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Easier childcare center management with brightwheel

Easier childcare center management with brightwheel

Upgrade your enrollment process, track attendance, and streamline your staff and student management.

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Brightwheel makes it easy to manage your childcare center

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Save hours every week

Reduce manual work and streamline your check-in, scheduling, and reporting.

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Easily scale your program

Oversee student and staff information across multiple schools or locations.

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Customize to fit your needs

Tailor reports, schedules, observations, and more to suit your business needs.

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Increase enrollment

Manage your admissions process digitally and keep your waitlist organized.

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Save hours every week

Reduce manual work and streamline your check-in, scheduling, and reporting.

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Easily scale your program

Oversee student and staff information across multiple schools or locations.

An icon image of light bulb that represents efficiency driving tools in brightwheel.

Customize to fit your needs

Tailor reports, schedules, observations, and more to suit your business needs.

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Increase enrollment

Manage your admissions process digitally and keep your waitlist organized.

Save time and streamline your operations with brightwheel

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Optimize your childcare center operations

Practical tips to refresh your practices and optimize your operations:

  • Discover how to achieve your program goals with confidence
  • Access top tips for stress-free childcare billing
  • Learn how brightwheel can save you time and money by streamlining your operations

Brightwheel has more ways to support your childcare program

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Billing & payments

Send automated invoices, accept online payments, and get paid on time. 90% of preschools report that more families pay on time with brightwheel.

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Communication

Build quality connections with families and staff. 95% of administrators & staff report brightwheel improves communication with families.

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Experience Curriculum

Upgrade to get Experience Curriculum: A complete, easy-to-implement curriculum system with digital lessons in brightwheel and hands-on learning materials mailed to you.

Frequently asked questions

Brightwheel offers a comprehensive solution to streamline your center’s operations, improve communication with families and staff, and ensure regulatory compliance. With features such as online enrollment, efficient attendance tracking, simplified staff management, and customizable curriculums, our software is designed to enhance the quality of your childcare center.

Brightwheel enables you to create a positive first impression with potential families. It offers a user-friendly experience tailored to modern parents seeking straightforward digital solutions. Brightwheel simplifies the enrollment process, allowing families to easily submit applications online in real-time, from anywhere. This eliminates the need for physical paperwork, making enrollment hassle-free.

In addition, brightwheel provides visibility into the admissions journey, aiding in efficient waitlist management and enabling personalized communication with families. Stay organized and engage with families effectively, ensuring no one slips through the cracks.

Yes, brightwheel is built to grow with you! We partner with programs of all sizes, from in-home to center-based, single-site and multi-site. Brightwheel’s multi-site solution is designed to help growing programs like yours expand, while keeping operations consolidated and centralized through one app. With brightwheel you will be able to toggle between locations, view attendance and meals, manage staff access, and more.

Yes, the center management feature seamlessly integrates with other brightwheel features, such as billing, payroll, and curriculum planning. This integration streamlines administrative tasks, saving you time and ensuring accurate record keeping. With brightwheel, you can effortlessly manage all aspects of your childcare center in one user-friendly platform, promoting efficiency and enhancing the overall childcare experience for both providers and families.

You can trust that your center’s and families’ data is secure with brightwheel. We prioritize data security and adhere to the strictest measures to protect all information in our system. Our platform is also compliant with all applicable data privacy laws. To learn more about brightwheel’s security practices, visit brightwheel’s Security FAQs here.

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