Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 0.74
- Local median
- 0.3
Greater Miami Adventist Academy Early Childhood Education And Care
500 NW 122nd Ave, Miami, FL 33182
- License:
- C11MD1662
- Type:
- Child Care Facility
- Status:
- Licensed
- Records checked:
- July 10, 2026
Additional info
- Programs and services:
- Gold Seal, School Readiness, VPK, After School, Before School, Food Served, Full Day, Half Day
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu: 7:00AM to 6:00PM; Fri: 7:00AM to 5:00PM; Sat-Sun: Closed
- Capacity:
- 50
- License expiration:
- October 15, 2026
Typical cost: $1,083 - $1,300 (Under 1)
Child’s age
$1,083 - $1,300/mo
Median daily rate: $50.00 - $60.00
Official Florida Division of Early Learning Miami-Dade County data.
Not this provider’s price.
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Latest inspectionMay 11, 2026
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsMay 11, 2026
Summary
This summary covers 23 available inspections for Greater Miami Adventist Academy Early Childhood Education And Care from February 14, 2023 through May 11, 2026.
10 inspections recorded violations, with 17 recorded violations in total.
The most recent recorded violation was on February 10, 2026 and involved equipment or readiness, with a due date of March 10, 2026.
Background screening was a higher-concern topic that showed up in one inspection.
A later inspection showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether it was a formal follow-up.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 23
- Recorded violations
- 17
- Higher-concern violations
- 1
- Repeated topics
- 4
5 in last 12 months
4 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
23 total inspections vs 11 local median in Miami
Compared to 872 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 4%
- Local median
- 7%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 43%
- Local median
- 20%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 4
- Local average
- 0.55
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Staff training
Appeared across 5 inspections, with 7 recorded violations.
October 5, 2023January 5, 2024September 18, 2024February 13, 2025September 30, 2025Emergency preparedness
Appeared across 3 inspections, with 3 recorded violations.
July 14, 2023May 21, 2024June 12, 2025Equipment or readiness
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
October 5, 2023February 10, 2026Health or food records
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
May 21, 2024February 13, 2025Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Facility condition
- Report finding
- The hand washing sink was used for something other than hand washing in that [both sinks near the diaper changing area were filled with dishes]. CCF Handbook, Section 3.10.2, C Sanitation and Equipment [SR]
- Inspector notes
- Licensing specialist observed there are two sinks in the 2-years/ 3-years classroom. Both are in front of the diaper changing area and have handwashing instructions. However, both sinks were filled with dishes from childrens lunch time.Technical assistance was provided that Handwashing sinks must not be used for food service preparation, dishwashing, or food clean up.Trays were removed and standard returned to compliance at time of inspection.
- Correction status
- Completed at time of inspection
More details
- Report section
- SANITATION AND EQUIPMENT - 30 - Diapering
- Official code
- 30-03
Medium concern: Equipment or readiness
- Report finding
- The ground cover or other protective surface under the [swing and playground equipment] was not maintained. CCF Handbook, Section 3.12, D Sanitation and Equipment [SR]
- Correction / follow-up note
- Licensing specialist observed that there was a thin layer of mulch as most of it had broken down into dirt in the playground under and around the swings and playground equipment.Technical assistance was provided that Permanent or stationary playground equipment must have a fall/use zone that extends a minimum of 6 feet in all directions from the perimeter of the equipment. All types of ground cover must be maintained to provide resilience and reduce the incidence of injuries to children in the event of falls. 1. If the ground cover in place is loose ground cover (such as, but not limited to: mulch, shredded rubber chips, or sand) a minimum of 6 inches in depth is required in ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by March 10, 2026
More details
- Report section
- SANITATION AND EQUIPMENT - 32 - Outdoor Equipment
- Official code
- 32-07
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month did not complete the 40 hour Introductory Child Care Training requirement. CCF Handbook Section 4.2.1 (Section 2.1 Health and Safety, Page 3)
- Report comments
- Licensing specialist reviewed one staff file and staff has not completed 40-hour training and has been working in the industry for more than a year. Per staff, testing is scheduled for 10/22/2025. Technical assistance was provided that Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month must begin training within 90 days of employment in the child care industry and successfully complete Departments training within 12 months from the date training begins. Training taken prior to employment in the child care industry does not constitute begin training. The begin training timeframes begin at the time of employment in the child care industry. Training co ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by December 30, 2025
