Mission
The Children's Lighthouse Foundation is a national 501c3 organization that endeavors to equip educators with the tools and resources needed to provide a loving, secure, and educational environment for children and their families.
SERVICES
Accreditation
We work with centers to get higher scores and to earn accreditation. Currently have worked with the following: NAEYC, YoungStar, NECPA, NAC, GreatStart
Engagement
Ways to connect with your local community, parents, and prospective employees.
Organization
Restructured center rooms and ratios, organized offices, tour ready facilities, and employee break rooms.
Marketing
​Ways to increase enrollment, lead generation tracking and identify new ways to gather leads, ads, email, and social media marketing, blog writing, press releases, signage, flyers, custom images, brochures, cross-marketing plans, community outreach, video plan, business cards, brochures, flyers, outdoor and indoor signage, e-book development, website redesign.
Program
​​Referral program, community workshops, enrichment ideas, open houses and other revenue generating activities.
Branding
Brand centers (new USP, logo, differences). Center re-branding: internal/external signage, logo, lobby, mailers, custom wallpaper design and graphics, core value posters and images for website and other materials, testimonial walls, painting.
Professional Development
Professional Development, CPR/First Aid/AED, State Licensing Requirements, Classroom Management, Lesson Planning, Parent Communication, and Difficult Behaviors.
Leadership
Reorganization of leadership, traction structure, level 10 meetings, new organization chart, job descriptions, strategy, accountability structure for leadership team and owner to enhance communication and follow-through, 1-on-1 coaching ten-month plan for directors.
HR & Staffing
Payroll, Training, Hiring, Onboarding, Wage decision making, and benefit packages.
Culture
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
High Morale
Low Turnover
Finance
​​Budget and capacity calculations and monitoring, financial training, benchmarks, time wasters, tuition changes.
Procedures
Written procedures on EVERYTHING...disaster recovery, medication plans, PTO, employee and parent handbooks.
WE UNDERSTAND
Starting and running your own childcare business is more than just watching children and encouraging them to grow.
Owning a childcare business also includes administrative tasks such as payroll, recruiting new staff, getting accreditations, tuition, health records, safety records, enrollment, and ensuring that your child care business is entirely compliant with all state and federal regulations and laws.
When you're running a child care business by yourself, there's a lot to remember. Too often, other things such as providing professional development for your staff, updating your business with the latest technology, marketing, and other ways to grow your child care business can be overlooked.
We'd love to talk with you about how The Children's Lighthouse can help you open your own child care business or take your child care organization to the next level.