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Thoughts and opinions on brochure??
Just to head off at the pass- the part about cloth diapering/baby wearing and working with parents...I am pretty set on this. I understand it's a lot of work and juggling, and I am fully prepared to stand my ground with their parents. I already have a firm plan in place for baby wearing that is in my handbook and will be thoroughly discussed.(no sleeping on me, time limits, incorporated throughout the day in addition to independent time. If child has a problem with independent time, we'll work on that and scale back wearing to facilitate) and it IS well within our state regulations. Anyway...other than that. Anyone see grammar errors, stuff that doesn't make sense etc? ETA- Sorry, it's harder to read than I thought About Smart Start Home Care Learning and development begin at birth, so it is never too soon to foster healthy growth and development. My mission is to meet the physical and emotional needs of infants and give them a safe and stimulating environment in order to develop the skills they need to explore the world around them. The Smart Start Difference My sole focus is small-group infant care. This means your baby gets the highest quality infant care available, without the added distraction and difficulties posed by the additional care of older children. The small group environment ensures that your child has all of their needs met quickly and provides ample amounts of one-on-one attention. Individualized Care Options You are your child's greatest advocate. I respect the decisions made by parents and will make every effort to accommodate different parenting choices. This includes, but is not limited to: Cloth diapering Baby wearing Schedule and routine Other needs that can be met while remaining in compliance with state regulations |
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the white on blue is hard to read......maybe its over the computer that makes it hard to read.
also your PT rates. is it 125 for how many days and what do you consider PT? I think in small print i would define what you consider PT. some parents will say ok 4 days is PT .... |
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Part time is 25hrs a week or less. I intend to use contracted hours, so they'll have to set up a schedule per the handbook/contract. I might see if I can fit that in there without it being too small or busy. I planned on breaking that news once I'm actually talking to them. I used to sell cars and had a previous business with sales training and development. I am depending on that background to get people to a) pay my high-end(ish) rates and b) accept my contract stuff without a fight. Good thinking though, perhaps a parenthetical couldn't hurt. |
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i have found that its better to not leave much for them to try to interpret in their way..
I also worked sales too for many years....but i was not very good at it...lol |
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lol. I am an excellent sales person. Partly because I firmly believed in listening to the advice of people who were more seasoned and successful than me. You're right. I don't really want to start an interview off with an argument about hours. Adding the parenthesis now.
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Maybe you can include a picture of your set-up somewhere on the brochure? I know people are very quick to dismiss written text and are more drawn to pictures. I am by no means a business "marketer," but that's what I've noticed with myself
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It looks great, but I do agree with daycare, I would define what p/t and full time hours are. And I also agree with spud12, a pic. of your set up would add a more comforting/homey part (can't think of what words to use...lol) to your brochure. The only other thing is in one of the pics (on the front I think) it looks like one of the babies are sleeping on their stomach.
This is very interesting! What happens when the babies age out, do you send them elsewhere? What ages do you accept? Sorry about all the questions! Your program seems interesting! I would love to have only babies, but unfortunately here we can only have 2 under 18 mo. |
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I didn't want to have mixed ages competing for attention with infants. I worked a while in the infant room at my preschool and LOVED it. It can be really crazy, but it can also be sooooo nice. We had a really great infant teacher that was amazing and getting them into routines. She's offered me lots of baby-whispering help. Yes, I have in my contract that I will keep kids past their 1st birthday if they have a confirmed spot in another place. I refer to the preschool that I was working at, since they are AMAZING! In return, they are giving people who they have to turn away (no more infant space) my brochure/cards and their endorsement. When all the kids age out, then I'll decide whether to a) take on older kids b) go back to working preschool or c) take more infants and possibly send my kid to my preschool PT. We'll see! I'm not my best with kids when they are about 1ish until they're 3...Shhhhhhh! URGH! So, the brochure is just a vistaprint template. I don't have the design chops or resources to do much more. I can probably add a picture (maybe over the belly sleeping kid...good eye! I didn't notice that.), but that means I'll have to wait to print them until my whole room is set up and I've taken pictures. With shipping and all, they are already like 3 weeks out. If I have to wait until I can take pictures of my area, it could be even longer. I was really hoping to get things set up and get interviewing sooner... Do you guys think it would just be a bonus, or a deal breaker?? Also, I already edited and added the FT/PT definitions. Thanks for the input!!! |
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IT really sounds like you are all set and ready to go. You seem to have done a lot of leg work to get where you are at and your plan to work with your past employer sounds awesome. I hope that all of this works out for you..... |
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I was able to get rid of the baby sleeping on his belly!!!! I replaced it with some feet. I am going to make the executive decision to save a bunch of money on the brochures and deal with the no picture of my own place. I think as a solution, while I'm waiting to get the brochures in, I'm going to make 1/8th of a sheet mini documents that will give people $25 off their first week's tuition if they complete the process to hold their spot before April 1 (enrollment fee + first week's fees hold the spot) and I can print a little picture of my space on those, plus I can print them at the print shop for a few bucks and tuck them in the brochures before I hand them out. (I was considering doing this anyway, to try to solidify my spots well in advance of opening) I liked the publisher idea, but when I looked into having them printed, it was going to cost almost 2x as much as vistaprint. So I am going another way. Thanks!!! |
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Just like you don't feel good about the age group you mentioned. I don't feel good about infants. They scare me. Lol. |
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Still. One year olds give me nightmares. The inability to follow directions and their ability to kill themselves on everything terrifies me! |
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