Starting A Daycare Center — Part 8: Ready to Rock!

Congratulations!

You’ve gone from funding and square-footage to putting the paperwork in motion, and practically graduated on our Starting a Daycare series.

But just because the paperwork isn’t done yet doesn’t mean you can’t start planning your opening date. You can even throw an open house and run tours for parents to introduce them to your daycare and uild up the hype. After passing inspections you’ll get a permit and can open!

Once your students start arriving you are now ready to start actual operation of your daycare center! Opening a daycare center is an exciting experience, and I sure enjoyed it. Here are some tips that will help you enjoy it, too:

Standing out from the crowd

In the childcare industry, standing out from the crowd is all about going the extra mile in terms of the service you provide.

What do you do that makes you different from other daycares? How much easier do you make the parents’ lives?

Do you use software like Hopping In that lets you split the profits with parents in case their kids are absent (while helping others re-book those slots)?

Whatever you do, do more than the bare minimum.

Feel free to touch base

I also welcome you to contact me at s.strick@daycareteam.com if you have any questions or comments about opening a daycare center. I’m always happy to hear from those starting out on their trek to providing top-notch care for kids.

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