For Directors
Articles
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 at a childcare centre without panic, plus how to stop it becoming a recurring pattern.
Read articleFeb 24, 2026
Daycare Time-Off Policy Template (Copy & Customize)
A plain-language, one-page time-off policy you can copy and adapt for your childcare centre. Covers vacation, sick days, holidays, and notice periods.
Read articleFeb 20, 2026
Holiday Time-Off Requests: A Fair System for Daycares
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: Staying Compliant Through 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
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: Know Monday Is Covered by Friday
The system that lets daycare directors stop worrying about Monday staffing by Friday afternoon, so the weekend is actually a weekend.
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