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-01
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Child care personnel did not complete preservice training requirements prior to unsupervised contact with or care of children or, if supervised, within 90 days of beginning employment or service with the provider. (Section 3.1 and 3.2 Training Requirements, Page 7) [SR]
- Report comments
- Licensing specialist reviewed one staff's transcript and staff has not completed school readiness training. Technical assistance was provided that Notwithstanding the exemption from completing child care training based on educational credentials or passing of competency examinations per s. 402.305(2), F.S., all child care personnel must successfully complete at least one of these trainings: 1. Licensed School Readiness providers must complete, and any other School Readiness provider type may complete, the DCF-approved online or in-person child care training courses as evidenced by successful completion of the competency examination offered by DCF or its designated representat ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by October 31, 2025
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-13
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Emergency preparedness
- Report finding
- The facility did not have documented proof of an annual fire inspection by the local fire authority. CCF Handbook, Section 3.8.2, A Physical Environment [SR]
- Report comments
- Licensing specialist was unable to review fire inspection documentation. The person inside the school in charge of that documentation was not on-site and out of the country. Per provider, it should be available on Tuesday, 6/17/2025. Technical assistance was provided that Unless statutorily exempted, all child care facilities must conform to state standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal, Chapter 69A-36, F.A.C., Uniform Standards for Life Safety and Fire Prevention in Child Care Facilities. A copy of the current and approved annual fire inspection report completed by a certified fire inspector must be on file with the licensing authority. If the program is granted a fire i ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by July 12, 2025
More details
- Report section
- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - 23 - Fire Drills & Emergency Preparedness
- Official code
- 23-01
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month did not complete the 40 hour Introductory Child Care Training requirement. CCF Handbook Section 4.2.1
- Report comments
- Licensing specialist reviewed one staff's file who has not completed 40-hour training and is past due the timeframe. Technical assistance was provided that Child care personnel must successfully complete 40 hours of child care training as evidenced by successful completion of competency examinations offered by the Department or its designated representative with a weighted score of 70 or better. Child care personnel who successfully completed the mandatory 40-hour Introductory Child Care Training prior to January 1, 2004 are not required to fulfill the competency examination requirement. A. Part I Courses (30 Hours) Child care personnel must complete all of the following: ? C ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by May 13, 2025
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-01
Medium concern: Health or food records
- Report finding
- The Florida Certificate of immunization was not acceptable in that: [ The form was not current (expired)]. CCF Handbook, Section 7.1 Record Keeping [SR]
- Report comments
- Licensing specialist reviewed three children files with expired immunization records. Technical assistance was provided that The child care facility is responsible for obtaining for each child in care a current, complete and properly executed Florida Certification of Immunization form Part A-1, B, or C, DH 680, which is incorporated by reference in 65C-22.001 (7)(o), F.A.C., or the Religious Exemption from Immunization form, DH 681, which is incorporated by reference in 65C22.001(7)(p), F.A.C., from the custodial parent or legal guardian. DH Form 680 and DH Form 681 may be obtained from the local county health department. Specific immunization requirements are included and de ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by March 13, 2025
More details
- Report section
- RECORD KEEPING - 41 - Immunization Records
- Official code
- 41-02
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- The facility did not have documented proof that all child care personnel were trained and knowledgeable within 30 days of date of hire in [ the use of fire extinguishers]. CCF Handbook, Section 4.2.3 and 4.2.5 (Section 2.1 Health and Safety, Page 3) Training [SR]
- Report comments
- Licensing specialist reviewed 4 staff files with no documentation of fire extinguisher training. Technical assistance was provided that all child care personnel shall be trained in the use and operation of a fire extinguisher, at each facility they are employed, within 30 days of date of hire. The facility must maintain documentation that all child care personnel have completed training.
