October 8-10, 2026 in Arlington, TX (Dallas Area)
Build a Childcare Business That Gives You More Control, More Capacity, and More Opportunity
Spend three days discovering how stronger childcare owners are building better teams, creating more consistent enrollment, increasing profitability, and making the business less dependent on them personally. Then leave with a clearer plan for what your business needs next.
OCTOBER 8-10, 2026 IN ARLINGTON, TX (DALLAS AREA)
Discover How Top Child Care Owners Are Reclaiming Their Time, Building Staff-Run Centers, and Scaling Income and Leave with a Clear Plan That Puts You in Control.
What If Your Childcare Business Could Become Stronger Without Asking More and More of You?
There is a better way to build what comes next.
From the desk of Jennifer Conner:
As a childcare business owner, I understand how quickly this business can begin to feel heavier than you expected. Staffing changes. Enrollment shifts. Parents need answers. Regulations change. Payroll keeps coming. And somehow, more and more decisions can find their way back to you.
But after working alongside hundreds of childcare owners, I have also seen something else.
I have seen owners build stronger teams, develop leaders who can carry more responsibility, create healthier enrollment, understand their numbers with greater confidence, and build businesses that no longer depend on them for every decision.
That is the opportunity I want you to see.
Not a perfect center. Not a business with no challenges. A stronger business that can handle those challenges with more capacity, more leadership, and less dependence on you personally.
That is what The Child Care Success Summit is designed to help you explore. For three days, you can step outside the daily demands of the center, see what other childcare owners are doing differently, and leave with a clearer picture of what your business could become and what deserves your attention next.
Are There Gaps in Your Child Care Business You’ve Been Continuously Struggling with That You Want Solved for Good?
It’s time to transform your ECE Business and your life.
From the desk of Jennifer Conner:
As an owner of a child care business, I understand that you are faced with a unique set of challenges compared to other business owners. The ever-increasing demands, staffing crisis, administrative burdens, and competitive landscape can often leave us feeling overwhelmed and struggling to keep up.
But what if I told you that there is a solution? What if I told you that there is an event specifically designed to address the pain points you face as a child care business owner and provide you with the tools, knowledge, and support you need to overcome these challenges and achieve lasting success?
I’m writing to you today to let you know that it really is possible for you to get “unstuck” and start seeing growth in your business again. I know this is true because, over the last decade, I have worked alongside hundreds of ECE owners who have attended The Child Care Success Summit who have been in the exact position as you.
The Difference Between Running a Center
and Building a Business
Every childcare owner faces staffing challenges, enrollment changes, regulations, and unexpected problems. The difference is not who has challenges. The difference is how the business is built to respond to them.
Stronger businesses build stronger leaders.
Instead of every decision returning to the owner, capable leaders solve problems, coach their teams, and move the business forward.
They create enrollment systems instead of enrollment emergencies.
Growth becomes more predictable because marketing, follow up, and family experience work together consistently.
They understand the numbers behind the business.
Financial decisions become more confident because owners know what drives profit, cash flow, and long term growth.
They build systems that protect quality.
Consistency no longer depends on one person remembering everything. The business supports the standard.
They spend less time reacting and more time leading.
As the business becomes stronger, owners spend more time thinking about growth and less time putting out today's fires.
They create businesses that give them more choices.
More opportunity. More capable teams. Better profitability. Greater freedom to decide what comes next.
That is exactly what The Child Care Success Summit is designed to help you build.
Discover the Secrets to Growing Your Business that Other ECE Business Owners Know But You Don’t
- You want to improve your staff turnover and find a consistent stream of A-player teachers who seek out working for your business. You’ve noticed that your turnover rates have had an impact on the stability and quality of care provided to the children you serve and you want to turn that around.
- You’ve been seeking out new effective approaches and strategies to manage your enrollment and family retention in your business, but being in a competitive market has made it difficult for you.
- With inflation on the rise, you’re finding it more difficult to effectively navigate the complexities of financial management, including setting appropriate tuition rates, managing expenses, budgeting, ensuring cash flow, and navigating insurance and licensing costs, all while maintaining a high standard of care.
- You feel like you can’t keep up with the ever-evolving licensing requirements, health and safety standards, and inspections. You need a better system to keep up-to-date on your proper documentation and regulatory changes.
- You’ve become so buried in administrative tasks and paperwork that you no longer feel like you’re being productive during your time in your office. You need to implement better processes and systems for record-keeping, reporting, billing, and parent communications so you can work smarter, not harder.
- You haven’t been able to find the time to prioritize your own professional development and keep up with industry trends, best practices, and new advancements, yet alone network and collaborate with other owners that are facing the same challenges as you.
