#1 childcare staff scheduling software

Childcare staff scheduling, reimagined

Childcare staff scheduling, reimagined

Easily manage your staff schedules, maintain ratios, and communicate schedule changes quickly with brightwheel.

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Why brightwheel is the #1 childcare staff scheduling software

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Intuitive scheduling interface

Create, adjust, and manage staff schedules with just a few clicks. Monitor room ratios and staggered schedules in real time.

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Employee availability tracking

Easily track staff availability and preferences, making it simple to assign shifts that accommodate everyone's needs.

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Seamless integration

Sync time tracking and payroll with brightwheel’s integration with Gusto. Manage staff schedules with the same software you use for billing and communication.

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Customizable reporting

Gain valuable insights into staffing patterns, attendance, and labor costs. Identify trends and optimize staffing levels to improve efficiency.

An icon image of clipboard with a star, which represents scheduling tool in brightwheel.

Intuitive scheduling interface

Create, adjust, and manage staff schedules with just a few clicks. Monitor room ratios and staggered schedules in real time.

An icon image of classroom that represents the staff management features in brightwheel.

Employee availability tracking

Easily track staff availability and preferences, making it simple to assign shifts that accommodate everyone's needs.

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

Seamless integration

Sync time tracking and payroll with brightwheel’s integration with Gusto. Manage staff schedules with the same software you use for billing and communication.

An icon image of bar graph that represents the reporting tool in brightwheel.

Customizable reporting

Gain valuable insights into staffing patterns, attendance, and labor costs. Identify trends and optimize staffing levels to improve efficiency.

Stress-free staff scheduling with brightwheel

Brightwheel has more ways to support your childcare program

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Enrollment & admissions

Create forms, request documents and e-signatures, and make enrollment and waitlist decisions with ease.

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Classroom management

Track student attendance and progress, and generate reports to gain insights into classroom trends.

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Payroll & time tracking

Track staff timecards and automatically sync time tracking with payroll for easy, accurate payroll processing.

Frequently asked questions

Childcare staff scheduling software is a digital tool designed to help childcare centers efficiently manage their staff’s work schedules, including shifts, breaks, and time-off requests. It streamlines the process of creating, updating, and communicating schedules to ensure adequate staffing and compliance with regulations.

There are many benefits to using childcare staff scheduling software. This type of software automates the scheduling process, reducing the time and effort required to create and manage your staff schedules. It allows for easy adjustments and real-time visibility, ensuring that the right staff members are in place at the right times. It also prevents understaffing or overstaffing, leading to smoother operations.

Yes, brightwheel can handle various scheduling scenarios, including part-time and full-time staff arrangements. It can also facilitate the management of substitute teachers by allowing administrators to quickly create staff accounts for these employees and update their room assignments when needed.

Brightwheel’s payroll offerings are a complete, easy-to-use payroll solution, enabling providers to automate tax filings, save time, and manage payroll with confidence with Gusto, the #1 payroll provider for small businesses.

In brightwheel, you can track staff timecards and hours, and send that data directly to Gusto to pay your employees. This seamless integration can streamline the payroll process by using accurate attendance data from brightwheel, reducing manual data entry and potential errors.

Administrators can send group messages based on staff room assignments in brightwheel. The real-time messaging feature keeps everyone informed of schedule changes. In addition, staff can view their personal schedule or a specific room schedule by navigating to the Schedules tab on the brightwheel app or on the web.

Brightwheel allows you to set custom maximums for each room’s capacity and desired student-to-staff ratio. You can also check ratios per room, at any time, with real-time data to ensure proper staff-to-student ratios. You’ll even be alerted if a room goes out of ratio.

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