For childcare centers, August brings the most inquiries of any month. September converts more of them than any other month. Most of what separates a strong fall from a slow one happens between those two facts. IntelliKid Systems analyzed 51,825 childcare inquiries received in a single month, February 2026, and tracked them over the following five months, alongside 355,000 recorded family calls from January through June 2026. The goal was to find which parts of the enrollment

Enrollment rarely comes down to just “not enough leads.” More often, it’s also inconsistent follow-up, unclear handoffs, and bottlenecks that keep families from moving forward. In this interactive webinar, our IKS experts Kaia Gallop, Director of Client Strategy, and Karen Blatter, Director of Training and Enterprise Strategy, shared practical ways to start 2026 with a clear plan and a system that supports it. Here’s What We Covered: Using reporting to identify where leads st

Enrollment is the number one driver of revenue in every early childhood program, but many schools unknowingly lose hundreds of thousands of dollars each year simply by missing opportunities on the phone. In our recent IKS Academy webinar with Chelsea Reue, a Child Care Sales Specialist, licensed real estate agent, and host of The Business of Preschool Podcast , we explored how strengthening your phone practices can transform your school’s financial health, boost family trust,