If any of these describe you, then you owe it to yourself (and your family, employees, and clients) to break through the obstacles in your path.
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Take a Look Inside the Child Care Success Summit Experience
See why childcare business owners return year after year to step away from the daily demands, connect with other owners who understand the business, and focus on building what comes next.
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Your Registration Is Backed by Our Money Back Plus $500 Guarantee
We want you to come to Summit ready to learn, think differently, and explore what a stronger childcare business could look like for you.
We also know that attending requires more than the price of a ticket. It requires your time, travel, and attention away from the business.
That is why we are willing to stand behind the experience in a way most events will not.
Here Is Our Promise to You
Attend Day One of The Child Care Success Summit. If by 6:00 PM you are not completely satisfied with the value you have received, simply let someone on our team know. We will refund 100% of your registration fee and give you an additional $500 for your time and travel costs.
You do not have to decide whether Summit is worth it from a sales page. Come experience it for yourself and make that decision after you are in the room.
Our World-Famous Guarantee:
Your Money Back Plus $500 For Your Time And Travel
With nearly a decade-long history of success, we know based on a solid track record of growth and transformation for our attendees, that this conference will result in a massive leap in success and motivation for you and your early childhood business, no matter WHERE your program is located, no matter WHAT challenges you are facing.
Here’s Our Promise To You:
If you aren’t 100% completely satisfied and over-the-moon happy with what you get from this conference, and if for any reason you aren’t completely satisfied – simply let someone on my team know by 6:00 PM on Day One of the event, and I’ll refund 100% of your registration fee, PLUS give you $500 for your time and travel costs.
Spend Three Days Surrounded by People Who Understand This Business
Childcare ownership can feel isolating when the people around you do not fully understand the decisions, pressure, responsibility, and opportunity that come with it. At Summit, you do not have to explain the business before you can talk about the business.
Come for the ideas. Come for the strategies. But do not underestimate what can happen when you spend three days around childcare owners who are serious about building something stronger.
This Is Your Opportunity to Build a Stronger Childcare Business
Summit is not about collecting more information. It is about seeing what is possible, learning how stronger childcare businesses are being built, and deciding what could change in yours next.
Build Leaders Who Can Carry More
Develop directors and key team members who can make stronger decisions, solve more problems, reinforce standards, and help move the business forward without waiting for you at every turn.
Create More Predictable Enrollment
Discover how stronger marketing, follow-up, reputation, and family experience can work together so enrollment becomes something you build intentionally instead of something you worry about when classrooms are not full.
Build a More Profitable Business
Get clearer about the numbers that actually drive the company so you can make better decisions about tuition, payroll, expenses, growth, and what the business needs to become financially stronger.
Make the Business Less Dependent on You
See how stronger people, clearer expectations, better systems, and greater accountability can allow the business to handle more without requiring you to personally carry every detail.
See What Other Successful Owners Are Doing Differently
Spend three days around childcare owners who are solving the same kinds of problems you face and building stronger companies in the same industry you operate in.
Get Clear About What Comes Next
Step away from the demands waiting back at the center long enough to think about the bigger business, identify what deserves your attention now, and leave with a clearer direction for what you want to build next.
You do not need to solve every problem in three days. You need to see the possibilities clearly enough to know what deserves to change first.
Secure My Summit TicketThere’s No Other Conference, Bootcamp, Summit or Gathering Like the Child Care Success Summit! This is Your Opportunity to:
Gain Expert Knowledge
The lineup of renowned speakers and industry experts will provide you with the latest research, best practices, and innovative strategies to elevate your child care business. From effective marketing techniques to staff management, financial planning to curriculum development, you will gain practical insights that can drive your business forward.
Be a Better Leader
We're bringing in highly successful business owners to talk about how to be a smarter, more effective and successful entrepreneur and how to be a leader in your early learning business. We’ve restructured the way we do breakout sessions to eliminate “vendor pitches” and just bring pure strategic content to you, for both directors and owners.
Fall In Love With Your Business Again
It's NOT just about "positive thinking" and motivation – although you will feel highly motivated when you leave. "More motivation" is a far too simplistic answer to the tough problems you are dealing with in your child care business. You need ANSWERS, clarity and solid, proven advice – which is exactly what you will get when you attend.
extremely productive environment
It's about being an active participant in a unique and extremely productive environment to help you get refocused on doing the RIGHT things to grow and succeed, whether that means maximizing the enrollment and staff excellence of one location, or growing to your 3rd, 5th, or 15th location.
