Statesville · Licensed center
Stepping Stones Child Development Center - Davie
At a glance
- Small play-based center, licensed for 50 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
From their website, read July 2026:
“The teacher to child ratio is 1 to 4 at our Broad St location and 2 teachers for every 10 children at the Davie location, which means your child will get lots of personal attention.”
The state’s rule
North Carolina sets the most children one adult may care for by age, and the largest group size, in 10A NCAC 09 .0713(a).
Children 0 to 12 months: one adult for every five.
Children 12 to 24 months: one adult for every six.
Children 2 to 3 years: one adult for every ten.
Children 3 to 4 years: one adult for every fifteen.
Children 4 to 5 years: one adult for every twenty.
Children 5 years and older: one adult for every 25.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 7 licensing inspections since January 2024.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Sep 10, 2026Nothing cited
- May 29, 2026Nothing cited
Nov 7, 20259 citations
Citation
“Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. In space 4/5, a nasal spray expired 9/2025 and a sunscreen expired 10/2025.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
Citation
“The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. The EMC plan was not reviewed with staff annually.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
Citation
“All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. Staff hired on 9/12/24 and 8/19/24 did not update the health questionnaire form annually.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
Citation
“Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. Staff hired on 8/19/24 and 9/12/24 did not update the emergency information form annually.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
Citation
“Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. Staff hire on 8/19/24 and 9/12/24 did not have an annual staff evaluation on file for review.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
Citation
“The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. The EPR plan was not reviewed with staff annually.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
Citation
“The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. Staff hired on 12/2/24 did not complete Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. The training was completed on 3/10/25.”
Violation corrected during visit
Citation
“Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. Staff hired on 8/19/24 and 9/12/24 did not complete health and safety trainings within one year of employment.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
Citation
“The professional development plan was not reviewed annually. Staff hired on 8/19/24, 12/2/24, and 9/12/24 did not review the professional development plan annually.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
Jun 3, 20251 citation
Citation
“The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. A staff member hired on 8/19/24 and 12/2/24 did not complete Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of hire.”
Violation corrected during visit
- Dec 11, 2024Nothing cited
Jun 12, 20242 citations
Citation
“All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 1/16/24 had not completed First Aid training within 90 days of hire.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/11/2024
Citation
“All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 1/16/24 had not completed CPR training within 90 days of hire.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/11/2024
- Jan 18, 2024Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 7 inspections. Most Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times had more: 65% of 86 had rules cited at 4 or more.
How all 86 Charlotte-area centers inspected 7 times compare
Of the 86 Charlotte-area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None5%
- 1 of 78%
- 2 of 73%
- 3 of 719%This center
- 4 of 721%
- 5 of 726%
- 6 of 716%
- All 72%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- September 10, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since January 2024 — 4 cited nothing, 4 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 12 record a correction, in the licensor’s own words.
- Most serious
- North Carolina DCDEE does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
North Carolina DCDEE describes every citation in the licensor’s own words and records the correction in that same text — the only one of the six states that publishes whether a violation was fixed. It attaches no rule number and no report document.
Nov 2025 Unannounced visit 9 findings
Unannounced visit · November 7, 2025
Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. In space 4/5, a nasal spray expired 9/2025 and a sunscreen expired 10/2025.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. The EMC plan was not reviewed with staff annually.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. Staff hired on 9/12/24 and 8/19/24 did not update the health questionnaire form annually.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. Staff hired on 8/19/24 and 9/12/24 did not update the emergency information form annually.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. Staff hire on 8/19/24 and 9/12/24 did not have an annual staff evaluation on file for review.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. The EPR plan was not reviewed with staff annually.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. Staff hired on 12/2/24 did not complete Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. The training was completed on 3/10/25.
Violation corrected during visit
Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. Staff hired on 8/19/24 and 9/12/24 did not complete health and safety trainings within one year of employment.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
The professional development plan was not reviewed annually. Staff hired on 8/19/24, 12/2/24, and 9/12/24 did not review the professional development plan annually.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/21/2025
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 49000517 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jun 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · June 3, 2025
The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. A staff member hired on 8/19/24 and 12/2/24 did not complete Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of hire.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 49000517 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Jun 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · June 12, 2024
All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 1/16/24 had not completed First Aid training within 90 days of hire.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/11/2024
All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 1/16/24 had not completed CPR training within 90 days of hire.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/11/2024
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 49000517 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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A day here
- Calendar
- Year round
How they teach
Play-based
“Learning through play inside and outside the facilities”
Details
- Phone
- (704) 775-4782
- Address
- 956 Davie Avenue, Statesville, 28677
- License
- 49000517
- Quality program
- Three Star License
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Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
Children per adult
- Children per adult — Checked July 2026 steppingstoneschilddevelopment.com
How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 steppingstoneschilddevelopment.com
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Calendar — Checked July 2026 steppingstoneschilddevelopment.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 49000517 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website — Checked July 2026 steppingstoneschilddevelopment.com
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 49000517 under License Number, open the result and expand Owner Information: the licensee is listed as Primary Owner.
Small means the smallest quarter of Charlotte-area’s 605 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 11 to 50 children. Medium is 51 to 162; large is 163 to 528.