Budgeting for your Preschool or Early Childhood Center

Your students may be happy, your parents may be thrilled and your staff may be ecstatic. Nevertheless, a preschool or early childhood center, including non-profits, is a business and must be run as such. Your budget is probably your most important concern, although a program focus may seem much more attractive! Creating an appropriate budget, following and monitoring it will do much to keep you out of financial trouble.  

Funding your school

Despite what happens in the classroom, what happens behind the scenes show clearly that a school is a business and must be run as such. This includes non-profits! Fewer things cause more problems for an administrator than funding, and funding issues are almost certainly the number one cause of school failures.

Strategic Planning for a Preschool

Like any organization, a Preschool or Early Childhood center needs a strategic plan and standard templates often do not apply to their special circumstances. Without planning and the subsequent preparation, lessons and even the daily routine will fail. The same is true of a Preschool.

Starting a Pre-School

Starting an Early Childhood ("ECE) or Early Years ("EY") program or opening a center for children aged 3 - 5 or 3 - 6 is not as difficult as it appears, and following a framework and avoiding certain pitfalls can make it easier.