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Pros and Cons of Allowing Camera Access in Your Child Care Center
You may be considering whether or not to allow parents camera access in your child care centers. Allowing access to cameras has been a very controversial topic with various opinions. Here, we'll explore the pros and cons of allowing camera access in your child care center. Then, I'll tell you whether we enable parents to view the cameras in our center and why or why not.
6 Must-Do’s To Effectively Communicate To Staff
As a child care director or owner, keeping your staff communication flowing smoothly is essential. Not only does it make for a more organized and efficient workplace, but good communication also helps to create a positive and productive team environment. Unfortunately, 71% of employees believe that their leaders do not spend enough time communicating goals and plans. It's time to fix this.
How To Avoid Burnout in Childcare
Are you a child care director or owner who feels like you’re constantly running on empty? If so, you’re not alone. With the demands of the job and the constant needs of the children and staff, many child care professionals experience burnout at some point in their careers.
Do This One Thing To Relieve Stress and Chaos In Your Child Care Business.
Do you feel like your child care program is always chaotic and stressful no matter what is going on? You’re not alone. Many leaders and directors feel like they can’t ever get a handle on the day-to-day operations.
10 Creative Ways To Bring More Money Into Your Child Care Business
Most child care programs operate solely on the weekly tuition received from parents, but did you know that there are other ways to increase your revenue and bring in more money?
Here are 10 ways to get your parents to pay you more money and LOVE doing it!
6 Tips To Ace Your Licensing Inspections
One of the most dreadful parts of running a child care business is the state licensing visits. I know you've been there! You're having a great day, going about your normal routine, when your licensing consultant shows up announced. Your day comes to a screeching halt as your focus immediately shifts to pulling files and paperwork.
6 Questions to Ask Yourself To Improve Your Child Care Business In 2022
Ask yourself the following six questions to determine how to take your center or home daycare to the next level in 2022 and what changes to make.
How To Screen Families For Your Daycare
As a child care provider, you may feel like parents have all the power when choosing the care for their child. But in reality, you have just as much power when it comes to choosing what families enroll in your child care program.
9 Christmas Gift Ideas For Your Teachers & Staff
Christmas is the perfect time to show our teachers and staff a little love and appreciation! They work hard all year caring for our little ones and it’s not easy. Here are 9 Christmas gift ideas for your teachers and staff this year….
6 Culture Mistakes Childcare Leaders Make
Most child care leaders have no clue how to build a great work environment and are often killing their culture. What is work culture? Culture is the character, personality, beliefs, and behaviors of your organization that make up the regular atmosphere in your work environment. If you are not intentionally building your culture, then your child care business will suffer.
6 Must-Dos For Effective Staff Meetings
Staff meetings are an important time for everyone to share in the successes and challenges of your child care program. Successful child care businesses have staff meetings at least once a month, but you can also have them more often if needed. Use team meetings to relay important information, share ideas, and discuss areas that need improvement.
Important Forms You Need For Your New Daycare
If you love children and want to start a business of your own, then opening a daycare may be a good idea for you.
As you start to plan out the details of your new daycare, you need to think about the important forms you will need. Below are some forms you need when opening a new daycare.
The 12 Most Common Child Care Business Mistakes
When it comes to child care, there is a lot that goes into running a successful business. From enrolling children to hiring the right employees to marketing your business, you need to know what mistakes to look for to ensure you do not make them yourself.
3 Easy Ways to Make Halloween Fun For Your Staff
We often plan fun parties for our kiddos in our child care programs, but do you plan something fun for your staff as well? Your teachers & staff love to have fun too and it is extremely important to make fun in the workplace a #1 priority.
5 Ways to Increase Retention while Attracting New Families Into Your Daycare
If your retention rate is low and you need some ideas on fixing it, then read on! We found five unique ways that helped our daycare business increase its retention rate by 30%. And we think any child care business can use these ideas right away.
Are you working too much? Get your life back by doing these 3 things immediately!
Are you exhausted before you even start your day? Are you working long hours filled with juggling ratios, staff call-outs, complaining parents, state compliance, scheduling, record keeping, and the million other things we do? You start the day thinking about everything you need to get done, then poop hits the fan, and you run around all day “putting out fires.” It is so easy to let your day control you instead of you controlling your day.
5 Tips To Max Out Child Enrollment and Create A Massive Wait List
Nowadays, it seems as though a child care center is on every street corner. If you google daycares in your city, you will usually find at least a dozen or more. With the competition being so vast, many child care programs are struggling to stay full. Our center has been fortunate to remain completely full for the last several years, with over 100 people waiting to enroll.
Don't Make These 4 Mistakes When Giving A Tour
Too often, child care businesses miss out on new enrollments by making these 4 mistakes when giving a tour.
1. Not preparing. Too many facilities look unkept and dirty. Make sure to look at your daycare or center with fresh eyes, as if it were your first time walking through the door.
How To Handle Challenging Behavior In Young Children
Whether you are new to the child care industry or a seasoned provider, you will at some point have a child in your program who bites, kicks, punches, screams, throws things, or has tantrums. This behavior can be very challenging and cause much frustration without the skills needed to manage it.
4 Things To Do Now To Prepare For Daycare Emergencies
Are you prepared for emergencies that could potentially happen in your child care program? We don’t like to think about worst-case scenarios, but if you don’t have a written plan in place for emergencies, you are putting yourself, your staff, and your kiddos at great risk. Without a plan, you will be a frantic mess when disaster strikes.