Mandate after-school programs to require their employees to have the basic CPR/emergency training before entering the field and being allowed to supervise children.
Why is this important?
After 7 months of frustration as a "Program Specialist", I was fired from 'After-School All-Stars' on March 14, 2014, for exhibiting behavior that proved I was not adequately trained in CPR/emergency training, nor the basic responsibilities of the position I was given. In my last meeting with the Director of Operations, I was told that obtaining such training was simply "my responsibility to schedule", and then terminated. I think the parents trusting this after-school program enough to leave their children in their care, would be interested in knowing what kind of training (or lack thereof) ASAS is providing their employees. It is their duty as an organization serving the public, to ensure that their employees are adequately trained and knowledgeable in ALL necessary areas. I believe they owe it to the community to look into implementing follow-up programs for their "trainings" with all of the employees in their organization, across all sites, to make sure no one else has slipped through the cracks.
