Dream Up! - Child Care Provider Training Opportunities The Child Care Provider Training Series is hosted by First Children’s Finance. Through this series, providers have the opportunity to attend free, hands-on workshops and seminars that address the most critical business topics for family child care owners and child care centers. At this time, these trainings will not be recorded. If you have questions or need additional support on one of the topics listed below, please email DCFMBDECEProjectGrowth@wisconsin.gov. Note: This schedule is subject to change. We will also be adding information about which trainings will be available in Spanish shortly. May 10, 2024: Child Care Business Boot Camp (2 sessions) 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Develop the basic skills of starting and running a successful child care business. Learn the skills needed to refine your child care business idea, manage finances, develop a budget, create a marketing plan, and identify business polices that contribute to sustainability and growth of the child care business. Explore the basic business concepts through a hands on approach using case studies, individual exercises, group exercises, and classroom discussions. Register for the Child Care Business Boot Camp training. May 14, 2024: Separación de las finanzas del cuidado infantil familiar de las finanzas personales 6 - 8 p.m. Aprenda herramientas básicas para separar las finanzas comerciales y personales. Aprenda a utilizar sistemas informáticos y de archivos para organizar documentos financieros. Desarrollar un presupuesto comercial. Registrarse para separación de las finanzas del cuidado infantil familiar de las finanzas personales. May 16, 2024: Leveraging Technology for your Child Care Center 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. In today's digital age, technology plays a crucial role in enhancing the efficiency and quality of child care centers and family child care providers. By incorporating the right software and hardware solutions, child care businesses can streamline their operations, improve their financial knowledge of their business, and use technology to support their growth and operations. In this training, we will explore various technology tools, their advantages, and how to effectively integrate them into your child care business. Register for the Leveraging Technology for your Child Care training. June 6, 2024: Managing Enrollment in your Child Care Center 9 - 11 a.m. Learn how to understand enrollment in a child care center and develop your skills to create realistic enrollment projections and how to track current enrollment and future openings. Create action steps to maintain and grow enrollment. Register for the Managing Enrollment in your Child Care Center training. June 25, 2024: Precision Pricing for your Child Care Center 12 - 2 p.m. Explore the current state of child care and the factors that contribute to child care business challenges. Complete a SOAR analysis. Understand the process for pricing your business services. Identify strategies to increase your business acumen. Register for the Precision Pricing for your Child Care Center training. July 17, 2024: Quality Staffing for Your Child Care Center 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. Learn the three phases or employee recruitment, hiring, and retention. Analyze current hiring and employee retention processes. Identify strategies to recruit qualified teachers. Review best practices for hiring new employees. Understand the importance of a holistic employee orientation process. Develop strategies to increase staff leadership development. Register for the Quality Staffing for Your Child Care Center training. July 29, 2024: Developing a Marketing Plan for Your Child Care Center 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Learn basic marketing principles and concepts. Complete an environmental scan. Identify features and benefits of a child care program. Analyze child care competitors. Identify strategies to build an effective message. Define target market to secure future enrollment. Learn how to use marketing principles to secure community partnerships. Register for the Developing a Marketing Plan for Your Child Care Center training. August 7, 2024: Child Care Business Boot Camp (2 sessions) 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Develop the basic skills of starting and running a successful child care business. Learn the skills needed to refine your child care business idea, manage finances, develop a budget, create a marketing plan, and identify business policies that contribute to the sustainability and growth of the child care business. Explore the basic business concepts through a hands-on approach using case studies, individual exercises, group exercises, and classroom discussions. Register for the Child Care Business Boot Camp training. September 10, 2024: Precision Pricing for your Family Child Care 6 - 8 p.m. Explore the current state of child care and the factors that contribute to child care business challenges. Complete a SOAR analysis. Understand the process for pricing your business services. Identify strategies to increase your business acumen. Register for the Precision Pricing for your Family Child Care training. September 16, 2024: Leveraging Technology for your Child Care Center 9 - 11 a.m. In today's digital age, technology plays a crucial role in enhancing the efficiency and quality of child care centers and family child care providers. By incorporating the right software and hardware solutions, child care businesses can streamline