Brightwheel

Hey, just received my founders edition and am loving it so far. That said, I'm having one issue, which is that I can't quite figure out how to sideload APK's or anything similar. I have two kids in daycare, and it's really critical that I have access to the BrightWheel app; it's where any medical alerts or other things go. Thoughts or advice? submitted by /u/megajazzer to r/sidephone [link] [comments]

ETA the notes in question are the same note that goes out to each kid in the class, not a personalized note for each kid. It’s all done on Brightwheel and they write it once and it goes out to every parent. Would you be annoyed with a teacher relying on ChatGPT for every form of communication? Or as teachers do you heavily rely on AI for parent communication? The director is an older lady and I don’t think understands the problems with using AI like this or what it really is. I mentioned it to her and she made it seem like the teacher just ran it through to check for typos. I have a PreK kid at the center and we’ve been happy with them and still are, I’m just so turned off by the obvious use of ChatGPT in all the communication. In all the previous rooms the daily note was a quick, few sentences about the day highlighting an activity or just a very general snapshot of the day. Now we get these very lengthy (four paragraphs usually) emoji ridden notes sometimes twice a day that I don’t even trust are an actual representation of their day. The daily note has always come at naptime and like I said, the expectation is a very short blurb. I understand teachers are very overworked, but from previous years it does seem like the requirement of this daily note is a few minutes at naptime. Over the holiday, an assistant was in charge of the room while the lead was on PTO and it drove home how annoyed I was by the AI notes and how I’d just started to skim them. They were much, much shorter, but obviously actually written by the teacher and I felt like I had a better idea of what they’d actually done that day. The note had humor and warmth and just made me feel good about my kids day after I read it. I realized I’d just been dismissing the other teachers notes as basically spam. submitted by /u/BooksHolidaysNaps to r/ECEProfessionals [link] [comments]

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ECE professionals only please 🙏 We’re comparing these to switch to from Procare - Brightwheel - illumine - Playground and these are my main needs: registration tuition collection parent communication/portal basic payroll or staff management I’ve seen demos from two of these and honestly every platform looks good in a demo 😅 If you’ve actually used any of these day-to-day: What worked? What frustrated you? Any hidden costs? They pushing us to decide quickly given the new year offers (do they repeat these guys?) Would love unbiased feedback before we commit. submitted by /u/notyourordinaryECEP to r/ECEProfessionals [link] [comments]

Hi everyone, welcome to r/brightwheel. We created this community as a space for early childhood educators, administrators, and providers to connect, share experiences, and talk honestly about the realities of running and supporting childcare programs. You will see members of the brightwheel team here from time to time, participating as themselves and sharing context when helpful. This space is meant for discussion and shared learning rather than support requests or sales. Our goal is to listen, learn, and engage thoughtfully alongside the broader ECE community. Over time, we hope this becomes a place to discuss best practices, industry challenges, and what is working or not working day to day across childcare programs. If you are comfortable, feel free to introduce yourself in the comments or share what brought you here. Thanks for being here. We are glad you found us. Community vibe We are aiming to keep this space respectful, constructive, and inclusive. Different perspectives are welcome. Please assume good intent and keep conversations grounded in real experience. How to get started Introduce yourself in the comments Share a question, experience, or topic you are thinking about Invite others who might benefit from the conversation Thanks for being part of the first wave. We are excited to build this together. submitted by /u/brightwheel_official to r/brightwheel [link] [comments]

Wondering how painful it really was? How much info moves over? Did you lose all of your historical info? What were time costs to train up parents and staff? Any insights would be very appreciated. Looking to move because Brightwheel offers Pre-automated debit (Canada) and Procare does not. The Stripe fees are killing us! submitted by /u/RemarkableBug7989 to r/ECEProfessionals [link] [comments]

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Company: Brightwheel Location: Des Moines, IA 📍 Date Posted: November 26, 2025 📅 Categories: #remote #fulltime #businessdevelopment Apply & Description 👉 https://jobboardsearch.com/redirect?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=bot&utm_id=jobboarsearch&utm_term=www.thesaasjobs.com&rurl=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlc2Fhc2pvYnMuY29tL2pvYnMvMTgwOTY0MDgzLXVwc2VsbC1zYWxlcy1zcGVjaWFsaXN0LWVkdWNhdGlvbg== submitted by /u/rrmdp to r/jobboardsearch [link] [comments]

