Webinar

Finish Strong. Start Ready: A Year-End Planning Workshop for Child Care Leaders

As we move into the last quarter of 2026, Procare is kicking off our webinar series, Rooted & Ready. It's designed to help you close the year grounded, while heading into 2027 prepared. First up: The Teachers For Tomorrow CEO, Aleta Mechtel.

The end of the year can easily become a race to simply keep up staffing needs, enrollment, families, financial goals, and the day-to-day demands of leading a child care center. But before January arrives, leaders need space to step out of reaction mode, assess where they are, and decided what matters most.

In this free on-demand webinar, Finish Strong. Start Ready, child care leaders will reflect on what's working, identify what needs to change, and establish a focused finish line for the remainder of the year. Then, we'll shift our attention forward to determine what needs to be decided now so January can become a month of execution, not planning. 

You will leave with a simple, practical planning framework that you can return to through the year to Plan → Execute → Measure → Adjust → Repeat.

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Aleta Mechtel
Aleta Mechtel
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What Aleta Will Cover

  • A clear year-end Finish Line and Critical Number  
  • Three focused priorities for finishing the year strong
  • Clarity around what to Stop, Start, and Continue
  • A defined direction and Q1 Finish Line for the upcoming year
  • Three priorities to focus on during the first 90 days
  • A specific action to take immediately to begin moving the plan forward