Operations Playbooks
4 posts in Operations, written for childcare centre owners, directors and front-desk teams.
How to handle late pickups at your daycare: the policy, the fee, and the texts that do it for you
A center director's complete system for late pickups: a policy parents actually agreed to, a late fee that gets paid, and the automated texts that warn parents and bill the fee, without burning out your closing staff or breaking the TCPA.
October 6, 2026 · Operations
How to reduce childcare staff turnover without raising tuition
A center director's playbook for keeping teachers when you can't fund a big pay raise: the real cost of turnover, the non-wage levers that actually work, the exact systems and messages to use, and three ways to run it for solo, mid-size, and multi-site centers.
September 29, 2026 · Operations
How much does it cost to run a daycare classroom? A 2026 break-even calculator
A plain-English break-even calculator for daycare and preschool directors: how to cost a classroom by its staffing ratio, price the seat, and work out exactly how full each room has to be to stop losing money.
September 15, 2026 · Operations
Tuition auto-pay and late-payment recovery for childcare centers
How to set up tuition auto-pay and a kind but firm late-payment recovery flow that protects your centre's cash flow without damaging the parent relationship.
March 10, 2026 · Operations