After 10 years as an ECE teacher, I very recently started a director position at a non-profit center. The staff has been implementing a loose interpretation of The Creative Curriculum for about 5 years now, but only a handful of teachers were ever actually trained in the curriculum and we only own the guides- none of the books or materials that are intended to go with it. The staff have bought a lot of materials over the years to try implementing the curriculum to the best of their availability, but I don't want them to have to continue doing that. We discussed purchasing the materials that go along with the curriculum, but most of the staff are seeming to want to replace the curriculum with something new. We use the Brightwheel app, and I know they offer Experience Curriculum. Does anyone have any experience with it, and if so- how do you feel about it? Is it worth the money, or should we keep looking for a different curriculum? I'm also open to other curriculum recommendations! TIA! submitted by /u/tiredofthis_grandpa to r/ECEProfessionals [link] [comments]

Company: Brightwheel Location: Islamabad 📍 Date Posted: November 21, 2025 📅 Apply & Description 👉 https://jobboardsearch.com/redirect?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=bot&utm_id=jobboarsearch&utm_term=www.thesaasjobs.com&rurl=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlc2Fhc2pvYnMuY29tL2pvYnMvMTgwMTU3OTIwLXNhbGVzLWRldmVsb3BtZW50LXJlcHJlc2VudGF0aXZlLXBha2lzdGFu submitted by /u/rrmdp to r/jobboardsearch [link] [comments]

Company: Brightwheel Location: Islamabad 📍 Date Posted: November 21, 2025 📅 Categories: #remote #marketing #fulltime Apply & Description 👉 https://jobboardsearch.com/redirect?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=bot&utm_id=jobboarsearch&utm_term=www.thesaasjobs.com&rurl=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlc2Fhc2pvYnMuY29tL2pvYnMvMTgwMTU3OTIwLXNhbGVzLWRldmVsb3BtZW50LXJlcHJlc2VudGF0aXZlLXBha2lzdGFu submitted by /u/rrmdp to r/jobboardsearch [link] [comments]

Our tiny preschool (2 paid employees) is looking to bring in one of these systems. We are looking for registration, tuition billing, parent portal, and payroll all in one place. Which have you used/prefer and what did it cost? We have a demo with ProCare and they are pushy to get this locked in. submitted by /u/aunawags to r/ECEProfessionals [link] [comments]

Feedback wanted!!! Helping my mom set up her centers! Hi everyone, I’m helping my mom modernize the systems at her two child care centers (and she’s looking to add a third soon). One of the biggest areas for growth is picking the best management system. We’ve narrowed it down to Playground, Brightwheel, and Procare, and I’d love to hear from anyone who’s used them.So far, Playground seems to be the best. Playground looks really simple to navigate. My mom’s not super techy, so having something staff and parents can actually use without frustration is a must. I’ve read good feedback about their customer support. Knowing she could actually get help quickly feels huge. It covers pretty much everything in one place. It has attendance, billing, communication, enrollment, payroll, etc so she doesn’t have to juggle multiple systems. Pricing looks fair for what’s included. Not the cheapest, but I’d rather she has something reliable and worth the investment. I read reviews that Procare would go down a lot and she can’t afford something not working. Payroll is built in (vs. Brightwheel needing a separate account with Gusto). My mom keeps saying she feels like she could be growing faster if she had better systems for tours—letting families book online, automatically following up, and sending reminders. Playground has that kind of marketing automation built in, and afaict Procare and Brightwheel don’t. That feels like a big differentiator if she’s going to expand to a third site. That said, I’d love to hear honest takes about Brightwheel and Procare too especially around: Ease of use (staff + parent side) How robust billing and payroll is How many other systems you still use Quality of support Value for the price Any advice would help a lot as we try to set her up for long-term growth. Thanks! submitted by /u/bmnnm1 to r/ECEProfessionals [link] [comments]

