Business Series Train-the-Trainer

All Our Kin has developed our business curriculum over the past decade, incorporating input provided directly from family child care educators** about the business topics most important to them. The Business Series is a 10-part, educator-facing series that covers marketing, contracts and policies, risk management, accounting and recordkeeping, the Time-Space Percentage, budgeting, savings, and more (see course outline HERE). The course is full of activities and features team-based learning in order to build supportive relationships between participants. We have chosen simple technologies and embedded technology training throughout the series so that participants of all levels will leave more comfortable with virtual learning than they came in with. The series will offer 34 hours of professional development.

**Including licensed family child care educators as well as their staff and applicants in the licensing process.

When participants go on to teach the Business Series in their home communities, they will receive guidance and support from All Our Kin, as well as opportunities to connect with a national community of Business Series trainers. We provide a semi-annual newsletter, monthly connection time, and a quarterly community of learners facilitated in either English or Spanish.

Delivering each Business Series will require an approximate budget of $75 per family child care educator for materials, and sufficient staff time (~10 hours per week) for one to two trainers per class for at least twelve consecutive weeks. We encourage you to budget for technology needs, such as access to pro-level Zoom for trainers, and loaner laptops or hotspots if needed for participating educators. Delivering the Business Series requires logistical coordination such as registration, ordering and shipping materials, etc., administrative support may be an additional benefit. There are additional logistical needs if the Business Series is offered in-person.

All Our Kin Business Series curriculum is now provided to you with an in-person and virtual instructor guide so you’re able to facilitate it in whichever format best suits your educators needs.  Both in-person and virtual Business Series are designed to be interactive and low tech experience needed for both trainers and students. Each version is also available in English, Spanish, and Chinese.

We ask that you submit an application (one per organization). We would still like to meet with all new trainers to connect, review commitments, and answer questions for our new participants.

We ask that you commit to participating in the TTT in its entirety and delivering a pilot Business Series in your community within 12 months of the TTT. During this period, we ask that you share feedback and evaluative data with All Our Kin. You are welcome to repeat the Series in your community as many times as you'd like on your own schedule after the pilot. 

If accepted, we will ask you to sign a Memorandum of Understanding or Service Agreement. The principle commitments are:

• The Business Series must be offered free of charge to family or group, home-based, child care educators, not center directors or other business owners.
• The Business Series must be offered as a series, as originally designed, not separated into individual topic areas. 
• Individuals teaching the Business Series must be trained by All Our Kin directly.
• All Our Kin copyright notices must remain on all written materials.