As we approach the end of the year, it's the perfect time to celebrate the holidays and conduct staff evaluations before preparing for enrollment in the new school year. Here’s how brightwheel can support you:
Strengthen Communication with Families & Staff
Facilitate Staff Evaluations
Prepare for 2025 Admissions
🆕 Manage your messages with ease – bulk mark as read and unread!
You can now mark messages as read or unread—individually or in bulk—on both the website and the mobile app. This update allows you to quickly organize Staff and Guardian messages, review message context without losing the notification, prioritize messages that need immediate attention, and save non-urgent messages to revisit later. Learn more here!
Resources to prepare and host meaningful staff evaluations
Support and motivate your staff as we head into the new year with a professional development and evaluation session. Whether you’re already hosting evaluations or just starting, brightwheel’s pre-created templates make it easy to collect self-evaluations, organize feedback, and foster growth and development in your team.
Plus, remember that you can upload documents as Attachments to staff profiles, ensuring a record of all evaluations!
Don’t miss out: start the new year with January’s Going On Safari–themed curriculum, it’s still available! 🦒 Plus, for a limited time get $75 off your new purchase.
With Experience Curriculum, your classroom will embark on an unforgettable Safari adventure—no passport needed! The January box comes pre-loaded with lessons and materials, exploring topics like Contemporary Art, Identifying Animals, and more. Let brightwheel handle the prep, so you can focus on bringing the adventure to life—order your January curriculum today!
Exciting News: Admission enhancements are coming in November and December!
Thanks to feedback from our community, we’ve enhanced Admission Packets, formerly known as Processes, to simplify enrollment and help you focus on supporting your families and students. These updates make managing admissions easier, enabling you to seamlessly collect the paperwork you need from families as you prepare for the new year. Learn more about these improvements in this 4-minute video and our Newsfeed post!
📆Important: Tax deadlines
By December 15th, U.S. providers should confirm the information in Billing Settings is accurate for 1099-Ks, if eligible.
By December 31st, all charges and adjustments must be added to ensure they’re included in 2024 payer tax statements.
🎉Custom Fields on mobile & web
You can now create custom fields in student profiles, allowing you to track and report on program-specific data tailored to your needs!
🗑️Delete a student
Simplify your records! You can now delete a student profile if there’s no billing activity associated with it, helping you keep your student list organized.
💻Webinar: Stress-Free Tax Prep for Childcare Providers
Want to simplify tax preparation? Join our webinar on December 11th at 9 AM PT for expert tips on maximizing deductions, plus a Q&A with Shanita Jones, The Childcare CPA™. Can’t make it? Register anyway, and we’ll send you the recording.
🤝Refer a friend
Know a childcare center or preschool that could benefit from brightwheel? Share their details with us! We’ll connect with them to help them get started, and if they sign up, your program will earn a free month of brightwheel!
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