I'll start off by saying I don't really have a point to posting this other than a vent and to maybe see how others would handle it. My 19mo had been enrolled at this licensed but in-home daycare, she went part time, 3 days a week but usually from near open to close. She had been enrolled there for going on 8 (correction) 4 months now, and wife and I had already been a little upset with their lack of communication regarding pretty much everything. Brightwheel updates only contained how much of her lunches that we pack that she ate as well as any bowel movements, nothing about wet diapers changed or anything. We would get maybe 1 picture a month, so it's not like we really have any idea what she does there all day. There is a TV in the main room that we saw during the initial tour, which we weren't thrilled about, but when addressed the owner waved it off as being mainly used for music, and transitional periods etc. So a couple months go by, and most of the time during dropoff and pickup, the TV is on playing Miss Rachel, Bluey, or other cartoons, which really kind of rubs us the wrong way. I'm not paying these people heaps of money to set my kid in front of a TV, and the only time we can really even see what she's doing at daycare is during these transitional periods where the TV is in use. Fast forward to this weekend, we are sent a survey link through Brightwheel about how the daycare is doing, and most of the questions are geared towards 'how does the daycare communicate with families', and I gotta say I kind of ripped them a new one on the survey, basically saying what I said above. Mentioning concerns about the screen time, mentioning the fact that we honestly have no idea what she does there all day and all we see is her being set in front of a TV during dropoff and pick up and that we haven't been shown anything to the contrary, so what else are we supposed to think? Survey submitted, pretty much negative remarks the whole way down aside from the cleanliness of the facility which I put was satisfactory. Monday rolls around, the director contacts my wife for a meeting to take place this morning, which I thought was strange since I was the one that submitted the survey but whatever. We go in to meet with her and are basically just standing in the main room with the TV, she said she wanted to address concerns from the survey so we bring it up and reiterate our concerns. The woman is visibly angry with us, like voice shakingly so. We basically tell her what I wrote in the survey, she reiterated the transitionary period thing and we tried to get an idea or see if they would send us updates about what she actually does all day in between these transitionary periods. At this time my daughter had been taken into the kitchen by her teacher to eat the breakfast we packed for her. She angrily calls the teacher, who is busy with children who are eating over, and demands that she show us the lesson plan that she had on her phone for that day, we told her we really didn't need to see the plan itself, just that we would like to be updated on activities, and the owner basically said that they don't do that there. She asked if we wanted her teachers to be on their phones all day updating every little thing instead of watching the kids, or what were we even asking her for? She went on to say that they won't be doing updates like that and if we don't like it we might as well find somewhere else. My wife and I went back out to the car, and she said she didn't feel comfortable letting our daughter go there anymore and now that we've had this confrontation with them that she's going to tell the teachers and that they would basically take it out on our daughter because we complained and they don't like us now. It was all very emotionally charged. Still reeling from it a little bit and had to get it off my chest here. Wondering if we overreacted to the screen time and lack of updates or if we were right to take the nuclear option and pull her right then and there. My wife has been in childcare pretty much her entire adult life and she's seen a lot of crazed teachers, she's also usually one to jump to the worst possible scenario... What would you dads have done if you were in my shoes? I'm usually more of a let it lie kinda guy but when it comes to my kid... I'm inexperienced. submitted by /u/Narrow_Lee to r/daddit [link] [comments]

My mother-in-law and sister-in-law really want access to my son's Brightwheel (daycare activity log) account. They say they just want to see what he's up to during the day because they love him so much. I get it. I love him so much too, but to me, that's not information that they need. My husband doesn't see a problem with it – what are your thoughts? For context, I have a pretty contentious relationship with my mother-in-law, so I'm not surprised my reaction to her is to be pretty guarded, but I'm just trying to get a sense of if I'm being out of line here. ETA: thank you all so much for your advice. I've told my in-laws that it is against the daycare's policy and then had a nice long sit down with my husband about why this made me so much more uncomfortable than him. Ugh why is parenting so hard??? submitted by /u/tomorrow12345 to r/toddlers [link] [comments]

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I hate the expectation to share 5 individual photos of EVERY kid, every day, plus ALL potty times, snacks, meals, and activities. It really distracts me from teaching and behavior management. I kinda feel like I’m the only one. I understand that communication with parents is important, but I feel like the constant stress of updating the app really takes away from me paying attention to the kids in the present. submitted by /u/shortsocialistgirl to r/ECEProfessionals [link] [comments]

An oldie on free to air tonight. Brightwheel, a childcare app, asking $400k for 4%. Sacca and Cuban made a deal for $600k @ 6.68% (3.34% split). Now, Brightwheel is reportedly worth $600,000,000. Interesting to read some of the original comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/sharktank/comments/4h2tdp/s07e25_brightwheel_discussion submitted by /u/Plane_Garbage to r/sharktank [link] [comments]

So I just became the director of a pre k in Yellowstone, but my background had been in environmental education and afterschool programs, so I am new to these softwares and this level of parent communication. Does anyone have opinions on the benefits and pitfalls of Brightwheel and Procare? We currently have about 16 enrolled and space for 30 (but not staff for 30 yet) and are using Procare. Procare seems to crash during check-in a lot and its desktop version is NOT user friendly. submitted by /u/The_Big_Ent347 to r/Preschoolers [link] [comments]

I mentioned to our at-home daycare provider that I get a kick out of the updates she sends because his little schedule reminds me of the agenda my assistant makes for me at work 😂. So now she writes them as if he’s working at an office and it’s absolute gold to me. Totally makes my day every day. Today - “Baby and his colleagues attended a professional conference at the library. The keynote speech was about baby animals and their mommies (Whose Baby Am I? By John Butler). We then attended a business luncheon of chicken nuggets, steamed carrots, and shredded apple.” 😭😭😭 submitted by /u/BusHumble to r/toddlers [link] [comments]