Michigan Child Care Training
Free download of Mary's “Create Your CDA Portfolio Binder” video:
The simple path to getting your binder ready for your CDA documents.
Meet Mary
Mary Wardlaw is a professional child care trainer, a CDA PD specialist, child care center owner and author. She is passionate about helping students find success in the field of early childhood and creating a powerful and positive educational environment for children in her child care setting. For these results, Mary's students, employees and families in her care recognize her vision to wrap her arms around children and have a huge impact in the world of early childhood.
Her books, MY CHILD CARE CENTER'S TRANSFORMATION and MARKETING MY CHILD CARE CENTER are available on Amazon.Com and Mary's training courses are available through Michigan Child Care Training in both live and online formats.
"Mary is passionate about helping parents find quality child care that works best for their needs and values."
- Julie Bartkus, founder of Child Care Program of Excellence
From left to right: Kris Murray, founder of Child Care Marketing Solutions, Kirsten Swem, Mary Wardlaw and Stedman Graham, 2013 Child Care Success Summit
Featured Programs
Creating Content for Your CDA Portfolio
A step by step guide to creating content for your CDA portfolio. Make sure you have everything complete and organized in your binder and be ready for your verification visit.
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VIP Membership - Infant/Toddler CDA Training
Get the support, guidance and training you need to get your Infant/Toddler CDA
Getting the 120 clock hours of training, creating your CDA Portfolio and preparing for the CDA exam has never been easier or more convenient or more affordable. With this membership you'll receive 2.5 hours of video training each week for a year - watch when it's convenient for you! You'll also get personal guidance from a CDA Professional Development Specialist AND access to a private facebook group for VIP students.
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Marketing My Child Care Center
Marketing a child care center begins with the very first potential customer contact.This book describes what has become a very successful marketing approach, from phone calls, social media, ads and emails to tours, creating a parent space, community relationships and more. Also included are valuable resources for finding more of what you need to market your center, copies of emails to send out to prospective families and what to include in an informational packet you email to customers. Get the full enrollment you've been after, and look forward to a lot less stress as you create your marketing plan.
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My Child Care Center Transformation
From 0-4 Stars in 9 Months
After more than 20 years in the early childhood field I though I had it all figured out. I had a great program and I was content to go about the day-to-day without too much thought about growth or program development. What I discovered is that things are either getting better, or getting worse. And if you're not actively pursuing positive changes, things are most definitely going in a negative direction. After hitting rock bottom, which was having our license put on provisional status, I jumped into action. This book contains the action steps I took in creating the most positive and productive environment and inspiring changes that led to our 4-star status in just 9 months.
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Learn What To Look For and What To Avoid When Planning a Child Care Start-Up:
This free video will tell you what things are most important when looking for a location for your child care center - and what to make sure you DON'T do. Avoid the pitfalls often encountered with child care start-ups and get going in the right direction.