Essential Guide to Child Check-In Software
Child check-in software is a great way to employ technology at your childcare center or preschool to make your life easier and keep your modern families happy.
#1 childcare check-in app
Easier check-in and attendance tracking
Easier check-in and attendance tracking
Brightwheel makes it faster for families to drop-off and pick-up, easier for staff to sign in and out, and more efficient for you to ensure compliance.
Why child care providers love brightwheel for attendance
How brightwheel makes attendance a breeze
Save time with digital check-in and check-out
Easily pull accurate attendance reports
Stay in compliance with ratio and capacity tools
Integrate your billing with attendance
Save time with digital check-in and check-out
Easily pull accurate attendance reports
Stay in compliance with ratio and capacity tools
Integrate your billing with attendance
Explore these key check-in and attendance tracking features
Why attendance tracking is essential for your program
Safety & Security
Quickly identify and address discrepancies, ensuring the safe accountability of all children and staff.
Staff Management
Ensure accurate compensation based on staff attendance and streamline the payroll process.
Regulation Compliance
Demonstrate compliance with local licensing regulations on room ratios and capacities.
Billing and Reporting
Provide a clear record for financial reporting and accountability with accurate tracking.
Safety & Security
Quickly identify and address discrepancies, ensuring the safe accountability of all children and staff.
Staff Management
Ensure accurate compensation based on staff attendance and streamline the payroll process.
Regulation Compliance
Demonstrate compliance with local licensing regulations on room ratios and capacities.
Billing and Reporting
Provide a clear record for financial reporting and accountability with accurate tracking.
brightwheel has more ways to support your program
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.
Center management
Simplify administrative tasks with brightwheel’s all-in-one app & save up to 20 hours per month. Stay compliant with digital check-ins, health checks, and room ratio tracking.
Communication
Build quality connections with families and staff. 95% of administrators & staff report brightwheel improves communication with families.
Brightwheel’s check-in experience is configurable to best fit the needs of your program. For contactless check-in, use brightwheel and allow parents to initiate a check-in by either entering the 4-digit code or scanning the QR code and entering the 4-digit code. You can also enable digital signatures (required by some states), health screens, and/or QR codes to make check-in faster, more secure, easier to stay compliant with licensing.
Yes. Any administrator can update the Quick Scan setting to enable or disable contactless check-in at any time. Navigate to the School Profile from the Administrator Home screen on the app or under School Settings on the web.
No problem! In scenarios where parents don’t have a mobile device to check-in their child, staff can help check-in children. Brightwheel also lets administrators set up a kiosk device where parents can use the 4-digit code to check in their children without a smartphone.
Yes! Administrators have the ability to allow parent-level contacts to submit a health screen questionnaire from home. Based on CDC and local jurisdiction requirements, the health screen feature in Brightwheel allows administrators to customize the statements to be confirmed by parents.
Yes! Most of brightwheel’s attendance features can be used with the free version of brightwheel, and you can upgrade to brightwheel premium for unlimited access to brightwheel features.
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See how brightwheel works!
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