Planning a great event at your center is easy when your whole team is on board. Gitta Cardinal, Center Director at Lakemont Academy in Bellevue, Wash., leans on her Pre-K teacher Miss Christiana to make monthly family events a success. “Christiana is an amazing teacher who always goes above and beyond,” said Cardinal. “Having the…
Rating systems don’t just give parents an idea of the quality of a child care center, they can also result in some major perks—like a $12,500 grant to improve center programming. Center Director Yesenia Sanchez in Fresno, Calif., earned a $12,500 Mini Grant for her center because of her high score in California’s Quality Rating…
It doesn’t take grand gestures to impress parents. Julia, a teacher at KinderCare in Maple Valley, Wash., received a note from one of her students’ grandparents thanking her for doing what she does for the children in her care every day. After just a few months at KinderCare, Brady not only seems to be making progress,…
The Gratitude Game is all about celebrating those who go above and beyond in living our Service Values. Center Directors have submitted over 3,800 examples of how center staff do just that to the Experience Everything website since the game launched at this year’s Academy—and now it’s time to vote for the first story of…
Spring/Summer 2016 by KinderCare Education The easiest way to retain a family who may be on the fence about staying at your center is to sit down and have a quality conversation. Face-to-face interactions about what’s bothering a family can help you come to a proactive solution.
Earlier this summer, Champions programs in Marlboro Township, N.J., presented their very first musical showcase “Music My Parents Like (and some music I like too)” at the Marlboro Recreation Center. Champions children from three different elementary schools studied their parents’ favorite songs and artists, and worked with local high school students and a retired theater…
To celebrate the end of the school year, Champions Site Director Charmaine Balaoro invited her first-ever class at Champions in Elk Grove, Calif., back to the site in June to celebrate and reminisce. “We invited our Champions alumni, now 12 and 13 year olds, to join us for a Champions reunion,” she said. “To my…
On any given work day, Senior Community Partnerships Coordinator Alyssa Howe is busy building relationships to better the Portland community. But for one week in June, Howe was hard at work digging, building, and gardening in the South Bronx, N.Y. Each year, KinderCare Education is invited to In Good Company, a week-long, sustainability-focused community service…
When it comes to thought leadership, it’s clear that KinderCare Education is hitting the mark. That was just one thing Dr. Elanna Yalow, KCE’s CEO of Early Learning Programs, discovered at last month’s Clinton Global Initiative America meeting. At the meeting, Yalow and Vice President of Government Relations, Celia Hartman Sims, participated in a national…
When the children at KinderCare in Addison, Ill., visited the DuPage Children’s Museum on a field trip earlier this year, they had no idea that in a few months, their very own art would be on display in the museum. The exhibit “Think. Explore. Create. Math Masterpieces” captures children’s creative process and highlights the importance…