Welcome to our community of early care and education professionals who are dedicated to motivating and retaining great staff!
Immediately applicable tips, strategies, and ideas to help you manage, motivate and retain great staff in your child care program are available RIGHT NOW! Yes, this membership site is created specifically for leaders in the child care industry. However, if you are in another industry and you face the same staff motivation challenges, you are welcome to join us.
You are about to embark on an informational and fun journey
that will help you minimize your stress, increase your energy, have more time to
focus on the things you value most and create a dynamic, positive and productive
team. Sound good so far?
2 Membership Plans are Currently Available
including Gold and Platinum. Check out what each plan offers:
Gold
1) Over 70 special topic audio programs
On this site there are over 70 audio programs that you can access immediately. Topics range from Dealing With Inappropriate Work Behaviors to Getting Organized to Rejuvenating Yourself. We have an easy search function so you can find the solutions to the challenges you're facing in just minutes. You can listen online to as many audio programs as you like and will find many solutions to the challenges you face on a daily basis.
To preview a sampling of all the audio programs available you can listen to online
CLICK HERE.
2) Members-only Discussion Forum
Get answers to the questions that you're facing through our member's only discussion forum. Julie personally checks in and provides answers to the questions you're facing. Julie's research team also checks in weekly to answer your questions and do your research for you! Talk about time saving!
3) Forms Resource Library
You'll find a wide array of forms that you can implement in your child care program. I know how valuable your time is, so our forms resource library was created so you don't have to reinvent the wheel. We periodically create and add new forms. If you don't see a form you need, let us know and we'll see what we can do.
"When I first took over the center, staff were beginning to look for other jobs
and wouldn't recommend the center to friends or family for jobs or childcare.
Now, I have people calling me and emailing me for work and child care openings.
I feel like
I've built the foundation for a successful business I apologize for the
length of this, but I am very excited about all of this... I look forward to
future CDs and newsletters."
Kathy
Monahan, Owner, Massachusetts
"I was completely floored by the material. The information
is 100% useful."
Alice
Alvarez, Director, Blessed Sacrament Academy
"It should be mandatory that every child care have this!"
Nancy
Dempsy, Owner, Norwood Early Learning Center
"This is the best money spent."
Cori Berg,
Director, Dallas, Texas
"My membership helps me solve problems at the tips of my fingers."
Helen
Arthur, Supervisor School-Age Program
"Membership to this site is the best investment I've made."
Nancy Dempsy,
Owner, Norwood Early Learning
In addition to the benefits above, you'll also receive:
4) Receive a new leadership CD every month
These CDs are mailed to you and contain a leadership topic, staff appreciation idea and a team building activity.
5) Transcripts of the monthly audio program
Every month the transcripts of your monthly audio program are posted online. You'll have access to a special section of the membership site where you can print transcripts of the audio program. Read along as you listen or just read. Either way you'll have them to add to your resource library.
6) Live Monthly Coaching Calls
Every month Julie will set aside a 2-hour time period where you can call in and get your questions answered. Calls are typically 5-10 minutes. Your one-on-one time with Julie can be just the thing you need to get a solution to a situation you're facing or to further develop your motivational plan of action or do develop your plan of action for an upcoming staff meeting. It's a huge time-saver and stress reliever for our members.
7) Special Topic Conference Calls
From time to time special topic conference calls are arranged. Some special calls that took place this year included: Tuition Collection, Happy For No Reason, and Communicating With Parents of Children With ADHD. If you have a need, all you need to do is let us know and we're here to help you be successful.
"There's not one topic that'- been discussed that I haven't been able to use."
Sonya
Raymond, Owner, Apple Tree
"I must say that seeing your CDs in my mailbox each month has really made a
difference in my life and often helped me get through."
Cori Berg,
Director, Dallas, Texas
"I've been a member for 5 years and I've found the Leadership
Connection to be a valuable resource, especially as a professional development
resource for directors in the administration world."
Shirley
Ritter, Kids First
"I've learned so much through the Leadership Connection! Julie offers a
unique service to our industry - it is extremely valuable."
Jean
Hawks, Director, Fort Hill Child Dev. Ctr.
"Great site, I'm enjoying it very much! I'm on it nearly every day"
Erica
Farney, Director, The Compass School
"What a wealth of information. If my program didn't pay for my membership, I
would pay for it myself. It's that good."
Hope
Wharton, Executive Director
Your Investment
$27.00/month or $245/year.
Platinum
In addition to all of the benefits included in our basic and gold membership plans, you'll also receive:
8) Done-for-you Newsletters
Imagine what it would be like to have a beautiful staff and parent newsletter prepared for you every month… Imagine that this newsletter is filled with such great content of high interest to the person who is reading it that they feel compelled to share it with everyone they know… Imagine that hours of your time are freed up because the task of writing this newsletter is completed for you… Imagine that people in the community hear about your child care program through your monthly newsletter...
Every moth, you'll receive 2, 4-page newsletters that you can download, customize and print. Additionally we post 20 pages of copyright free content that you can use as you wish. Simply login and you'll have access to all current and past newsletters immediately. And yes, you take full credit for creating and writing these 2 beautiful and informative publications.
Need a special article written? Just let us know and we'll write it for you!
Once you activate your Platinum membership, you can fully customize your newsletters! Here are 2 sample newsletters you can check out!
9) Online Hiring Assessment System
You'll hire right from the very start when you tap into this powerful hiring system that will first of all rank your candidates on a 5 star system on how HAPPY they'll be in the position you're hiring for. This system was developed by JOBehaviors and is based on over a decade of research in the child care industry. You'll receive quick and easy training here to get you going with your new recruiting tool in a matter of minutes. Within 24 hours of your Platinum membership being activated, an account with JOBehaviors will be set up for you so you can begin using their powerful assessment tool to help you hire right from the start. When using the tool you'll receive notification of who your top candidates are within minutes of their completing a 15-minute assessment consisting of 100 questions. That's just for starters!
10) Monthly Staff Training
Train your team on best practices for child care professionals through a monthly conference call/video training for your entire staff to participate in. We will gladly mail training certificates upon receiving a special sign in sheet for a small administrative fee. The focus of these trainings is to help team members increase their professionalism and help your program become or remain top-notch. The topics will be based on member feedback and will be available for replay if you can't make the scheduled event.
Use these trainings as part of your staff meetings and/or to help a team member improve their performance or as part of your new staff orientation process. The great thing is that if one staff member cannot attend the live training they can listen to or watch the replay at another time. The big value is that team members won't miss a thing and everyone will be on the same page.
The following benefit is limited and being offered to the first 380 members who join this plan.
11) Step-By-Step Plan of Action to Help You Manage, Motivate and Retain Great Staff. You'll be invited to join us for a leadership teleconference where I will reveal 5 Simple Steps To Manage, Motivate and Retain Great Staff. This is an event you don't want to miss. This plan of action will be the only one you'll ever need to create a dynamic, high-performing team! We'll start at step 1 and I'll hold your hand to step 5. In the interim you'll receive some fantastic tools to help you really stand out above and beyond all other child care programs. These tools include an entire hiring system including a one-of-a-kind interview evaluation form as well as a performance evaluation form. We have an exclusive agreement with JOBehaviors to give you these tools and provide you with the training you need. The event is scheduled for this July!
Your investment for this plan in only $147.00/Month. Cancel anytime.
