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Elevate your preschool classroom management

Elevate your preschool classroom management

The all-in-one software for managing your classroom, enhancing child development, and connecting with families.

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Why brightwheel is the top choice for classroom organization

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Manage your classroom

Assign staff and children to specific rooms, check ratios, and manage absences.

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Track attendance and progress

Eliminate manual check-in processes and record observations with a few taps.

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Simplify lesson planning

Integrate your curriculum with user-friendly lesson planning tools.

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Foster family engagement

Create strong partnerships with families and share updates in real-time.

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Manage your classroom

Assign staff and children to specific rooms, check ratios, and manage absences.

An icon image of documents that represents childcare center management tools in brightwheel.

Track attendance and progress

Eliminate manual check-in processes and record observations with a few taps.

An icon image of chipboard that represents record-keeping benefit of brightwheel.

Simplify lesson planning

Integrate your curriculum with user-friendly lesson planning tools.

An icon image of a family that represents the engagement feature of brightwheel.

Foster family engagement

Create strong partnerships with families and share updates in real-time.

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Enhance your childcare program

Practical tips to refresh your practices and enhance children’s and families’ experiences at your program:

  • Discover inspiration for a family engagement vision board and access the best survey questions for family feedback
  • Strengthen the children's learning experience in the classroom by incorporating more opportunities to explore and make connections
  • Learn how brightwheel can improve your family engagement for stronger partnerships while supporting learning outcomes for children

Brightwheel has more ways to support your childcare program

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Daily schedules

Stay in compliance and manage room ratios and daily schedules in real-time.

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Health checks

Monitor student and staff health by logging temperatures or illness symptoms.

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Enrollment & admissions

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

Frequently asked questions

Brightwheel’s platform provides a variety of tools to streamline classroom management, including attendance tracking, behavior monitoring, lesson planning, family communication, customizable reporting, and mobile accessibility. These features allow for a stress-free and organized approach to managing your preschool classroom.

Yes, with brightwheel’s app, parents can view behavior incidents in real-time and collaborate with teachers to address any concerns or issues. Brightwheel ensures privacy while providing immediate and clear communication with parents regarding any incidents.

Yes, brightwheel offers reporting capabilities that allow you to gain insights into classroom trends and outcomes. For example, you can generate reports on attendance, behavior incidents, and developmental milestones. This data can inform your decision-making process and improve your classroom environment to promote child growth at your program.

With brightwheel’s customizable templates, you can easily create tailored lesson plans for each room or group in your center. Our software allows you to save and duplicate templates, making it simple to generate lesson plans for multiple classrooms. You can also modify and adjust the plans as needed, ensuring that each room has a unique and effective curriculum.

Brightwheel prioritizes the protection of your data with state-of-the-art security measures. All information on brightwheel is encrypted, and access is tightly controlled, ensuring only authorized individuals can view sensitive details. We comply with industry regulations and standards to keep your information secure. To learn more about brightwheel’s security practices, visit brightwheel’s Security FAQs here.

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