With everything else going on at your center, posting one job listing and waiting for the applications to roll in can feel like the easy move. But more and more, that approach just isn't enough. You have to cast a wider net. Qualified early childhood teachers are harder to find than ever, the strongest candidates are interviewing at three other centers the same week you reach them, and background checks and clearances can stretch the timeline for weeks. Meanwhile you're covering a classroom...

As the back-to-school rush settles into a routine, families are starting to form an impression of how your program communicates. And because enrollment never really stops, that impression gets made year-round, whether a family starts in September or February. Communication, of course, runs both ways. Not only will you be reaching out with the hard conversations, the late pickup, the incident report, the tuition change, but families will also have concerns of their own to raise. And if the...

Featuring Tameenah Adams, SHRM-CP, Founder and CHRO of ChildcareHR Watch the full webinar replay here. AI is changing the way childcare businesses operate, helping leaders move faster on hiring, communication, and daily decision-making. But as Tameenah Adams, SHRM-CP, showed us in this session, that same speed can introduce serious risk without the right HR practices in place: privacy exposures, inconsistent hiring decisions, poor documentation, and choices that leave a center legally and...