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The essential steps for managing enrollment
Learn how to manage child care enrollment by checking community demand, deciding how many slots to offer, planning for staff, keeping track of new families, and making sure enrollment records stay up to date.
What is a Child Care Management System and how do I choose one?
Using a CCMS can help to free up resources, save money, reduce stress, and collect useful data. In this video, we’ll review what CCMS are, how they can help, and how you can select and use one for your child care business.
How can I set up an employee handbook?
This video tells you how to create an employee manual to support your child care business. An employee handbook helps you communicate how things operate at your child care center and serves as a guidebook and a reference for your employees. Creating your own handbook may sound daunting, but the process doesn’t have to be difficult.
Why do I need liability insurance and how does it help me?
This video explains why business liability insurance is essential for child care programs of all sizes. Learn how it protects you and your business from the high costs of accidents, injuries, and lawsuits, and why homeowner’s or renter’s insurance isn’t enough for home-based providers.
How can I create an effective sales and marketing plan?
In this video, we will help you understand what marketing is and why it is important, review the steps to creating an effective marketing plan for your child care business, and discuss several types of marketing approaches you can take to ensure your success.
Setting up employees for success
Watch our videos below on work-based learning opportunities and other child care owner and staff professional development opportunities offered by TWC. For more information, view our one-page flyer.
Accountable plans
If you are running an S Corporation, C Corporation, or an LLC treated as S or C Corporation, it is crucial to have an accountable plan in place to reimburse employee expenses, including the business use of your home. In this video, we'll walk you through what accountable plans are, and we'll provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to create and put them into action for your business.
How do I set my rates for my child care business?
This video shows five steps to find the “just right” rate, including checking your costs, looking at other programs, setting your prices, and reviewing them each year to keep your business healthy.
When is someone a contractor or an employee?
Hiring help for your child care business can improve quality and make your program run more smoothly. This video explains the difference between contractors and employees and why knowing the difference can save you time and money.