The Child Care Business Podcast

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The Child Care Business Podcast

This podcast, brought to you by Procare Solutions, is all about giving child care, preschool, daycare, afterschool and other early education professionals a fun and upbeat way to learn about strategies and inspiration they can use to thrive. You’ll hear from a variety of child care thought leaders, including educators, owners and industry experts, on ways to innovate to meet the needs of the children you serve. From practical tips for managing operations to uplifting stories of transformation and triumph, this podcast will be chock-full of insights you can use to fully realize the potential of your child care business.

  1. 2 JAN

    Season 5, Episode 1: Creating a Vision for Your Child Care Center in 2025, with Mr. Ty, the Childcare Whisperer

    "You cannot be a director if you don't have a vision," says Mr. Ty, the Childcare Whisperer who is the president of The Childcare Agency, a popular motivational/keynote speaker and an early childhood education teams coach.In this podcast, Mr. Ty shares his tips from his years of experience working in ECE, including what he sees as problems that must be fixed. On that list: Putting a Band-Aid over a problem instead of looking at a long-term effect,we put a bandaid over things instead of lookin...

    33 min

  2. 25/11/2024

    Season 4, Episode 11: Understanding the CDA and How to Complete It, with Sammantha Boyle

    The Child Development Associate CDA credential, better known as the CDA, is the most widely recognized credential in early childhood education. It is an important part of career advancement in the field, but many talented teachers do not have the certification.In this podcast, Sammantha Boyle, a curriculum manager at Procare Solutions, breaks down step-by-step what the CDA is and how to earn it. She also describes how child care center directors and owners can support their staff a...

    28 min

  3. 24/10/2024

    Episode 4, Season 10: How to Find and Keep Insurance for Your Child Care Center with Samantha Phillips

    Samantha Phillips is an insurance broker who specializes in insuring child care centers, a job that is especially tough this days as ECE businesses struggle to find and keep insurance. Costs are soaring. Samantha said she has a client in Massachusetts whose insurance DOUBLED, from $25,000 a year to $50,000 a year .. and the client had never filed a claim. And paying that amount was the client's only option.That's just one example Samantha shares during this podcast. She also gives examp...

    35 min

  4. 06/09/2024

    Season 4, Episode 9: How to Attract New Families to Your Child Care Center, with Molly Hichens

    Molly Hichens is a second-generation owner at Bright Beginnings Preschool, which has three locations in Charlottesville, Virginia, and is about to celebrate 40 years in business! She’s also an accomplished child care consultant and speaker. In this episode, Molly breaks down some tips for how child care center leaders can attract new families!Those tips include:Highlighting three to five unique selling points, also known as value propositionsMake the tours special for prospective familie...

    52 min

  5. 20/08/2024

    Season 4, Episode 8: Creative Leadership Ideas to Train and Assess Child Care Center Staff, with Kathe Petchel

    Kathe Petchel began her education career working as a public school teacher before opening her own preschool center in 1984. She now owns three sites serving more than 300 families in Charlottesville, Virginia.In 2017, Kathe joined HINGE Advisors, where she now works in business development. In this podcast, she shares her tips on using creative leadership and assessments to train child care center staff.Among the topics she discusses:How to "gamify" staff assessmentsTips for compliance check...

    47 min

  6. 26/07/2024

    Season 4, Episode 7: How to Develop Leaders in Your Child Care Center's Staff, with Beth Cannon

    Beth Cannon is the owner of 13 Stretch-N-Grow child enrichment franchises and is an expert in early childhood education working as a speaker, trainer and coach. One of her talents is teaching child care center leaders how to develop talent from within their current staff, which is especially important as owners and directors struggle to retain high quality staff. In this podcast, Beth shares her tips for identifying staff who are ready for more responsibilities as well as the importance of jo...

    44 min

  7. 25/06/2024

    Season 4, Episode 6: Three Tips to Grow Your Child Care Business, with Caroline Jens

    Are you ready to take your child care center to the next level? Whether you're a seasoned child care professional or just starting out, the tips from Caroline Jens shared in this podcast will help you grow and succeed in the competitive world of early childhood education and management!Caroline is the owner and co-founder of Child Care Biz Help and has dedicated nearly 20 years to child care. She is an expert in business development, leadership, finance, web development, internet marketing an...

    52 min

  8. 10/06/2024

    Season 4, Episode 5: Using Developmentally Appropriate Practices to De-stress Children and Teachers, with Prerna Richards

    "We've gone down this path of expecting little humans to sit when they're not developmentally made to sit this long. Brains don't learn like this," says Prerna Richards, founder of Together We Grow.In this episode, Prerna walks us through how to use developmentally appropriate practices to de-stress teachers and children. Prerna says early childhood education programs are seeing aggressive behaviors and shares how child care staff can use DAP to take the stress out of learning to create a bet...

    45 min
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This podcast, brought to you by Procare Solutions, is all about giving child care, preschool, daycare, afterschool and other early education professionals a fun and upbeat way to learn about strategies and inspiration they can use to thrive. You’ll hear from a variety of child care thought leaders, including educators, owners and industry experts, on ways to innovate to meet the needs of the children you serve. From practical tips for managing operations to uplifting stories of transformation and triumph, this podcast will be chock-full of insights you can use to fully realize the potential of your child care business.

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  • Creator
    Procare Solutions
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    56
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 The Child Care Business Podcast
  • Show Website
    The Child Care Business Podcast

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