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Childery

Smart Learning Center

Data last updated · May 2026

Quality Indicators

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  • Overall Quality
    5 / 5
  • Process Quality
    Not Available
  • Structural Quality
    5 / 5

Why this rating

This daycare earned 5 out of 5 stars overall. Structural quality reflects a license in good standing. 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
Preschool, School-Age
Licensed capacity
137
Teacher-child ratios & group sizesState Minimum Displayed
AgeMax ratioMax group
Preschool1:1020

Teacher Credentials

Lead teacher credentialState Minimum Displayed
Child Development Associate (CDA)

Inspection History

14 Inspection Visits Since 2011 · 138 Findings
Most recent: Sep 25, 2025⤓ Download Latest Report (PDF)
18 Critical110 Important10 Administrative

Across 14 inspections since 2011, the issues cited most often were Staff Qualifications & Background Checks (52), Children's Records & Files (20), and Curriculum & Developmental Programming (16). Of 138 total findings, 18 were critical.

See All 14 Inspection Visits
  1. Sep 25, 202539 Findings3 Critical30 Important6 Administrative
    • General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(1)
    • Background Checks for Personnel407.110
    • Staffing Structure407.90(a)
    • Personnel Records407.120
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
    • Qualifications for Child Care Director407.130
    • Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers407.140
    • Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants407.150
    • Students and Youth Aides407.160
    • Substitutes407.170
    • Volunteers407.180
    • Grouping and Staffing407.190
    • Program Requirements for All Ages407.200
    • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers407.210
    • Special Requirements for School-Age Children407.220
    • Intergenerational Programs407.230
    • Evening, Night, Weekend and Holiday Care407.240
    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250
    • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260
    • Guidance and Discipline407.270
    • Transportation407.280
    • Swimming and Wading407.290
    • Animals407.300
    • Health Requirements for Children407.310
    • Hand Washing407.320
    • Nutrition and Meal Service407.330
    • Diapering and Toileting Procedures407.340
    • Napping and Sleeping407.350
    • Medications407.360
    • Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(a)
    • Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)(3)
    • Equipment and Materials407.380
    • Application for License407.50
    • Application for Renewal of License407.55
    • Provisions Pertaining to the License407.60
    • Provisions Pertaining to Permits407.65
    • Organization and Administration407.70(e)
    • Confidentiality of Records and Information407.80
  2. Jan 23, 20256 Findings4 Critical2 Important
    • General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(5)
    • General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(6)
    • General Requirements for Personnel407.100(f)
    • Background Checks for Personnel407.110
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
    • Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(i)
  3. Sep 28, 20211 Finding1 Important
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
  4. Oct 22, 20182 Findings2 Critical
    • General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(5)
    • Background Checks for Personnel407.110
  5. Sep 20, 20175 Findings5 Important
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
    • Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(5)
    • Medications407.360(b)
    • Medications407.360(b)(1)
    • Medications407.360(e)
  6. Aug 12, 201416 Findings3 Critical13 Important
    • General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(1)
    • General Requirements for Personnel407.100(h)
    • Background Checks for Personnel407.110
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
    • Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(c)
    • Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(d)(4)
    • Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(f)(4)
    • Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(j)
    • Special Requirements for School-Age Children407.220(c)(2)
    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(1)(g)
    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(1)(h)
    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(1)(i)
    • Hand Washing407.320(a)(2)
    • Hand Washing407.320(b)(8)
    • Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(p)(1)
  7. Oct 9, 201310 Findings2 Critical8 Important
    • General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(1)
    • Background Checks for Personnel407.110
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
    • Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants407.150(d)
    • Volunteers407.180(b)
    • Volunteers407.180(c)
    • Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(b)
    • Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(f)(3)
  8. Sep 13, 201312 Findings2 Critical10 Important
    • General Requirements for Personnel407.100(c)(1)
    • Background Checks for Personnel407.110
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(1)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(6)
    • Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants407.150(d)
    • Grouping and Staffing407.190(f)
    • Program Requirements for All Ages407.200(p)
    • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(d)
    • Guidance and Discipline407.270(a)
  9. Feb 6, 201311 Findings8 Important3 Administrative
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(1)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(6)
    • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(d)
    • Guidance and Discipline407.270(a)
    • Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(g)
    • Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(l)(1)
    • Provisions Pertaining to the License407.60(g)
    • Organization and Administration407.70(e)
    • Organization and Administration407.70(k)
  10. Nov 28, 20126 Findings5 Important1 Administrative
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
    • Special Requirements for School-Age Children407.220(i)
    • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children407.260(d)
    • Equipment and Materials407.380(b)
    • Organization and Administration407.70(l)
  11. Feb 24, 20125 Findings5 Important
    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(1)(d)
    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(1)(e)
    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(1)(g)
    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(1)(h)
    • Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)(4)
  12. Dec 21, 201114 Findings2 Critical12 Important
    • General Requirements for Personnel407.100(h)
    • Staffing Structure407.90(d)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(1)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(3)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(5)
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(6)
    • Qualifications for Child Care Director407.130(j)
    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(1)
    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(2)
    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures407.250(i)(3)
    • Hand Washing407.320(a)(2)
    • Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(b)
  13. Nov 29, 20115 Findings5 Important
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(4)
    • Special Requirements for School-Age Children407.220(d)(2)
    • Special Requirements for School-Age Children407.220(i)
    • Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(k)
    • Physical Plant/Indoor Space407.370(e)(6)
  14. Oct 26, 20116 Findings6 Important
    • Personnel Records407.120(a)(2)
    • Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)
    • Health Requirements for Children407.310(a)(5)
    • Hand Washing407.320(a)(1)
    • Hand Washing407.320(a)(2)
    • Nutrition and Meal Service407.330(f)

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