StretchLearn Course
From the licensing binder to the break-even spreadsheet, the operating playbook for centre directors and home daycare owners.
Course Overview
This course walks you through the full operating reality of a childcare centre or home daycare, from the licensing application and ratio math to enrolment contracts, daily routines, and the unit economics that keep the doors open. You will leave with templates, real numbers, and frameworks used by established operators rather than generic advice.
Learning Outcomes
Map the licensing path for a centre or home daycare and assemble a complete application package
Calculate staffing ratios, group sizes, and labour cost so the centre stays compliant and solvent
Build enrolment contracts, fee schedules, and a waitlist system that protect cash flow
Design daily routines, health-and-safety protocols, and incident procedures that pass inspection
Run parent communication, onboarding, and retention so families stay and refer
Model the centre's break-even, margin, and subsidy revenue to reach financial sustainability
Curriculum Preview
Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.
Choose your model, navigate the licensing application, and meet the physical and zoning requirements before you ever enrol a child.
Hire qualified educators and build schedules that hold legal ratios from open to close, every day.
Fill the centre, keep families through great communication, and run the health and safety protocols that protect your licence.
Budget from real numbers, price from cost, layer in subsidy revenue, and manage break-even and cash flow to stay open for the long term.
Built for Application
This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.