- Correction status
- Due by October 18, 2024
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-09
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Child care personnel did not complete preservice training requirements prior to unsupervised contact with or care of children or, if supervised, within 90 days of beginning employment or service with the provider. (Section 3.1 and 3.2 Training Requirements, Page 7) [SR]
- Report comments
- Licensing specialist reviewed one staff's file and transcript and staff has not completed School Readiness training. Technical assistance was provided that Notwithstanding the exemption from completing child care training based on educational credentials or passing of competency examinations per s. 402.305(2), F.S., all child care personnel must successfully complete at least one of these trainings: 1. Licensed School Readiness providers must complete, and any other School Readiness provider type may complete, the DCF-approved online or in-person child care training courses as evidenced by successful completion of the competency examination offered by DCF or its designated re ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by October 18, 2024
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-13
Higher concern: Background screening
- Report finding
- The facility failed to maintain a current Employee/Contractor Roster for all child care personnel in the Clearinghouse. CCF Handbook, Section 5.1, K (Section 2.1 Health and Safety, Page 3) Record Keeping [SR]
- Report comments
- Licensing specialist reviewed provider's Clearinghouse Employee Roster list and not all staff have been added. Technical assistance was provided that the employer/owner/operator must add child care personnel to their Employee/Contractor Roster in the Clearinghouse within 10 days of when the individual has received a child care eligible result and has been hired at the facility. Employer/owner/operator must add an end date for individuals on the Employee/Contractor Roster in the Clearinghouse within 10 days of the employment termination.
- Correction status
- Due by October 18, 2024
More details
- Report section
- RECORD KEEPING - 45 - Background Screening Documents
- Official code
- 45-09
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Emergency preparedness
- Report finding
- During the facilitys licensure year, fire drills utilizing the approved alarm system were not conducted monthly at various dates and times when children were in care [during April 2024]. CCF Handbook, Section 3.8.4, A Physical Environment [SR]
- Inspector notes
- FSC reviewed fire drill and observed no drill in April 2024. Director confirmed no drill took place in April. Technical assistance was provided that during the facilitys license year, fire drills utilizing the alarm system, approved by the local fire authority, must be conducted monthly at various dates and times when children are in care. An additional drill is required during the month of May to return to compliance.
- Correction status
- Due by June 11, 2024
More details
- Report section
- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - 23 - Fire Drills & Emergency Preparedness
- Official code
- 23-06
Medium concern: Health or food records
- Report finding
- The Student Health Examination or equivalent health statement was not acceptable in that: [ It was not current (over two years old)]. CCF Handbook, Section 7.2 Record Keeping [SR]
- Report comments
- FSC reviewed 2 student health examination that were over 2-years old. Technical assistance was provided that the child care facility is responsible for obtaining for each child in care a current, complete and properly executed Student Health Examination form DH 3040, which is incorporated by reference in 65C-22.001(7)(q), F.A.C. and may be obtained from the local county health department, the parent or legal guardian, or a signed statement by authorized professionals that indicate the results of the components of the Student Health Examination form are included in the health examination. A. The Student Health Examination shall be completed by a person given statutory authorit ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by June 21, 2024
More details
- Report section
- RECORD KEEPING - 42 - Student Health and Records
- Official code
- 42-02
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month did not complete the 40 hour Introductory Child Care Training requirement. CCF Handbook Section 4.2.1
- Inspector notes
- FCS observed 1 personnel to not have completed 40hr introductory training. Technical assistance was given to provider per CCF handbook " Child care personnel must successfully complete 40 hours of child care training as evidenced by successful completion of competency examinations offered by the Department or its designated representative with a weighted score of 70 or better. Child care personnel who successfully completed the mandatory 40-hour Introductory Child Care Training prior to January 1, 2004 are not required to fulfill the competency examination requirement. A. Part I Courses (30 Hours) Child care personnel must complete all of the following: ? Child Care Facility ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by April 5, 2024
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-01
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Equipment or readiness
- Report finding
- The play equipment was not maintained in a safe or sanitary condition for the children to use in that [equipment was rusting and sharp metal was exposed to children]. CCF Handbook, Section 3.12, B and F (Section 11.2, numbers 2 and 4) Sanitation and Equipment [SR]
- Inspector notes
- FSC observed outdoor equipment to be a potential hazard to children enrolled. Equipment was rusting, with peeling paint and sharp metal accesible to children. Technical assistance was given to provider per CCF handbook " All playground equipment must be securely anchored, unless portable or stationary by design, in good repair, maintained in safe and sanitary condition, and placed to ensure safe use by the children. Maintenance must include inspections conducted every month of all supports above and below the ground and of all connectors and moving parts. Documentation of maintenance inspections must be maintained for 12 months. F. All equipment used in the outdoor play area ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by October 30, 2023
