Season 5, Episode 5: Mr. Ty Answers Your Child Care Business Questions
05/09/25 • 53 min
Mr. Ty, the Childcare Whisperer, has the answers to your child care questions! Among the questions he answers in this podcast:
How can you encourage middle management to not be friends or overly friendly, causing a divide between teachers?
How can I encourage staff to take initiative and feel empowered in their roles while maintaining consistency in classroom practices?
As a new owner taking over a center that has a tarnished reputation and frustrated staff, how can I get community and staff buy-in?
What kind of incentives can I give staff that might be low cost, like a jeans day or an extra planning block? (Mr. Ty says don't do either and send staff home early when they need it!)
Listen in as Mr. Ty answers more questions that you need to know to run a successful child care business!
Mr. Ty, the Childcare Whisperer, has the answers to your child care questions! Among the questions he answers in this podcast:
How can you encourage middle management to not be friends or overly friendly, causing a divide between teachers?
How can I encourage staff to take initiative and feel empowered in their roles while maintaining consistency in classroom practices?
As a new owner taking over a center that has a tarnished reputation and frustrated staff, how can I get community and staff buy-in?
What kind of incentives can I give staff that might be low cost, like a jeans day or an extra planning block? (Mr. Ty says don't do either and send staff home early when they need it!)
Listen in as Mr. Ty answers more questions that you need to know to run a successful child care business!
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Season 5, Episode 4: Using Videos Effectively in ECE Classrooms, with Nermeen Dashoush
Dr. Nermeen Dashoush is the chief learning officer of MarcoPolo Learning, the award-winning global developer of educational products and instructional resources, and she's also a clinical associate professor of early childhood education at Boston University.
In this episode, she shares her insights about how early childhood education programs can use videos in their classroom to supplement lesson plans. She explains the appropriate length for videos in classrooms, as well as the importance of showing videos that are developmentally appropriate.
She also gives examples of how videos give context to learning to help children understand topics, and how videos aid in lesson retention through visual storytelling.
An integration between Procare Solutions and MarcoPolo Learning offers educators a way to improve teaching practices and support quality teacher-child interactions in the classroom.
Check out our blog on how to integrate math into daily routines and how MarcoPolo Learning builds foundational math skills.
Learn more about how the MarcoPolo Learning integration with Procare works and get started today!
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Season 5, Episode 6: How to Create a Family Handbook for Your Child Care Center, with Kelly Matthews and Paula Drew
In this episode, Kelly Matthews and Paula Drew of the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association describe how to create a family handbook for your child care center. This handbook is key to your bottom line, your reputation and ultimately, your business.
They give the following writing tips:
- Use a consistent font and formatting throughout.
- Review carefully for correct spelling and grammar.
- Write in plain language that is easy to understand. Do you serve families who speak languages other than English? If so, invest in getting your policies translated and remember this step every time you update them.
- Make your documents easy to navigate with page numbers and a table of contents.
- Ensure they include all state-required policies and reflect every aspect of your programming.
- Include a "last updated" date so readers know the information is current.
They also walk through how to organize a handbook and how to avoid the biggest mistakes they see when directors and owners create handbooks.
Want to learn more about the work Kelly and Paula are doing? Feel free to check out www.wisconsinearlychildhood.org or email them at [email protected] and [email protected].
And their book, which they wrote with Amy Friedlander, is titled "Build it Strong: How to Make your Child Care Business Thrive from Start up to Retirement." It's available in English and Spanish and is for child care center leaders and those doing home care.
The Child Care Business Podcast - Season 5, Episode 5: Mr. Ty Answers Your Child Care Business Questions
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Welcome to the Child Care Business Podcast, brought to you by ProCare Solutions. This podcast is all about giving childcare, preschool, daycare, afterschool, and other early education professionals a fun and upbeat way to learn about strategies and inspiration you can use to thrive. You'll hear from a variety of childcare thought leaders, including educators, owners, and industry experts on ways to innovate to meet the needs of the children you
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