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"Learn how to run a successful childcare center! The COVID-19 pandemic proved that reliable, high-quality childcare is more essential than ever, and center directors are the industry's indisputable backbone. Learn how to become a director and what exacting a director does. Whether you call your program a mother's-day-out, a preschool, an early childhood learning center, daycare, childcare, nursery, or school, you still need to have a good understanding of the daily roles & responsibilities of the administrator/director. Your good management of the center enables your staff and children to thrive in a learning environment that meets the needs of teachers, parents, and most importantly the children. Early childhood professional and entrepreneurs Carrie Casey & Kate Woodward Young share their 20+ years of practical tips, tools, advice, and hard-won experience in the field they love with those ready to become the next generation of successful and effective administrators. Inside, you'll discover how to: Reflect your own educational philosophy Attract families who share your values Achieve and maintain full enrollment Train and retains an amazing staff Network well within the community Build and stick to a realistic budget And more. Use Carrie & Kate's guidance and strategies to find your confidence, develop as a professional, and prepare to make a lasting difference in the minds and hearts of the children you will serve. Get From Overwhelmed to ""I Got This"" today!"

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Carrie Casey and Kate Woodward Young, M.Ed. designed their director credentialing program in 2002 to meet the need of preschool, daycare, school age, Montessori program directors, and owners. Carrie and Kate have been business partners for 20 years. They have trained thousands of Directors, operated a childcare substitute business, and training program for teachers and parents. They have been working with business owners for a combined 55 years. It is no real surprise that they went into business since they were raised by entrepreneurs and have self-employed grandparents on both sides of the family. You could say they were born to be self-employed!Kate had been working with various directors helping them with marketing and business development. Kate loves working with new business owners to help them find their passion. She works regularly with those who are ready to retire and helping them create their exit strategies. Her career path has taken her through medical, conservation, and Lego paths in addition to her time in schools. Kate is a mother of 4 and loves to travel with her husband and children. Some think she leads a secret life with a mouse.Carrie owned four childcare centers in the Central Austin, Texas area. Carrie is a wife and mother of 2. At the age of 3 she decided that she would have a center when she grew up. It took a while, but by 23 she had achieved her dream. She grew her program over the years making good choices and bad. Eventually, she sold her business to one of her employees and focused on training. Through a series of unusual circumstances, she spent several years in real estate development, before returning to educational program support.The opportunity to train childcare and youth program directors not only appealed to them they knew they wanted to do it the best way possible by having fun trainings that gave the directors the tools they needed.This book is the culmination of that work. They are proud to be able to continue to offer support when directors need the training. If you want to continue your relationship with Carrie & Kate, just join their Facebook community, Director Support Superstars. Carrie Casey and Kate Woodward Young, M.Ed. designed their director credentialing program in 2002 to meet the need of preschool, daycare, school age, Montessori program directors, and owners. Carrie and Kate have been business partners for 20 years. They have trained thousands of Directors, operated a childcare substitute business, and training program for teachers and parents. They have been working with business owners for a combined 55 years. It is no real surprise that they went into business since they were raised by entrepreneurs and have self-employed grandparents on both sides of the family. You could say they were born to be self-employed!Kate had been working with various directors helping them with marketing and business development. Kate loves working with new business owners to help them find their passion. She works regularly with those who are ready to retire and helping them create their exit strategies. Her career path has taken her through medical, conservation, and Lego paths in addition to her time in schools. Kate is a mother of 4 and loves to travel with her husband and children. Some think she leads a secret life with a mouse.Carrie owned four childcare centers in the Central Austin, Texas area. Carrie is a wife and mother of 2. At the age of 3 she decided that she would have a center when she grew up. It took a while, but by 23 she had achieved her dream. She grew her program over the years making good choices and bad. Eventually, she sold her business to one of her employees and focused on training. Through a series of unusual circumstances, she spent several years in real estate development, before returning to educational program support.The opportunity to train childcare and youth program directors not only appealed to them they knew they wanted to do it the best way possible by having fun trainings that gave the directors the tools they needed.This book is the culmination of that work. They are proud to be able to continue to offer support when directors need the training. If you want to continue your relationship with Carrie & Kate, just join their Facebook community, Director Support Superstars.

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