their operations, improve their financial knowledge of their business, and use technology to support their growth and operations. In this training, we will explore various technology tools, their advantages, and how to effectively integrate them into your child care business. Register for the Leveraging Technology for your Child Care Center training. September 20, 2024: Políticas y prácticas para la administración de empresas de cuidado infantil 12 - 2 p.m. Aprenda cómo implementar políticas, procedimientos y sistemas de manera efectiva que respalden operaciones estables del programa. Identificar y examinar cómo organizar y crear políticas estándar y manual de procedimientos de su programa. Registrarse para políticas y prácticas para la administración de empresas de cuidado infantil. September 25, 2024: Developing Scholarship and Tuition Assistance Programs 12 - 3 p.m. Identify practical strategies for establishing a tuition assistance program. Explore how to establish an internal scholarship model for low-income families. Understand how to balance quality child care and the level of financial risk to the child care business model. Register for the Developing Scholarship and Tuition Assistance Programs training. October 7, 2024: Planificación para el futuro: Presupuesto anual y proyecciones de flujo de efectivo 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Aprenda conceptos básicos de presupuestación. Explore las secciones de ingresos y gastos de un presupuesto. Analice el propósito de la elaboración de presupuestos y los diferentes tipos de presupuestos. Comprender el propósito de proyectar el flujo de caja. Desglose las secciones de un estado de flujo de efectivo. Analizar un estudio de caso de negocio de cuidado infantil para identificar estrategias para gestionar el flujo de caja. Identifique estrategias para administrar el flujo de efectivo utilizando los recursos de First Children's Finance. Registrarse para Planificación para el futuro: Presupuesto anual y proyecciones de flujo de efectivo. October 15, 2024: Separating Your Family Child Care Finances from Your Personal Finances 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Learn basic tools to separate business and personal finances. Learn to utilize computer and file systems to organize financial documents. Develop a business budget. Register for the Separating Your Family Child Care Finances from Your Personal Finances training. October 17, 2024: Planificación para el Futuro: Estados Financieros y Contables 6 - 8 p.m. Aprenda términos contables básicos y revise los estados financieros de uso común. Desglose las secciones de un estado de ingresos y gastos, un estado de flujo de efectivo y un balance general. Analizar un estudio de caso para determinar la salud financiera de una empresa de cuidado infantil. Identificar estrategias sobre cómo utilizar los estados financieros para informar las decisiones comerciales. Registrarse para planificación para el futuro: estados financieros y contables. October 18, 2024: Planning for the Future: Annual Budget and Cash Flow Projections 12 - 3 p.m. Learn basic budgeting concepts. Explore income and expense sections of a budget. Discuss the purpose of budgeting and the different types of budgets. Understand the purpose of projecting cash flow. Break down the sections of a cash flow statement. Analyze a child care business case study to identify strategies to manage cash flow. Identify strategies to manage cash flow using First Children’s Finance business management resources. Register for the Planning for the Future: Annual Budget and Cash Flow Projections training. October 30, 2024: Planning for the Future: Accounting and Financial Statements 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Learn basic accounting terms and review commonly used financial statements. Break down sections of an income and expense statement, a cash flow statement, and a balance sheet. Analyze a case study to determine the financial health of a child care business. Identify strategies of how to use financial statements to inform business decisions. Register for the Planning for the Future: Accounting and Financial Statements training. November 6, 2024: Managing Enrollment in your Child Care Center 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. Learn how to understand enrollment in a child care center and develop your skills to create realistic enrollment projections and how to track current enrollment and future openings. Create action steps to maintain and grow enrollment. Register for the Managing Enrollment in your Child Care Center training. November 18, 2024: Board Governance 12 - 2 p.m. Register for the Board Governance training. November 19, 2024: Precios de precisión para su cuidado infantil familiar 6 - 8 p.m. Explore el estado actual del cuidado infantil y los factores que contribuyen a los desafíos del negocio del cuidado infantil. Complete un análisis SOAR. Comprenda el proceso para fijar el precio de sus servicios comerciales. Identifique estrategias para aumentar su visión para los negocios. Registrarse para precios de precisión para su cuidado infantil familiar. November 21, 2024: Injecting Quality in your Family Child Care 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Explore new opportunities for quality in your individual professional development, program offerings, and business operations. Using the case study of Angie’s Daycare – walk through Angie’s own evaluation of where she is at and how she can improve her outcomes with quality. Register for the Injecting Quality in your Family Child Care training.
