Blueprint For Success
for Child Care Managers/Directors

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Blueprint for Success – Secrets of Success for Child Care Management
5 Huge Threats to Child Care and What to Do About It
How to Have Highly Motivated Performing Staff
5 Common Mistakes When Hiring & What to Do Differently
Best-of-the-Best Parent Conferences
Have Fun & Get the Job Done—Keys to Happy Staff & Parents
Say “No” to Biting, Hitting & Other Common Discipline Dilemmas
Get "More Hours in a Day" • Great Time Management Tips
Two Bonuses Given
 

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Topics

Blueprint for Success – Secrets of Success for Child Care Management
Get the inside scoop on how to run the best child care center • How to handle & prevent common child care problems • Parents who don't pay on time, or at all • Parents who arrive late to pick up their children • Staff members who are late or "sick" • Parents and staff who "drop in" your office with a "quick question" that lasts forever • Parents who send children to child care sick and call it "allergies"

5 Huge Threats to Child Care and What to Do About It
A recent child care poll found 5 reasons child care centers fail. Learn more about those threats and what you can do about them to help your business thrive • Get the inside scoop on dealing with economy ups and downs • Shortage of qualified staff • Competition from unlicensed centers • Rising costs • Learn the #1 reason child care centers fail and what to do about it

How to Have Highly Motivated Performing Staff
Great strategies for teambuilding to accomplish goals, produce results, develop respectful relationships, communicate openly and effectively, problem-solve, and and make good decisions • Gain insights on the processes and skills used to create and sustain high performing child care teams.

5 Common Mistakes When Hiring & What to Do Differently
The wrong staff members can sabotage your child care. Hiring the right staff is a vital key to keeping and growing your child care. There are 5 mistakes that are easy to make when hiring. Learn what those mistakes are and how to avoid them so you hire the right people.

Best-of-the-Best Parent Conferences
There are regularly scheduled conferences, and there are quick parent meetings at pick up and drop off times that can foster or alienate parents • Receive awesome strategies to prepare your staff so they are careful in what they say to parents • 10 Must-knows for conferencing with parents • Receive forms you can duplicate that make conferencing easy

Have Fun & Get the Job Done—Keys to Happy Staff & Parents
A wealth of ideas to create fun, laughter, and staff appreciation for each other in Just minutes a day • Peer recognition, appreciation, and rituals of celebration can transform a child care center into a place where people want to go with enthusiasm • Drive your staff, parents, and children HAPPY! Leave this session with a big supply of smiles, chuckles, and grins to take back to your team.

Say "No" to Biting, Hitting & Other Common Discipline Dilemmas
 Train your staff to handle the stuff that drives them crazy • Receive practical solutions for biting • Hitting • Spitting • Talking back • Tantrums • Kids who don’t listen • Strong-willed kids • Tattling • Get the strategies you need to make every day easier for your staff and for you!

Get "More Hours in a Day" • Great Time Management Tips
Do you ever feel like there are not enough hours in the day to get everything done? Do things you need to do keep piling up and up and up? If you ever feel like there are not enough hours in the day, this session will show you how to grab hold of the time you do have, get things done more efficiently so that you start to feel like there are more hours in a day

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Bonuses

  • The first 5 centers (or home-providers) to register will receive the book, Managing Stress: The Guide to Stress-Free Living, by Maryln Appelbaum, approved for 5 clock hours, (.5 CEU’s) in most states.

  • Great New Easy ATi Fundraiser for Child Care
    Learn how to make extra money in an easy way to get those extras for your child care.

  • ATi is bringing its traveling store to your city. It's packed with clock hour books, CD's, videos, and resources for child care. Cash, check, credit cards accepted.
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University Semester Credit

After attending the seminar, participants may choose to earn semester hours through follow-up activities from the University of the Pacific, Center for Professional and Continuing Education, for an additional fee paid to the University. These credits are designed for the professional development of educators. Participants should seek approval for their intended use. For semester credit questions only, call 1-800-479-1995. Details will be available at the seminar.