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Controlled Chaos 12:15 PM 09-28-2015
Originally Posted by midaycare:
I stopped taking school agers after my first few months open.

I set myself apart from the other day cares by finding something I could implement that others don't. For me, that is having someone come in a few hours a week to teach Spanish. The kids love it and it is something that start slowly teaching here in Kindergarten. So dcf's feel like they are getting a head start. I also do curriculum and other things, but so do other people.

I am in the process of changing my hours from 7:30-5:30. I have a few grandfathered in. I was open 7-6.

I raised my rates after my initial opening to a higher end rate. I think I'm worth it. I was $125 a week, now I am $160. But clients who were with at a cheaper rate get to keep that rate until they exit my program.
Yes - this. Every time I am filling a new spot I raise my rate by $10-20 a month more (I did a huge pay hike for everyone a year ago when I switched to 52 weeks a year pay) and try to find someone as close to 8-4:30 as possible. I am open 7-5 right now, but try to keep the bulk between 8and4:30 so I can be clean and super closed by 5pm on the dot It takes a while to get the perfect time and pay with many families grandfathered in, but I tend to like the families I have had longer better anyway
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