Save the date for our virtual Ultimate Success Celebration For Directors and Owners! Saturday, January 21st, 9-11 AM CST. Participate from the comfort of your home. All you need is a telephone.
When Child Care Administrators Have To Fire Staff: AUDIO Julie Bartkus *How many chances should you give an employee before you terminate their employment? *What are the impacts of not firing an employee who should be fired? *How do you fire someone who you have a personal relationship with? *Is there a best day of the week to fire someone? . . . keep reading
*Effective Interviewing: Gold Member Audio Discover: 4 success strategies for effectively hiring teachers and staff, 5 hidden personality traits, 7 questions to help you determine if a candidate is the right fit for your team and 3 ways early care and education leaders can generate excitement and attract new employees. . . . keep reading
*Eco-friendly Child Care Creating an Eco-friendly Child Care is a smart decision that will boost your child care marketing efforts and it's an easy way to impact the lives of the children, your staff, parents and, of course, you! Hester Dooley, National Program Manager for Eco-Healthy Child Care, joins us to share easy ways to go green in your child care program. Through her efforts children throughout the nation benefit from the reduction of harmful environmental toxins in child care facilities. . . . keep reading
Child Care Directors and Owners Struggle With Collecting Tuition: Conference Call If you're like many child care directors and owners who struggle with collecting tuition, listen in as several experts give you their advice for making the process easy. You'll discover 9 strategies for collecting tuition and how to get over the mental blocks associated with asking people for money. . . . keep reading
*Customer Loyalty: Gold Member Audio "In spite of my efforts to try to make my customers feel like I care and that my organization is a wonderful place for children and their families, I still have parents who spread negative gossip or they just leave my child care program without giving any notice." JoAnna Brandi joins us to share many fantastic strategies that you can implement immediately to help you build customer loyalty. . . . keep reading
Performance Evaluation Forms - Conference Call Recording Listen in and discover: *Specific ways to improve your performance evaluation form. *Time-tested ideas to make them most effective. *Strategies to utilize your performance evaluation form as a tool for continued growth within your staff Additionally on this page are several sample evaluation forms and a new form created by our topic expert, Vicki Anderson. . . . keep reading
Save the date for our virtual Ultimate Success Celebration For Directors and Owners! Saturday, January 21st, 9-11 AM CST. Participate from the comfort of your home. All you need is a telephone.
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