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Micro-Learning Track
Our micro-learning tracks are designed to give both permitted and unpermitted family child care providers practical, business-focused support in a simple, accessible format. Each track includes four live, one-hour sessions led by experienced business coaches, along with easy-to-follow assignments that take 20 minutes or less. Topics include essential areas like licensing, financial foundations, risk management, sales and marketing, technology use in child care businesses, and strategies for starting and growing a sustainable program. Additional tracks will support providers in preparing for Texas Rising Star, expanding services to include infant and toddler care, offering non-traditional hour care, and thriving in child care deserts. These small-group sessions create space for connection with other providers while offering clear, step-by-step guidance to help you move forward with confidence. Whether you’re just getting started or building a plan for long-term success, these tracks are here to support you!
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Guides aspiring home-based child care providers in Texas through business qualifications, licensing, documentation, and facility standards. Sessions cover startup costs, tax calculations, daily operations, and developing a launch timeline to build a sustainable family child care business.
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Covers sessions on budgeting and bookkeeping, record-keeping and automation, cash flow management, and rate setting. Each session combines practical learning with pre-work - participants review materials, complete assessments, or analyze their own financial data - to help providers effectively manage their business finances.
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Helps child care providers understand and manage potential risks to ensure business stability and success. The sessions cover developing essential policies and procedures, preparing for unforeseen circumstances, mitigating financial risks, and building a professional support team. Each session is designed with preparation activities that can help participants identify their specific risk exposure, ensuring they can apply knowledge and tools directly to safeguard their businesses against various risks.
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Covers key strategies for promoting and growing a child care business. It focuses on topics like understanding the "Bull's Eye" approach to sales, creating an effective marketing plan, utilizing online tools like websites and social media, and managing enrollment. Sessions emphasize the importance of prioritizing current customers, leveraging referrals, and implementing ongoing marketing efforts to sustain and expand the child care business.
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Covers essential topics such as record-keeping apps, Google Suite applications, Canva, and more. Each session will include a meticulously crafted curriculum, slide decks, and workbooks, offering step-by-step guidance on utilizing key applications and software effectively.
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Provides strategies for providers to operate successfully in underserved communities by analyzing local needs, building partnerships, setting accessible pricing, and designing flexible programs. Participants will develop community-focused marketing and engagement plans tailored to the needs of families in their area.
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Supports providers in expanding services to include infants and toddlers. Sessions cover how to assess the demand for infant and toddler care, licensing requirements, emergency planning, safe environments, essential equipment, and financial tools for sustainable growth.
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Assists providers in exploring how to offer care outside standard hours by assessing demand, setting pricing, developing safety and emergency policies, and managing staffing. Each session allows participants to learn more about marketing extended-hour services to stay affordable for families while maintaining quality and sustainability.
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Learn about strategies for building business resiliency and supporting child care business growth. Topics include creating effective business plans, conducting SWOT analyses, identifying new revenue streams, decreasing costs, understanding different business structures, and exploring funding options for growth. The sessions aim to help child care providers assess their current business state, implement practical steps to increase revenue and reduce expenses, and make informed decisions about expansion and financing.