrhea within the last 24 hours

• Impetigo

• Measles, Mumps

• Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)

• Head Lice

• Any symptoms of common childhood diseases, such as chicken pox, strep throat, foot & mouth, etc.

If your child is experiencing any non-contagious symptoms from anything, please communicate that with the volunteers in the classroom to prevent any confusion. For more information, please email Karli Marin, the Kids Admin Coordinator.

Birth - 2 Years Old
In our early childhood classrooms, children are promoted by developmental stages – infants when they begin crawling, crawlers when they begin walking – until they turn 2. Volunteers will communicate with parents when they feel a child is ready to be promoted.

Preschool - Kindergarten
In our preschool classrooms, children are promoted by age on their birthdays. Kindergartners remain in the kindergarten class until UpGrade at the end of July.