All-in-one childcare app
The #1 childcare software to help you save time, get paid faster, and deepen staff and parent engagement.
Brightwheel features
The complete preschool and childcare management software that integrates automatic billing and payments, real-time communication, classroom management, and so much more.
Billing & Payments
Tuition collection
Set up recurring statements once and brightwheel will automate the rest
One-time charges
Add additional one-time charges to a student’s statement for late pick up, lunches, or field trips
Attendance-based billing
Track the hours a student is in school, apply an hourly rate, and seamlessly charge the total amount
Mobile payments & autopay
Allow families to pay while on-the-go and never chase a payment again
Discounts
Easily apply discounts as a percentage or a dollar amount
Subsidy tracking
Manage and reconcile subsidy funds with ease
Communication
Parent engagement
Easily engage and build trust with families, and message everyone through the communication app
Staff messaging
Send messages to all staff members or a classroom, and have staff quickly respond directly through the app
Photos & videos
Deliver memorable moments right to parents’ phones or on the web
Emergency alerts
Easily send alerts – including SMS and mobile messages
Reminders
Send quick reminders that include a date and a time
Calendar
Schedule events and activities, and share them with families and staff
Center Management
Enrollment management
Create forms, request documents and e-signatures, and make enrollment and waitlist decisions with ease
Online records
Access student, family, and staff records anytime and from anywhere
Detailed reporting
Access all school, classroom, and billing details, as well as CACFP reports to meet reimbursement criteria
Multi-site management
Allow designated users to access each site’s brightwheel instance from a single login
Administrator approvals
Assign different levels of access for staff members
Time tracking & payroll
Track staff timecards and automatically sync time tracking with Payroll for easy, accurate payroll processing
Learning
Lesson Planning
Add your own curriculum or upgrade to get Experience Curriculum, including digital lesson plans and hands-on learning materials
State learning & DRDP standards
Benefit from pre-loaded state learning standards as well as DRDP standards
Customized assets
Customize your learning standards to meet the needs of your development framework
Distance learning
Share lesson plans with families to continue learning at home
Data rich reports
Track and analyze student or classroom progress with data-rich reports
Sharing controls
Share learning and development with staff and parents on your own schedule
Attendance
Contactless check-in
Check students and staff in with quick scan, e-signatures, or secure pin codes
Health screens
Create custom questions and capture student/staff health information at check-in
Ratios & scheduling
Manage room ratios and staggered schedules in real time
Attendance reports
Run reports for licensing, billing, and management
Guardian management
Manage additional approved people for drop off or pick up
Daily Activity Report
Digital daily sheets
Automate daily reports with activities, notes, photos, and videos for each student
Photos & videos
Capture learning milestones and memorable moments, and share them with families
Incident reports
Report and track mishaps throughout the day to include in digital daily reports
Health checks
Monitor student and staff health by logging temperatures
Menus & food
Input the food items you want to tag and track
Activity reports
Run reports to monitor activity for a student, classroom, or your entire center
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