For daycares and preschools
From the short-staffed morning to the missing forms and parents finding each other.
Three things land before the week has started.
The short-staffed morning
4families still at the door
Two teachers call out at 6:15, and without them the Twos Room can’t open. You email families, text the staff and post on Facebook. Four families still pull up at the door.
You posted it three ways. Four families still pulled up at the door.
Monday, 6:15 a.m.
Twos Room closed today.
4 families at the doorAt the door
Two teachers out
Licensing next week
9of 38 children with a form expired or missing
Nine of your 38 children have a form that’s expired or missing. You emailed all 38 families. The same nine haven’t moved.
You emailed all 38 families. The same nine haven’t moved.
Enrollment and permission formsForms on file29 on file · 9 missing
The birthday party
10envelopes in the cubbies
Zoe’s mom wants to invite the whole Twos Room to her party. The center can’t hand out parents’ numbers, so she leaves ten envelopes in the cubbies.
The center can’t hand out parents’ numbers, so she leaves ten envelopes in the cubbies.
Twos Room
Zoe’s party, Saturday
The center can’t share parents’ numbers.
25%
of a director’s time, at least, goes to administration, planning and compliance.
21%
of full-day center staff leave in a year, and take their room’s parent relationships with them.
Sources: Mathematica · Minneapolis Fed, 2022
Each of those starts with one post.
Two teachers are out, so the Twos Room is closed today. We’ll post here by 5 p.m. about tomorrow.
Shows in
Drafted from “two teachers out, Twos Room closed”
Post it once and it reaches that room's families and the staff room. On Pro, families without the app get it by email.
Today:An email, a text to the staff and a Facebook post, and four families at the door anyway.
Before the licensing visit
Enrollment formsdue Friday
29 turned in · 9 missing
Remind 9@collect tracks who has turned in the enrollment form or the field trip permission and reminds only the nine still missing one.
Today:An email to all 38 families.
Zoe’s mom
Zoe turns 3 on Saturday, and the whole Twos Room is invited!
Ruth
Ava can’t wait. What can we bring?
She posts once in the Twos Room, everyone sees it, and nobody's number changes hands.
Today:Ten envelopes in the cubbies.
Director
Your enrollment list, and the admins you name.
Join us on OurHive
Everyone in one place, by room.
Director
Your own newsletter and the note home, with the flyers from the launch kit.
Infants6 children
Toddlers8 children
Twos10 children
Pre-K14 childrenTeachers
A room per classroom, and a staff room no parent is in.
Which room is your child in?
Families
They land in their child's room and one center-wide room.
A nonprofit or parent co-op can name its board as admins.
Every room, the staff and the whole center in one app. Every post lands in the room it belongs to, and keeps track of itself.
Two teachers are out, so the Twos Room is closed today. We'll post here by 5 p.m. about tomorrow.
Field trip permission for the farm. Turn it in at the front desk by Wednesday.
Is tuition due the 1st or the 5th?
Zoe turns 3 on Saturday, and the whole Twos Room is invited!
Open · 6 repliesThe Twos Room is closed. One post reaches that room’s families and the staff, and nobody else.
Field trip permission, due Wednesday. Only the families still missing it get a reminder.
A parent asks when tuition is due. The answer comes from your handbook, with the source shown.
Zoe’s mom invites the Twos Room. Everyone sees it, and nobody’s number changes hands.
The center uploads its enrollment list, or a parent co-op its own member list. Free to start.
What stays yours
Only families on your list get in, and anyone else asks you or an admin. The list stays when staff change.
Families choose what shows, and contact details never show in the directory. No child accounts.
When staff or children move on, every post and answer stays, and next year's enrollment forms run again with last year's reminders.
