Calvin Childcare Room
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In the Spring of 2004, Faculty Senate approved the designation of 2 on-campus childcare rooms and 1 breast-feeding room. Faculty, staff and students may bring their children, accompanied by a parent-selected caregiver, to these rooms for short-term childcare use

Calvin Childcare Room Use Form

Information about Calvin Childcare Room
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The college is providing a “nursery room” play area on campus that can be used by faculty, staff and students on a drop-in basis for short term child care for children under age 6. This room can be reserved by faculty, staff, and students of Calvin College, provided that the faculty/staff/student member provides a child care provider (over age 14) to accompany their child/ren. Responsibility for selecting and employing a child care provider rests with each parent.

1. Location: Chapel Basement, Room 211, shared nursery space with Woodlawn CRC; and Room 210, a shared Sunday school room with child size furniture. An additional room, 204, is available for nursing mothers – no reservation needed. There is a lockable cabinet and a refrigerator in the nursing mothers' room. If you would like a key for the cabinet to store equipment, please contact Human Resources at 526-6495. Items left in the room and/or the cabinet are not the responsibility of the Human Resources Office.

2. Hours of Use: Monday – Friday, 7:00am – 9:00pm, during the academic school year when classes are in session. (Not open during Christmas or Spring breaks)

3. Reservations for Use: Make reservations by calling Human Resources at 526-6495 or sending email to childcare@calvin.edu. Reservations must be made 24 hours in advance if possible. Requests are on a first-come first-serve basis. Last minute drop-off requests will be allowed as space provides.

4. Check in with Human Resources prior to using the room. There is a room use form that needs to be completed before use.

5. The employee and child care provider are responsible for cleaning toys and picking up the room on the day the room is used.

6. Children are only permitted with an accompanying caregiver.

7. Children or child care providers who have any type of infectious illness will not be permitted to use the room.

8. Maximum room capacity is defined as a total of 5 child care providers and the children they are caring for. The total number of children cannot exceed 10.

Calvin Childcare Room Use Rules
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1. Please leave the room as it was when you arrived. Clean and put away all toys that were used.

2. Please report any spills to Human Resources at extension 6-6495. A phone is located in the Chapel Undercroft kitchen.

3. Please report any broken or damaged items to Human Resources at extension 6-6495.

4. A first aid kit is located in the kitchen. Please alert Human Resources of any injury; for immediate medical assistance call Campus Safety (3-3333).

5. You may use the refrigerator and microwave in the Chapel Basement kitchen. Please clean up after use.

6. When you are finished using the room, please turn off the lights and close the door