Educators Coaching Service
Introducing the first 1:1 Family Daycare Coaching service in Australia. We have been running our Family Daycare full time for over 5 years and since then our setup and toys have been constantly changing. We struggled at first to find that balance between having a nice, functional, educative setup and the warmth of a house that does not make you feel like living in a comercial space.
It does really take a lot of time and trial and error to figure out your ideal setup. We will not tell you what to do or to buy expensive furniture or toys. On the contrary, you are the one who will tell us exactly what are your environment needs, budget, approach, preferences etc and based on our experience we will give you our best advice to help you create your perfect space.
Some people would prefer wood over plastic, some people would not mind having a sandpit and others would definitely not want to clean up sand from the floor every day. Or, you simply do not know how to arrange your space or where to start. As said, it is not our purpose to tell you what to do but to help you get the most of your Family Daycare space based on your particular needs.
Although we will give you our personal experience regarding specific licences and permits, this is not our main purpose as we are not an authorised institution that grants permits nor have the latest updates for all of them. However, we can tell you the main requirements you need to open up if you haven’t yet. We are based in Perth but coach new and existing Family Daycare educators all over Australia, so it is important for you to check with your local council and service providers for specific requirements.
Who can benefit from this service?
People with an already stablished Family Daycare.
People who would like or a thinking in opening a Family Daycare for the first time
What can we do for you? Most asked questions from our customers
How do I setup my indoor/outdoor environment?
How to define your approach: Reggio, Montessori etc or simply your own
Toy and furniture suppliers
Advice on food preparation if needed, we are also happy to share some of our recipes
Supplier guidance for materials, cleaning products, professional change mats etc
How to setup a sleeping area and what are your options
Basic safety measures that your house needs
Parents and kids, how to recognise families of your alike and establish boundaries to existing families
General overview of your FDC Marketing
What exactly do you need to open up your Family Daycare?
Is your house eligible?
What about Pets?
What is a service provider and why you should check more than one to find the one that best suits you?
What is ECRU and how to prepare for it
We are happy to share how we implement our program and observations
We can give you some help defining your price if you need to
Our coaching sessions are taken by Zoom and the cost of it is 90$ per hour. On the actual session it helps showing us around your space and/or send us photos or maps of your house. We listed a few of the most common questions we have from existing clients but we do not have to cover all of them if you do not want to. You may want to go through just 1 or 2 specific doubts for the whole hour and that’s totally fine. Coaching sessions are scheduled upon convenience of both parts and are either taken by Jordi or Xenia. Is there any other topic you need help with that we didn’t list? Send us an email and we will let you know if that’s something we can help you with before you actually book a session.
Having a Family Daycare at home it does not have to be stressful or overwhelming, you deserve to live and work in an environment that makes you shine as a person and as an educator. Everyone will benefit from it, you, your kids and your families.