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Introducing the Monday Child Care Business Boost

Running a child care business brings many daily responsibilities and challenges. During my 27 years as a child care business owner, I have read hundreds of books, attended countless training sessions, followed inspiring leaders, invested in business coaching, and drawn encouragement from people who had already achieved what I hoped to accomplish.

I know firsthand how important it is to stay inspired and motivated as you start, grow, and lead in your childcare business. That is why I have been inspired to send you a Child Care Business Boost every Monday—to encourage you to keep building the business of your dreams.

I’ve made the mistakes. I’ve learned the lessons. I’ve built the businesses. Now I want to help you build yours!

The subscribers of my blog will start receiving a weekly Monday Child Care Business Boost! In fact, as a subscriber of the Child Care Business Owner blog, you will receive a weekly Business Booster every Monday!

If you are already a subscriber, you don’t need to take any action, just look for your Monday Business Boost beginning on Monday October 19, 2026.

If you are seeing this post on social media or on my blog, simply subscribe to the Child Care Business Owner Weekly (by simply clicking the subscribe button on the right-hand corner of the Child Care Business Owner Institute blog) and you’re in!

Every Monday you can expect to see the following in your Child Care business booster:

💡 Business Tip:
One thing to improve this week.

📣 Enrollment Tip:
One way to attract families.

👩🏽‍💼 Leadership Tip:
One way to strengthen your team.

🙏🏽 Monday Encouragement:
A short, inspirational message from me.

📚 Resource:
A book, resource or tool that I recommend for you.

After reading your weekly Monday Child Care Business Boost, be sure to come back to the blog and tell me how the business boost has inspired you start, grow or lead in your childcare business.

-Dr. Shiketa Morgan

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Motivate Your Staff With Incentives

Staffing a childcare center with dependable staff can be a challenge for Center Owners and Directors. In fact, I must say that when a center is not staffed with dependable staff, it can have a negative affect on the center. Most of all, this is why it is important to have dependable staff on your team and systems in place that motivates good attendance and excellent performance.

I recently incorporated a point system to keep track of staff tardies and unexcused absences. Also, I incorporated an incentive system to encourage the staff to show up on time and to consider our point system before calling off. In fact since we incorporated the point system, there has been fewer tardies and no call offs.

I’m not claiming to have the answer to all your staffing issues, however, I felt led to share with you what has worked for my center.

  1. My Director bought a spin wheel for the staff to spin when they have no tardies or call off for each month of employment.
  2. We also reward the lead teachers for decorating their classrooms with our curriculum theme in mind. The teacher with the best creativity wins a gift basket and a gift card.

This new incentive system has added accountability and also motivated our staff. What are your thoughts about this post and has this post inspired you to reward punctuality? Please feel free to share your thoughts..

Shiketa Morgan

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