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Learn How to Own and Operate Your Own Childcare Center
Ready to explore owning your own childcare center? Then this is a training you won't want to miss!
This course will guide you through the step by step process of how to open up a Licensed childcare Center or Family Childcare Home. The course is for those who have a desire to open a childcare center facility, or start a childcare business in their home. You will learn all of the "nuts and bolts" you will need to successfully get your childcare center opened and begin enrolling children.
At the End of this course you will be able to:
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- Write a Business Plan and Vision Statement
- Understand Funding and Loan Options
- Find a location that works best for the amount of children you want to serve
- Choose a Name that is Marketable and represents your center as a whole
- Choose Your Business Structure
- Contact your local Division of regulated childcare to obtain license and permits
- Set up an office space or area that ensures productivity
- Set up your classrooms, learning spaces and outdoor play area
- Learn how to lesson plan and design your own learning curriculum
- Understand how to hire staff and where to look for the best teachers and staff
- Learn how to write an employee handbook and parent procedures manual
- Create an excel spreadsheet for monthly budget program for determining cash flow projections
- Establish what to charge and the best ways to accept tuition
- Learn the basis of how to Market, Advertise, and Brand Your Center
- Learn what a success team is, and learn how to build your success team around you
