This month's newsletter includes:
🆕 Billing revenue forecasting
🦃 Thanksgiving Celebration Kit
📙 Free Year-End Playbook from Gusto
💜 Meet your Operational Partner in brightwheel
NEW: The billing report you've been asking for
Billing revenue forecasting shows the revenue you're scheduled to bill over the next 3, 6, or 12 months. Plan your budget, compare cash flow month to month, and catch missing billing plans before a family slips through.
Not using brightwheel billing yet? Learn how it can simplify tuition collection for your program
Host a Thanksgiving celebration with families.
Get all the party planning pieces you need to organize a fun fall Thanksgiving celebration with the Thanksgiving Celebration Party Kit. Print as many invitations as you need and invite the whole neighborhood — it's a wonderful way to involve families and show off your program.
A free year-end playbook from our partners at Gusto.
The Year-End Clean Start Playbook gives childcare leaders practical steps to help prepare for year-end, including employee information, pay schedules, taxes, and benefits.
Want the walkthrough too? Watch the recording of our webinar on costly year-end payroll issues.
Your operational partner, built in brightwheel.
Brightwheel AI spots what needs your attention and answers questions using your program's own data — ratios, rosters, billing, and more. No hunting through reports, and no separate tool or login.
Just ask it things like:
“Are my room ratios ok right now?”
“Which families are not enrolled in autopay?”
“Who is clocked in right now?”
Brightwheel AI is completely optional, only sees what you have permission to see, and never acts without your approval. Available to all admins on the web.
💬 NEW: Quick email and messaging actions
Click an email address for a contact or staff member to message them in brightwheel, open a new email in your mail app, or copy the address. See how it works.
📋 Admissions packets for next year
Create one packet with everything families need to enroll for next year, and share it in a few clicks. Set up an admissions packet.
🎃 Pumpkin Patch Celebration Kit
Still time to pull off a pumpkin patch party before Halloween — invitations, decor, and the works. Get the free kit.
📈 Coming soon: brightwheel CRM
Pipeline and lead management, tour tracking, waitlist management, enrollment forecasting, and automated family communications — all built to help you fill open spots faster. Watch a sneak peek & get on the waitlist.
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Brightwheel billing: If you are not currently using brightwheel's billing feature, learn more here and join providers who save 5+ hours each week using the platform.
Account Setup: If you're still getting your brightwheel account set up. We recommend leveraging brightwheel Academy, an interactive learning platform for Premium subscribers that helps Admins, Teachers, and Guardians master using brightwheel through role-specific courses.