Step 18 of 29 · Your first week
The staffing schedule
The staffing schedule: the week's shifts, who can count, and "What falls short this week" with each stretch that is short.
Watch out: The schedule plans for the ratio; the head counts prove it. A person not cleared for the ratio is marked so on the shift.
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"What falls short this week" reads each day hour by hour against Schedule 1: short of staff, short of qualified staff, over the group size, or not scheduled. "Add a shift" asks the person, the day, their role (counted in ratio, supervisor, float, cook or office, volunteer or student), the room and the hours; a person not cleared for the ratio is marked so. The reduced ratio applies only at arrival, departure and rest, never for infants or outdoors (s. 8(4)); the schedule plans for it, the head counts prove it.
Your centre's words for people and its policies may differ; the screens are the same. The screen is from KeepCount 0.99.162, captured October 29, 2026 in a demonstration organization: everyone in it is fictional. Section numbers are O. Reg. 137/15 (General) under the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014, read on e-Laws on October 20, 2026. This explains how KeepCount works; it is not legal advice, and the Ministry's program advisors decide compliance.