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A Kids PlaceA home away from home

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Business Organization

My service is childcare, The child care facility will be for single moms, dads and multiple children families that will have reasonable prices. This will be my competitive edge, reasonable prices for low income families. I will provide services for children from three months to six years of age. The day care will be safe and Ids will be checked with every pick up.

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The Market

There are many daycare centers located in Fremont, oh. Our business will be locally run and will hold up to 20 to 30 children. A Kids place will be priced at 5% less than the leading day care or based on percentage of income. our income will be also be spent on our philosophy The work environment would consist of workers that will nurture, teach, and care for your young children. The goal of our staff will be to help your children to socialize, build self esteem, develop talents and prepare for kindergarten. The facility will be top notch in preparing children and the employees will have training hours up to date. We will have story time, and singing time to help kids to think and let their voices be heard.

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Our Routine

There will be an assortment of fun, age appropriate activities a variety of age appropriate toys outdoor activities we encourage kids to clean up after themselves, put things away put away

toys after use Prepare easy meals that do not take a lot of time Look for fun field trips in your area Know your exact hours of operation Have the pick-up and drop-off times are noted in the daycare policy There is Assigned child pick-up authorization and sign in and out sheets A policy for sick children to control illness in the center educational games, stories, and activities will be provided effective daily routines are followed to provide stability for children nap time, snack time, lunch time etc. parents are informed on child care structure and the daycare schedule a bulletin board is posted so parents and workers can be aware of the day’s

activities

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The Schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

6 am. Get settled in.

8 am. Have Breakfast.

10 am. Story time&Activity

Trip to the bike trails.

12 am. Lunch time

Picnic at the park.

Picnic at the park.

2 pm. Naptime for younger children.

4 pm. Arts and crafts / snacks.

Trip to the park.

Movie time

6 pm. Ready to go home.

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Employee benefits and pay

Promotions Benefits  External recruitment will only be used if former employees have been

fired or quit. So a Kids place won’t have unmotivated employees thinking they will never build up to a higher position within the company (Jones 2007).

Promotions will keep the best employees, it will motivate them to work above and beyond their potential. This benefits the A Kids place by not having to spend hours in human resources going through applications and interviews and orientations.

Benefits such as healthcare, life insurance, sick and vacation pay and so on are appealing to new and old employees to keep them loyal, motivated and for new employees to join, this will be part of our budget. Good benefits and pay motivates employees to acquire new job skills which effects the company in better profits and better products, and successful business models that are all beneficial to the company (Jones 2007). These all will give our day care better profits and revenues.

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The Managers

We are both experienced day care providers and teachers who have decided to job share in order to stay home part time with our young children. One of us has a four year teaching degree and the other has a four year business management degree with a minor in child psychology. Mrs. Ann will always work Monday, Tuesday, and every other Wednesday. Ms. Maple will always work every other Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We are in constant communication and are very committed to providing your child with the best possible experience

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Competitive Goals

Keys to SuccessKeys to success for the company will include:Maintaining a clean reputation in the

community. Quality care. Competitive pricing. Flexible hours.

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Legal or Ethical Issues

The Contract will be read and signed by the parents and the manager together during the application process.

Employee licensing will be posted on the wall. Employees will have criminal back round checks and be at least 18 years of age with training to care for children, 2 years experience is recommended.

Day care rules and regulations All employees will be Over the age of 18 and be finger printed for back round checks, and personal records will be kept on the children and parents.

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Location

The day care will have many physical activities so it will be located by Walsh park and the bike trails which are connected to the park.

Being located to a park will ensure many field trips for discovery and play.

There will be policies on field trips

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Business Culture

Our business culture will be a calm work environment that is playful at times.

There will be structure so the children feel secure with a daily routine of brushing teeth in the morning, eating breakfast starting the day with story time and activities then later in the day lunch will be served and then we will have outside play. We start the day out slow consistently incase there are any scare or shy children that need to take it slow. Once the children are comfortable fast play will happen.

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Types of Motivation

Bonuses for dedicated employees.Health insurance for full time employees.Raises for long time and educated

employees.It is important to have a rewards system to

keep employees motivated and loyal at their jobs.

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Human Resources

Benefit and appraisal decisions will be made a couple of months after a new employee joins the center.

Employee applicant decisions, employees will be selected based on positive back round and education.

Labor relations employees will have times where they can come to me and discuss conflicts or opinions about work.

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Technology

records and registration for children and parents Staff records and training schedules Billing and accounting functions to make and print bills for each

client and checks for employees(Snuggs 2009). It will maintain client ledgers and allow users to keep track of

tuition and additional charges and payments for the clients(Snuggs 2009).

Attendance and scheduling Inventory systems and supply lists to help manage the status of toys, office supplies, subscriptions, damaged and stolen items(Snuggs 2009).

Customer support in the form of training, phone support, and user manuals (Snuggs 2009).

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Operations and materials management

Friendly, open, professional relationships with parents and children.

The education of the employees with children. Computers for organizing finances like supply costs, costs of toys and food.

Creating a caring, stimulating, fun and active environment for children.

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References

Carla Snuggs. (2009). Software for Daycare Business; Retrieved August 12th, 2010 from http://daycaresuite101.com

Jones, G. R. (2007). Introduction to business: How companies create value for people. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Bplans.(2010). Daycare Business Plan: Safe Kids Childcare; Retrieved August 14th, 2010 from www.bplans.com