A Step Up Career Academy-Center Inc
2745 BERNICE RD, LANSING, IL 60438Childery Rating: 3/5
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Quality Indicators
See Methodology →- Overall QualityCombines daily care quality (interactions, learning, environment) with structural features like staff-to-child ratios and teacher qualifications.3 / 5
- Process QualityThe quality of daily care — caregiver-child interactions, learning activities, and the emotional climate. Drawn from the state QRIS rating, accreditations, and Head Start CLASS observations.Not Available
- Structural QualityMeasurable features like staff-to-child ratios, group sizes, license status, and teacher qualifications. Provider-level data when available; otherwise the state regulatory baseline.3 / 5
Why this rating
This daycare earned 3 out of 5 stars overall. Structural quality reflects a license that's pending or provisional. The structural rating also includes Illinois's licensing baseline — what every licensed daycare in the state must meet. Illinois caps infant ratios at 1:4, toddler ratios at 1:5, and preschool ratios at 1:10. Lead teachers must hold a Child Development Associate (CDA). Teachers must complete 15 hours of annual training. No objective process measures (e.g., state quality rating or national accreditation) are available for this daycare. The overall rating reflects structural features only.
Quality Recognitions & Accreditations
- Accreditations
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)Not Accredited
- National Accreditation Commission (NAC)Not Accredited
- National Early Childhood Program Accreditation (NECPA)Not Accredited
- National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)Not Accredited
Facility Info
- Facility type
- Child Care Center
- Age groups served
- Not Available
- Licensed capacity
- 77
- Teacher-child ratios & group sizesState Minimum Displayed
Age Max ratio Max group Infants 1:4 12 Toddlers 1:5 15 Preschool 1:10 20
Teacher Credentials
- Lead teacher credentialState Minimum Displayed
- Child Development Associate (CDA)
Inspection History
29 Inspection Visits Since 2010 · 129 Findings
Most recent: Jun 17, 2025⤓ Download Latest Report (PDF)
37 Critical89 Important3 Administrative
Across 29 inspections since 2010, the issues cited most often were Staff Qualifications & Background Checks (51), Children's Records & Files (21), and Curriculum & Developmental Programming (20). Of 129 total findings, 37 were critical.
See All 29 Inspection Visits
Jun 17, 20251 Finding1 Important
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(c)(6)(a)
May 27, 20252 Findings2 Critical
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(a)(11)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(a)(3)
May 7, 20252 Findings2 Critical
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(a)(11)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(a)(3)
Jul 2, 20241 Finding1 Critical
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(d)
Jun 29, 202312 Findings2 Critical10 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(d)
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Personnel Records407.120(e)(4)
- Personnel Records407.120(e)(5)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(2)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(2)(h)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(j)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(k)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(a)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(d)
Jun 10, 20224 Findings1 Critical2 Important1 Administrative
- Staffing Structure407.90(a)(1)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(d)(3)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)
- Organization and Administration407.70(l)
Nov 24, 20213 Findings3 Important
- Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(e)
- Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(o)
- Fire/Health Safety Code reference (NFPA Life Safety Code, OSFM adoption)FHSEC 305
Nov 23, 20215 Findings1 Critical4 Important
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records407.120(b)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(3)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(h)
Nov 4, 20201 Finding1 Critical
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
Jun 26, 20195 Findings3 Critical2 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(5)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(6)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(7)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Fire/Health Safety Code reference (NFPA Life Safety Code, OSFM adoption)FHSEC 305
Oct 3, 20185 Findings5 Important
- Evening, Night, Weekend and Holiday Care407.240(h)
- Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(g)(1)
- Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(h)
- Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(k)(1)(c)
- Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(k)(5)
Aug 6, 20188 Findings4 Critical4 Important
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
- Staffing Structure407.90(a)(1)
- License requirement; application; noticeCCASEC 4(6I)
- License requirement; application; noticeCCASEC 4(6II)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
- Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(r)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(d)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(e)(3)
Jul 9, 20183 Findings1 Critical2 Important
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Transportation407.280(d)
Oct 27, 20172 Findings2 Important
- Grouping and Staffing407.190(e)
- Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(r)
Jul 26, 20176 Findings3 Critical3 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(d)
- License requirement; application; noticeCCASEC 4(6I)
- License requirement; application; noticeCCASEC 4(6II)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(4)(a)
Jul 7, 20172 Findings1 Important1 Administrative
- Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(g)(1)
- Provisions Pertaining to the License407.60(g)
Jun 9, 20171 Finding1 Important
- Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(r)
May 26, 20172 Findings2 Important
- Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(r)
- Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(r)
May 5, 20171 Finding1 Important
- Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(r)
Apr 21, 20171 Finding1 Important
- Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(r)
May 10, 20169 Findings2 Critical7 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(d)
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(d)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers407.210(d)(2)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(4)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(6)
- Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(h)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(p)
Jul 14, 201513 Findings7 Critical6 Important
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(1)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(2)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(5)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(6)
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(7)
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
- Staffing Structure407.90(a)(1)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(1)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers407.210(b)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(d)
Jul 11, 20145 Findings2 Critical3 Important
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
- Staffing Structure407.90(a)(5)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers407.210(b)
Jun 18, 201315 Findings2 Critical12 Important1 Administrative
- General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(5)
- Background Checks for Personnel407.110
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers407.210(b)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(4)(a)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(a)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(4)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(5)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(6)
- Napping and Sleeping407.350(b)
- Napping and Sleeping407.350(e)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(f)(3)
- Organization and Administration407.70(e)
May 6, 20135 Findings1 Critical4 Important
- Staffing Structure407.90(e)(1)
- Grouping and Staffing407.190(a)
- Grouping and Staffing407.190(d)(4)
- Guidance and Discipline407.270(c)(6)(a)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(m)
Jul 27, 20125 Findings1 Critical4 Important
- Staffing Structure407.90(a)(5)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
- Grouping and Staffing407.190(a)
- Grouping and Staffing407.190(e)(1)
Sep 16, 20111 Finding1 Critical
- Staffing Structure407.90(a)(3)
Jul 23, 20101 Finding1 Important
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(h)
Jun 16, 20108 Findings8 Important
- Personnel Records407.120
- Personnel Records407.120(b)
- Transportation407.280(d)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(4)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(5)
- Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(6)
- Napping and Sleeping407.350(b)(3)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(o)(2)
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