We’re excited to share the latest tools and updates in the Product Spotlight Newsletter!

• 🏅 Teacher Appreciation Week — nominate an educator on the Bright Wall
• 📚 Learning activity completion — mark activities complete for your records and share with families in a few taps
• 🗓️ Monthly calendar view — see your whole month at a glance
• 💰 Deposit checks in brightwheel — accept agency and personal checks, automatically tracked and reconciled

If you're still chasing payments or collecting tuition manually, this is for you. We put together a free checklist using experienced directors' best practices to help you get set up before the new school year.

Here's what it covers:

• ✅ Setting up tuition plans and autopay before enrollment opens
• ✅ Collecting deposits through your enrollment packet
• ✅ Getting families to add a payment method upfront
• ✅ Automatic reminders so you're not the one following up

We’re excited to share the latest tools and updates in the Product Spotlight Newsletter!

• 🍽️ Improved menus experience — build and manage menus faster with reusable templates
• ✅ CACFP guardrails — get real-time alerts when required meal components are missing
• 📋 Re-enrollment tools — lock in tuition commitments for families
• 🎉 Spring celebration kits — everything you need to have successful holiday parties

We’re excited to share the latest tools and updates in the Product Spotlight Newsletter!

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parent Directory to help families stay connected
• 💵 Simplified payroll for an easier 2026
• 📁 Digital enrollment forms to reduce paperwork
• 💗 Free Valentine’s Day Celebration Kit

We’re excited to share the latest tools and updates in the Product Spotlight Newsletter!

• 📗 Staff Professional Development Day
• 💵 NEW: Automated late payment fees
• 📁 What to include in Admission Packets
• 🎉 2025 Back-to-school features are complete

Hi there,
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Since you last tried brightwheel PD, we’ve rolled out some exciting upgrades!

• ✅ Take courses right in brightwheel
  No extra websites or passwords needed. Just open the Training tab to get started instantly.
• 👥 Automatic staff access
  When new team members join or leave, their access updates automatically — no manual setup required.
• 📚 Dozens of new courses
  From Sensory Play to Healthy Routines, we’re adding CDA- and NAEYC-aligned courses every month.
• 📈 Automatic hour tracking
  Your team’s training hours track directly in brightwheel, and in many states, post right to registries.
• 🎥 See what’s new in 3 minutes
  ​Watch the video overview →

We’re excited to share the latest tools and updates in the Product Spotlight Newsletter!

• 📋 Share Sign-Ups directly in brightwheel
• 💵 Easily record and manage Check Deposits
• 🗓️ Set due dates & expiration dates for Forms & Packets
• 📚 Enhance learning with Experience Assessments

September's Experience Curriculum Newsletter is here! Take a look at what's new:

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 September theme: Family & Pets
• 🎉 Picnic celebration kit
• 📚 Expanded Math: Hands-on activities
• 🎓 New Professional Development

Hi there,

We recently released big updates to brightwheel Paperwork just in time for the new school year 🎉

Here’s what’s new:

⭐️Sign-ups that streamline parent coordination

• Coordinate events, parent-teacher conferences, and volunteers in minutes. Brightwheel Sign-Ups makes it easy to keep families engaged without any hassle.
• Check out this Loom to learn more 🎥

⭐️Tuition agreements that drive stronger family commitment

• Tuition Agreements help set clear expectations with families by outlining billing plan rates, due dates, and school payment policies. They reduce confusion, provide evidence during disputes, and make payment collection smoother.
• Easily apply them to both existing and new billing plans in brightwheel – check out this Loom to see how easy it is to get started 🎥

⭐️State form fillable document templates that save you time

• To see what templates are available, go to Forms & requests, click Create new, and select Fillable document

⭐️CSV downloads of approved form responses for better data tracking

• To access CSV downloads, select your form, click Select an action, and select Export all approved. You’ll be emailed PDFs of your forms and a CSV file with the direct responses!

We hope these bring value to your program! Be on the lookout for more enhancements coming in the future!

We're happy to share the newest tools in brightwheel in the Product Spotlight Newsletter!

• 📝 NEW: Easily plan events & activities with family Sign-ups
• 🗃️ NEW: Prebuilt state form templates
• 🤩 NEW: Easily download all Form & Packet responses in a CSV file for quick reporting
• 📋 New family orientation checklist