Optimize Your Staffing – the Biggest Cost of Your Childcare Center

Interactive graphical scheduler by iCare software

Managing your staff is one of the most important aspects of your childcare center. Your staff are the teachers and caregivers that make your childcare center what it is. And yet, staffing is also one of the most time-consuming aspects of managing a childcare center. From teacher-to-child ratios to covering vacations and sick days, some days it […]

What You Need to Know About Daycare Door Security

Childcare Door Security by iCare

Electronic door locks ensure that only authorized individuals enter your childcare center. And they can help validate your attendance records through capturing photos and signatures for drop off and pick up. There are many electronic door locks on the market, but finding the right one can mean the difference in protecting the security of your […]

Childcare Parent Portal Builds Customer Loyalty, Saves Time

A Parent Portal for building customer loyalty and reducing administrative burden

Offering the parents of the students who attend your childcare center an online childcare parent portal has two big benefits. A self-service childcare parent portal can both increase their customer satisfaction and save your center’s administrative time. And when customers and staff are happy, you are more likely to retain those customers and staff, which […]

Child Care Record Keeping Software Helps Document Injuries and File Reports

preschool care with iCare software

When you care for children several hours a day, accidents will happen. However, you need a process for documenting those accidents and reporting the information to parents. A child care record keeping software with security and privacy practices can help in recording and maintaining this information. Injuries children sustain will vary from mild scrapes on […]

6 Areas of Your School a Childcare App Transforms

Childcare App to transform center

Adding childcare management software or making a change to your software is not an easy or small decision. That’s why the team at iCare Software puts so much thought and care into the product that we provide to childcares, preschools, Montessori centers and other centers offering care. We firmly believe that iCare will impact your […]

Running A Childcare Business Successfully Is Easier With A Childcare App

Two boys play outside at a child care center.

Childcare businesses take so much time, effort and management. And it’s tough to know how you are managing your childcare compared to competitors. At times, administrators might feel hopeless or desperate in finding better balance in their lives. Plus, you want to improve your childcare finances.  But managing a childcare center shouldn’t feel that way. […]

Accounting Software for Daycare to Manage Financial Health

Two girls use colored pencils at a child care center.

Owning your own childcare center can be a dream come true. Getting to provide outstanding care for children is your mission. And yet sometimes, it can feel like finances get in the way of that. The pressure to make a living, pay your teachers, and constantly think 5-10 years down the road about how your […]

How to Run A Successful Daycare And Be The Best In Your Area

Best childcare center in your area

Every childcare center wants to be that prestigious place of education that everyone in the community wants to send their children to. What you may not realize is that the childcare center you look up to probably had humble beginnings as well and adapted to changes in the marketplace accordingly. Becoming the most sought-after childcare center in […]