A support system for family child care providers and small child care centers*
FREE!
By joining, you'll spend less time on administrative
activities and more
time providing high-quality programming
Providers who join will receive a complimentary one-year subscription to
Watch a video and learn more:
HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING YOU
Our goal is to understand the challenges faced by home-based child care providers and small centers* to create strategic supports that build on their knowledge, strengths, and interests, so existing providers can grow their business and new providers can join the care and education community.
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BENEFITS OF READY NETWORK
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$250 stipend to assist you with start-up costs! (E.g. new technology or materials.) This will be paid following your Wonderschool onboarding.
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Professional development designed to suit home providers' and small centers' needs.
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Free one-year subscription to Wonderschool for the first 50 providers who join
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Discounted rate for Wonderschool after free year ends. Virginia Early Childhood Foundation and partners are working on a strategy to offset future costs through Ready Network.
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Technical support: You'll have access to Wonderschool staff to answer any Wonderschool questions, PLUS a Ready Network coach from Smart Beginnings to help support you.
BENEFITS OF WONDERSCHOOL
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✔ Access to a community of home-based providers
✔ A mobile app for parent messaging, communication, and attendance tracking
✔ Online enrollment management tools
✔ Automated billing tools to streamline payments
✔ Easy-to-use website and marketing tools
WHO QUALIFIES
All licensed, voluntarily registered, and unlicensed home-based providers and small centers* across the 757 region, from South Hampton Roads to the Peninsula up into Gloucester! Here's how to get started.
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*a small center is defined as one with five (5) or fewer classrooms with a capacity of 50 or fewer children
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WHAT YOU'LL BE EXPECTED TO DO:
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Participate in two 1-hour Wonderschool onboarding sessions
• One information session to build your website, learn the features of the technology, and set up your program’s dashboard.
• One follow-up review session to ensure your dashboard is set up for success
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Enroll all families on the Wonderschool platform and automate online payments for at least one to try it out.
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Download the Wonderschool mobile app and join the Virginia Ready Network online community.
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Share your new website broadly and log into your dashboard regularly. We want this to be a tool you use daily to keep your enrollments up to date, schedule tours for new families, process payments, update your website and more.
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Stay in touch with your regional Smart Beginnings coach so they know what’s working and where you need advice!
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SBVP is partnering with:
GET STARTED
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Wait for a call from your regional Smart Beginnings recruitor.
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