As ECE Owners and Operators, you know, all our decisions affect our schools, staff, and the children we serve. One of the larger decisions we are tasked with is selecting playground equipment. If you’ve been the decision-maker on this task before, you know how daunting and overwhelming it can be. …
5 Things Every Childcare Website Needs
Your website is your online storefront! In today’s consumer marketplace, your website can function as a “closer” and convert prospective families into new enrollments. Conversely, your website can also be a “dealbreaker” and convince prospective families to look elsewhere. Your website is an online representation of your business. If your …
Holding Directors and Administrators Accountable
For owners of daycare and early learning centers, it is vital to have your directors and administrators pulling in the same direction. In order to achieve this, owners must set clear expectations and then follow through with accountability. Holding your team accountable is easier said than done. Let’s look at …
Virtual Healthcare is Changing Employee Medical Benefits
Virtual Healthcare is also known as Telemedicine or Telehealth. It is a method by which doctors and other health care providers, such as nurses or medical assistants, communicate with patients without actually seeing them in the office. This is a game-changer for business owners. Virtual Healthcare is making it possible …
3 Ways to Show Your Staff Some Love
Here are two big reasons why business owners need to make their employees feel valued and appreciated: performance and retention. Employees who feel valued in their roles will be more passionate and motivated to do a good job. Further, employees who feel appreciated will want to stay with the business …
Managing Millennials: Top 5 Secrets for Success
Millennials – those born between 1980 to 1996 – make up more than 1 in 3 working Americans, outnumbering any other generation in the workforce. Although they are often stereotyped as entitled, indecisive, and lazy, millennials are huge assets to child care centers when they are managed properly and given …
6 Qualities of an Effective Servant Leader
The best childcare centers have created a sense of extended family, building trust, rapport and caring within the culture itself. Children and families can feel the dynamics of your team and they stick with centers that feel like a home away from home. But, how do you create that family-feeling …
Top 5 Ways to Increase Your Daycare Enrollments – Inspire Care 360
For parents, choosing the best childcare facility for their children can be an overwhelming and stressful process. Parents want to know that their children are receiving the best care possible and that the time that their children spend at the facility will be productive. Although location and cost are big …
Interviewing for Fit
In most industries, the interviewer is able to ask a potential candidate a standard list of questions about their experience that will provide a glimpse into who they might be as an employee. However, in industries like childcare, the interviewing model must shift to encompass a wider range of insights …