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Brightwheel Monthly Product Spotlights: What's New and Top Tips
Brightwheel Monthly Product Spotlights: What's New and Top Tips

Learn how to get more value out of brightwheel with spotlighted features and new improvements.

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Written by Sabrina
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Each month, Premium customers receive a Product Spotlight newsletter with expert ways to get paid faster, build deep connections with families and staff, enhance learning, and efficiently manage an early learning program. The email also features exciting new improvements to the brightwheel platform.

Current and past newsletters are also below for easy reference.


Current Newsletter

Check out our most recent newsletter by clicking the button below! 🎉


Past Newsletters

Click to view any of our past newsletters below. Keep in mind, the most current newsletter is the best source of up-to-date information.

2024

    • 10+ new reports, edit bill plans, 2024-25 monthly curriculum themes

    • Back to School roadmap, meal type of bottles, staff without parent messaging

    • Back to School prep, attendance tracking, weekly billing digest

    • Annual & quarterly bill plans, pay periods, parent view of portfolios

    • Paperwork vs Shared Files, Billing only staff role, hiring staff webinar

    • Year-end statements, photo and video galleries, admin schedules on mobile

    • Tax webinar, incident reports, forms improvements, new staff profile

2023

    • Longer videos, billing updates, tax season, & overtime rules

    • Payroll, diaper cream, message sort by unread, & EC monthly themes

    • Portfolios, brightwheel flyers (English & Spanish), fillable PDFs

    • Parent directories, payer-level autopay, & Spanish for staff

    • Billing plan templates, message attachments, & Friends of brightwheel

    • Billing reports, brightwheel in Spanish, & brightwheel Academy

    • Learning observation drafts, calendar on web, & Experience Curriculum

    • Performance evaluations, supporting your staff, & log activities on the web

    • Learning library, Teacher Appreciation Week, & the new subsidies experience

    • Account switching, log attendance on web, & update primary payers.

    • Charges report, custom enrollment notes, & messaging prospective families.

    • Custom reports, 1099-K for taxes, food tracking using menus.

2022

    • Tax resources for families, bulk update homeroom & student status

    • Sibling payments, in-app newsletters, create custom forms

    • Revenue report, fall celebrations, waitlists

    • Menu planning, autopay, staff messaging

    • New billing updates, daily reports/SMS alerts, staff health screens

    • Billing flyer for families, Document Hub, mobile timecards & schedules


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