More details
- Report section
- SANITATION AND EQUIPMENT - 32 - Outdoor Equipment
- Official code
- 32-03
Medium concern: Staff training
- Report finding
- Child care personnel including volunteers who work 10 hours or more per month did not complete the 40 hour Introductory Child Care Training requirement. CCF Handbook Section 4.2.1
- Inspector notes
- FCS observed 1 personnel to not have completed 40hr introductory training. Technical assistance was given to provider per CCF handbook " Child care personnel must successfully complete 40 hours of child care training as evidenced by successful completion of competency examinations offered by the Department or its designated representative with a weighted score of 70 or better. Child care personnel who successfully completed the mandatory 40-hour Introductory Child Care Training prior to January 1, 2004 are not required to fulfill the competency examination requirement. A. Part I Courses (30 Hours) Child care personnel must complete all of the following: ? Child Care Facility ... [truncated]
- Correction status
- Due by January 5, 2024
More details
- Report section
- TRAINING - 33 - Training Requirements
- Official code
- 33-01
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Emergency preparedness
- Report finding
- Emergency preparedness drills were not conducted when children were in care. CCF Handbook, Section 3.8.5, B Physical Environment [SR]
- Inspector notes
- FSC observed that the center did not complete the emergency drills (inclement weather). TA was given to the person in charge ( Lockdown and inclement weather drills shall be conducted a minimum of one time each per operating year when children are in care and the documentation of these drills must be maintained for two years. A lockdown or inclement weather drill may substitute for one monthly fire drill. No more than three fire drills may be substituted for during a 12 month period. Documentation of this substitution must be maintained for two years.)
- Correction status
- Due by July 24, 2023
More details
- Report section
- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - 23 - Fire Drills & Emergency Preparedness
- Official code
- 23-15
Medium concern: Emergency preparedness
- Report finding
- Emergency preparedness drills were not conducted when children were in care. CCF Handbook, Section 3.8.5, B Physical Environment [SR]
- Inspector notes
- FSC observed that the center did not complete the emergency drills (lockdown and inclement weather). TA was given to the person in charge ( Lockdown and inclement weather drills shall be conducted a minimum of one time each per operating year when children are in care and the documentation of these drills must be maintained for two years. A lockdown or inclement weather drill may substitute for one monthly fire drill. No more than three fire drills may be substituted for during a 12 month period. Documentation of this substitution must be maintained for two years.)
- Correction status
- Due by June 27, 2023
More details
- Report section
- PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - 23 - Fire Drills & Emergency Preparedness
- Official code
- 23-15
No recorded violations in this report
Questions to ask
Suggested questions for parents based on recorded violations in inspection reports. If there are not enough source-backed violations, you will see general questions for daycare.
Finding-specific
Could you explain the current process for ensuring all staff are correctly registered and updated in the state's background screening system?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- Public records from an inspection in 2024 show that the facility needed to update its employee roster in the state's clearinghouse. This question helps clarify how the center currently manages these administrative requirements to ensure all staff records are accurate.
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Finding-specific
What steps does the team take to maintain the playground surface and equipment to ensure they remain in good condition for the children?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- Available inspection records show that the maintenance of outdoor equipment and ground cover has been noted in multiple reports over the past few years. Asking this helps parents understand the center's current routine for playground upkeep and safety checks.
- Context
- A later inspection in May 2026 did not note these specific concerns.
Related violations
Finding-specific
How do you ensure that handwashing sinks are kept clear and available for their intended use throughout the day?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- An official inspection report from early 2026 noted an instance where a handwashing sink was being used for dish storage. This question allows the provider to explain their current practices for maintaining sanitary stations in classrooms.
- Context
- The issue was corrected at the time of the inspection.
Related violations
Finding-specific
What is your process for tracking staff training completion to ensure all requirements are met on time?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- Public records indicate that staff training documentation has been a recurring topic in several inspections. This question helps parents understand how the center currently tracks and verifies that all personnel have completed their required training.
- Context
- A later inspection in May 2026 did not note these specific concerns.
Related violations
Finding-specific
How do you manage and document your emergency preparedness drills, such as fire or weather drills, to ensure they are conducted regularly?
Why ask this
- Why ask this
- Available records show that emergency drill documentation has been a topic of concern in past reports. This question helps parents learn about the center's current schedule and record-keeping practices for these important safety exercises.
- Context
- A later inspection in May 2026 did not note these specific concerns.
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