As you start thinking about summer and fall, don't miss these tips and resources to "spring clean" your workflows with brightwheel.

• The Paperwork tab: Forms & Requests and Shared Files are gamechangers for streamlining documents.
• [On-demand webinar] Hiring staff: An ECE recruiter shares how to find teaching talent, how to build an active pipeline of candidates, and more.
• *Coming soon* Billing-only role: In the coming weeks, you'll be able to give an accountant, bookkeeper, or other financial staff access to billing but nothing else in brightwheel.
• *Coming soon* Check-in improvements: Exciting updates such as an improved guardian check-in experience and easier correction of attendance errors in the check-in report are coming these next few weeks!

Read about the above and more in the March Product Spotlight.

Here are NEW updates for you to get even more value out of brightwheel this season 🌸

• Photo and video galleries: Soon, guardians will be able to access a gallery view of photos on the brightwheel app.
• Delete forms: You can now delete forms and submissions you no longer need.
• Year-end tax statements for families: These have been delivered! Your payers can download their statements directly in brightwheel.
• Tax deductions: Make sure you're taking advantage of the 7 different types of deductible expenses this year.
• Administrators can view schedules on mobile devices: Quickly access student and staff schedules directly on your phone or tablet.
• Webinar with a CPA on 3/6: Hear what you can do to run a profitable childcare business positioned for growth.

Read about the above and more in the February Product Spotlight.

Exciting updates for you to kick off 2024 --

• On-demand webinar: hear expert tips on how to take the stress out of tax season.
• Incident reports: you can now pre-fill a PDF document in brightwheel, which is a great way to have parents sign incident reports.
• Absence reasons in reporting: Custom Reports in brightwheel can now report on absence reasons

Read about the above and more in the January Product Spotlight.

Hi there,

We recently released big updates to Forms that unlock new use cases and improve usability. Here's what changed:

• You can now reshare the same form with families multiple times. No more duplicating!
• You can pre-fill portions of fillable forms, unlocking the ability to use brightwheel Forms for incident reports, permission slips, and more!
• You can search and filter forms and form submissions, making it much faster to find what you’re looking for! You can also filter out closed forms to shorten your forms list.

And in the near future, you’ll also be able to delete a form and a form submission. Be on the lookout for more on this improvement soon. 🎉

Hi there,

In the next couple months, payers will see a direct link to their 2023 tax statement in their brightwheel account. There will be no additional work for them to access what they need to file taxes. 🎉

When these tax statements are available, payers with an email address on file will receive a notification email. Payers with only a phone number on file will see a notification in the brightwheel app.

To ensure your families are aware that tax summaries are available, encourage all parents to add an email address to their brightwheel account if they haven't done so already.

By the way, you'll also be notified when statements are available for families, and you'll be able to access these direct links to student statements in case you need them for your own records.

Cheers to an easier tax season this year!

p.s. If you or your families need tax information immediately, no problem. Visit our resource hub for step-by-step instructions.

Hi there,

Today we released an update to staff profiles on brightwheel! Here's what changed:

• It's now easier to quickly edit information
• Fields are grouped in a more organized fashion
• Attachments have moved to its own tab, located at the top of the page
• You can navigate to the staff member's timecards with one click
• If your account is connected to Gusto, you'll see real-time payroll information such as role and pay rate

Be on the lookout for more staff management improvements to come. 🎉

p.s. Interested in 6 months free of payroll processing on Gusto? See if you're eligible for the integration and get Gusto today.

Hi there,

In the next couple months, payers will see a direct link to their 2023 tax statement in their brightwheel account. There will be no additional work for them to access what they need to file taxes. 🎉

When these tax statements are available, payers with an email address on file will receive a notification email. Payers with only a phone number on file will see a notification in the brightwheel app.

To ensure your families are aware that tax summaries are available, encourage all parents to add an email address to their brightwheel account if they haven't done so already.

By the way, you'll also be notified when statements are available for families, and you'll be able to access these direct links to student statements in case you need them for your own records.

Cheers to an easier tax season this year!

p.s. If you or your families need tax information immediately, no problem. Visit our resource hub for step-by-step instructions.

NEW updates and resources are here so you can get even more value out of brightwheel.

• Upload longer videos: add videos up to 90 seconds on a child's feed
• Year-end summaries: exciting improvements are coming to 2023 tax statements for families
• Automate payroll taxes: get local, state, and federal taxes taken care of for you
• Customizable overtime: adjust weekly and daily (single and double) overtime thresholds
• On-demand webinar: take a tour of brightwheel Learning & Experience Curriculum

Read about the above and more in the December Product Spotlight.

NEW updates are here so you can get even more value out of brightwheel.

• Payroll: run payroll through brightwheel! And for a limited time: 6 months free of payroll processing
• Diaper cream: a button for cream has been added to the potty activity
• Sort messages: you can now sort by unread
• Experience Curriculum: 2024 monthly themes include DinoLand, Global Passport, and Space & Sky
• Tax reminders: Important to-dos before the end of the year

Read more about these new features in our November Product Spotlight.

Hi there,

The school calendar is now available on the web with a new streamlined design to make scheduling events a breeze!

Seamlessly add and manage events across your entire center, empowering your staff to handle events for their assigned rooms effortlessly. Events created on the web will sync with your mobile app, ensuring everyone stays on the same page and no one misses out on school events, closures, and other important classroom reminders.

To learn more about the built-in calendar, check out this Help Center article.