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Real answers to the staffing and scheduling problems you deal with every week. Written for daycare directors, by people who've run one.
Feb 26, 2026
What to Do When Two Staff Call Out the Same Day
A step-by-step plan for handling same-day callouts without panic, plus how to prevent it from becoming a pattern.
Read articleFeb 24, 2026
A Time-Off Policy Template for Daycare Centers (Copy and Customize)
A plain-language, one-page time-off policy you can adapt for your childcare center. Covers vacation, sick days, holidays, and the rules your team actually needs to know.
Read articleFeb 20, 2026
How to Handle Holiday Time-Off Requests Without Losing Your Best Staff
A fair system for managing the Christmas rush, spring break, and every other week when your whole team wants the same days off.
Read articleFeb 16, 2026
Staff-to-Child Ratios: How to Stay Compliant When Staff Take Time Off
The overlap between time-off management and licensing compliance that most daycare directors handle reactively. Here's how to handle it proactively.
Read articleFeb 12, 2026
Why Your Best Daycare Teachers Are Quitting (It's Not Just the Pay)
Childcare turnover is brutal. Pay is part of it. But the directors who retain staff do three things differently that cost nothing.
Read articleFeb 8, 2026
Sunday Night Dread: How to Know Monday's Covered Before the Weekend
The specific system that lets daycare directors stop worrying about Monday staffing by Friday afternoon.
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