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    Author: Missy Knechel

    Posted inLeadership

    How to remember your “why” and bring joy back into your classroom

    Teaching in the early childhood education realm requires so much energy, stamina, and willpower. When you first started working in the ECE classroom, you were excited, hopeful, and couldn’t wait…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • October 2, 2023
    • 5 minute read
    Posted inLeadership

    How to increase enrollment and revenue for a strong year ahead

    Enrollment is constantly changing at a childcare center, and this constant fluctuation can be challenging for childcare directors. Some years there are waitlists while other years you have to hold…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • August 18, 2023
    • 4 minute read
    Posted inLeadership

    How to prepare your center for the back-to-school season

    As you prepare for “back-to-school” it’s important to make sure you have certain systems and procedures planned, besides making sure your facility is in top shape. Beyond making sure you…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • July 7, 2023
    • 5 minute read
    Posted inLeadership

    Five tips for building strong staff morale this back-to-school season

    If you’ve been in the childcare industry for any length of time, you know that there are hills and valleys when it comes to team morale. It is an exhausting…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • June 29, 2023
    • 4 minute read
    Posted inCase Study

    Our experience using HiMama in Pennsylvania

    Back in 2015, our center decided to give HiMama a try with the hopes of eliminating daily paper reports, and we’ve never looked back. Over the years, we have seen…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • May 8, 2023
    • 4 minute read
    Posted inLeadership

    From watching to teaching: how to get parents to see you as more than a babysitter

    For as long as I can remember, I have always received judgment for choosing a career in early childhood education. Family members, professors, coworkers, and even good friends questioned why…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • February 22, 2023
    • 5 minute read
    Posted inManagement Tips

    How to set childcare tuition rates – 4 things to keep in mind

    Whether you are a brand new program or one that’s been around for a while, it’s important to have a good knowledge of how to set your tuition rates. This…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • January 11, 2023
    • 3 minute read
    Title: Briding the generational tech gap in childcare. Image of two women using a tablet together.
    Posted inManagement Tips

    Bridging the generational tech gap in childcare

    We live in an age where children grow up surrounded by technology, with many having smartphones available to them from a young age. Generation Z has always had access to…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • December 1, 2022
    • 5 minute read
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    Posted inParenting

    9 tips and tricks for lesson planning

    It’s Sunday night and you’re exhausted.  Lesson plans are due Monday morning at 8 am but it’s the last thing you want to do, and you haven’t even started yet. …

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • October 12, 2022
    • 6 minute read
    5 reasons for building infant routines in the classroom blog header
    Posted inLeadership

    5 reasons for building infant routines in the classroom

    When people hear that you’re an infant educator, the general assumption is that you change diapers and watch babies sleep all day. It’s almost infuriating the amount of misled assumptions…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • September 14, 2022
    • 6 minute read

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