Patricia Dischler - From Babysitter to Business Owner :: About From Babysitter to Business Owner

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This book is the bible for my business!
Everything I needed to run my business - in one book! Fantastic!

Great sense of humor! Wonderful teacher!

Great job! Lot's of ideas I can use to talk with parents.

Very informative. Lots of great ideas to make my environment a great place for the kids and ME!

So much wonderful information and ideas to share.

She's fun & she has every angle covered.

Very interesting. Gave me a new outlook on my marketing.

From Babysitter to Business Owner - About the Book

Do parents view your work the same way you do? Does it ever seem as though some parents see you more as a babysitter than a professional caregiver and business owner? It's up to you to change that perception!

The truth is, family child care homes provide much-needed, quality care for hundreds of thousands of children every day. Now you can permanently remove the term "babysitter" from your job description and obtain the satisfaction, appreciation, and lasting success you deserve from your work.

From Babysitter to Business Owner offers tried and true strategies for implementing established professional business practices in the home day care environment. Each of the eight complete chapters in this indispensable guide give you insight into an important aspect of fine-tuning the organization and operation of your family child care business, including:

Developing and using a thorough parent handbook
Selecting new clients and retaining valued clients
Selecting an appropriate and manageable curriculum
Creating "work" spaces in your home
Setting long-term personal and business goals

Practical and easy -to -read, From Babysitter to Business Owner has everything home day care providers need to make their business - and their career - a success.

This indispensible resource helps providers focus on what makes each of them unique as a teacher, what makes their family day care a unique school, and how they can communicate these qualities through professional business practices - the end results of which are:

Respect and appreciation that will motivate you to continue to improve
A higher level of quality of care for the children. Successful partnerships with

parents with fewer (if any!) conflicts

Financial success as openings will be filled quickly and rates can be raised to reflect the higher level of quality
Increased organization making your job easier and more enjoyable so you can avoid burn-out

Written in a practical and accessible tone, author Patricia Dischler also lends readers the benefit of her over 15 years of experience as a family child care provider and business owner - from the mistakes she made early in her career to the successes she experiences today, including a two-year waiting list for prospective customers.

From Babysitter to Business Owner
by Patricia Dischler
208 pgs. - 7 x 9 - ISBN: 1-929610-68-8
$17.95 - Publication Date: September 2005

Samples from the book (pdf):

Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Sample
Chapter 8 Sample

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