Discover All The Information & Tools You Need To Start & Grow Your Daycare. Welcome to Setup A Daycare. Operating a daycare business is more than just a natural progression from caregiving or babysitting. As day care owner / manager, you are required to assume multiple roles; as principal, centre manager, teacher, marketing manager, human resources, all rolled into one. To run a profitable and successful daycare business, you need to be both a good educator and caregiver as well as a astute businessman. Not only would you need to manage the quality of the day care curriculum delivered and daycare services provided at your centre, you will also be required to make strategic and sometimes difficult business decisions to ensure the survival of your daycare business. When I started in the day care business as a franchisee trainer of a regional daycare franchise, I consulted many would-be daycare owners on the ins and outs of running a day care business; from setting up their daycare business to promoting their day care services and running their daycares in the most efficient and professional manner. On the side, I've also helped a number of daycare owners who have decided not to purchase the franchise but run a home daycare instead as well. During that period, I have witnessed a number of failed daycare businesses. Many of them failed not because of the poor quality of their curriculum or daycare services. Many of them failed because they did not know how to run a a day care business efficiently and sustain its profitability.  The key to a successful day care business is to equip yourself with all the necessary skills and knowledge, both in curricula as well as business management. Through Setup A Daycare, I hope to provide you with tips and resources essential to starting and managing a successful and profitable day care business. To help you operate your daycare on a shoestring, I've also include a Free Stuff page where you can retrieve free curriculum ideas and receipes for your daycare business. Here's to the success of your daycare! Cheers Seraphina T. FEATURE ARTICLES Pre Setup Considerations Will I Make A Good Daycare Entrepreneur? Sole Proprietorship vs. Partnership - Which is Better? Is Operating A Daycare For You? Options For A Daycare Startup Starting A Home Daycare Managing Your Daycare Importance of Quality Daycare Finding The Right Location For Your Daycare Preparing A Budget For Your New Daycare Setup Developing A Daycare Business Plan Pricing Your Daycare Services Staffing Matters Hiring The Right Daycare Staff The 6Rs of Hiring For Daycare Legal Considerations Your Legal Commitment As Daycare Director Understanding Contracts for Daycare Owners Promoting Your Daycare Tips To Differentiating Your Daycare Copywriting Tips for Daycare Business Owners Identify The Right Customers For Your Daycare Organising A Daycare Openhouse Marketing 101 for Daycare Owners Website 101 for Daycare Owners Developing A Daycare Brochure Marketing Your Daycare Services Effective Selling Skills Coldcalling Tips For Your Daycare Center Prospecting Tips For Your Daycare Effective Selling Tips Your Daycare Services Are They Ready to Buy Your Daycare Services? DEALING WITH CHILDREN 6 Ways to Help Kids Handle Anger Handling a Hyperactive Child Three Steps To Follow to Deal with Kids Biting Habit Dealing with Aggressive Behavior Teaching Kids to Share What To Do When Kids Lie What To Do When Kids Start Destroying Property Getting Fussy Eaters To Eat Using Discipline and Positive Reinforcements Autism And Discipline: All About Consistency The Importance of Self-esteem in Children Dealing with ADHD in Children Responding to Temper Tantrums How to Deal with Children Who Bite

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