What to include in a parent handbook for
your childcare program
- Mission statement and philosophy
- Services
- Capacity and ages served
- Days and hours your center is open
- Holidays and closure schedule and policy
- Staff hierarchy
- Parent communication
- Parent involvement
- Curriculum
- Health policies including when children
are ill and medication policies
- Tuition and fees payment policy
- Termination policy
- Safety and emergency policy and procedures
- Closing procedures
- Food and nutrition
- Releasing of children
- Anti-Discrimination and ADA statement
- Child’s file
- Confidentiality statement
- COVER PAGE
- Discipline
- Staff information
- Sample classroom daily schedule
- Donations
- Volunteer opportunities
- Enrollment policies
- Separation anxiety
- Clothing
- Outside play
- Toilet training
