What are some staff selection procedures that early childhood education centers can use to hire staff members who are less likely to abuse children?

Staff selection procedures would include:

Doing correct and thorough background and pre-employment screenings and checks on staff candidates, for example criminal background checks, social security information etc.

Conduct interviews with all the candidates carefully and ask them specific questions about past work history, you need to find out if there have been any questionable incidents in their past.

Check the references for all candidates before hiring them and make sure the references are legitimate.

Make sure you have policies in place that ensure the caregivers are never left alone with the children, in other words that there are other caregivers around to monitor each others behaviors around the children.