Achieve new levels of growth and income
It's about providing you with the ONLY opportunity to see, in great depth, exactly how your peers are breaking through their current income, time and staff limitations to achieve phenomenal new levels of growth and income.
marketing and business-building strategies
It's about you getting to spend 3 full days with other success-focused early learning entrepreneurs who are "heavy users" of the Child Care Success Method™ strategies and methods, many of whom have been with us for years and can attribute huge increases in their personal wealth to the marketing and business-building strategies presented.
Meet the 2026 Keynote and Breakout Speaker Lineup
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See What Happens When Owners Like You Get in the Room
Summit brings together childcare owners at different stages of business, from owners working through today's challenges to experienced operators looking for their next level of growth.
“We decided to bring our entire leadership team and I think they’re all drinking the Kool-Aid, which is fantastic. There is so much to learn from this.”
“As a CEO with experience attending various ECE conferences, I can confidently say none compare to this one. The energy, practical content, and genuine camaraderie were unparalleled. I wish I had found this Summit sooner.”
“This has been the most amazing experience that I have ever had. If you’re thinking about growing your business or just thinking about going to the next level, this is the absolute best place to come.”
Different businesses. Different challenges. Different stages of growth. One room built around helping childcare owners see what is possible next.
What Attendees Have to Say...
“We decided to bring our entire leadership team and I think they’re all drinking the Kool-Aid, which is fantastic. There is so much to learn from this.”
“This has been the most amazing experience that I have ever had. If you’re thinking about growing your business or just thinking about going to the next level, this is the absolute best place to come.”
Frequently Asked Questions About The Child Care Success Summit
The Child Care Success Summit 2026 is a business and leadership event for childcare owners, directors, multi-site operators, and early childhood education leaders who want to build stronger, more profitable, and more capable businesses.
This is not a continuing education event built around collecting hours. Summit is focused on the business side of childcare, including enrollment, profitability, staffing, leadership, systems, growth, and creating a business that becomes less dependent on the owner personally carrying everything.
The goal is simple: help you see what is possible next and give you clearer direction for what your business needs to become stronger.
The Child Care Success Summit 2026 takes place October 8 through October 10, 2026 in Arlington, Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The event will be held at the Loews Arlington Hotel, 888 Nolan Ryan Expressway, Arlington, Texas 76011.
Summit is designed for childcare center owners, preschool directors, multi-site operators, aspiring owners, and leadership team members who help carry responsibility for the business.
You do not have to be at a specific stage of growth to benefit. Some attendees are working through staffing, enrollment, profitability, or leadership challenges. Others are preparing to grow, expand, or make the business less dependent on them.
The common denominator is that you want to build a stronger childcare business and make better decisions about what comes next.
Sessions and breakouts are focused on the areas that most directly affect the strength and future of a childcare business, including:
- Marketing and enrollment growth
- Tuition pricing and profitability
- Staff hiring and retention
- Leadership development for owners and directors
- Business financial performance and cash flow
- Systems and operational efficiency
- Growth and expansion to additional locations
The focus is practical. You will leave with ideas, strategies, and clearer priorities you can take back into the business.
Summit is built around the business of childcare.
The conversations go beyond classroom practices and continuing education. The focus is on helping owners and leaders build stronger companies through better enrollment, stronger people, healthier profitability, more capable leadership, smarter systems, and clearer growth decisions.
Just as important, you are surrounded by people who already understand the realities of childcare. You do not have to explain ratios, licensing, staffing shortages, parent expectations, or enrollment pressure before you can talk about the business.
You can get straight to the question that matters most: What does my business need next?
Yes. You will be in the room with hundreds of childcare business owners, leaders, and members of the Child Care Success Company coaching team.
The value is not simply meeting more people. It is being able to have business-level conversations with people who understand the industry and may have already faced the same decision, challenge, or growth opportunity you are dealing with now.
Some of the most useful conversations at Summit happen between sessions, over meals, and in the hallways.
Tickets to The Child Care Success Summit 2026 are currently available for $597 per person.
Secure your ticket and join childcare owners, directors, leadership team members, business partners, and other key leaders for three days focused on the business behind the care.
Ticket pricing will increase as Summit gets closer.
Many owners choose to bring directors or key leaders because change happens faster when the people responsible for carrying it forward hear the same ideas, understand the same priorities, and see the same future for the business.
If your goal is to develop stronger leaders, share more responsibility, and make the business less dependent on you, bringing the right people can make the Summit experience even more valuable.
Yes, but it is not designed as a traditional vendor hall.
You will have access to more than 40 curated strategic partners whose products and services are relevant to childcare businesses.
These partners already work within the industry and understand the operational realities of childcare, so the goal is to connect you with resources that may help strengthen the business rather than simply fill a room with booths.
If you are no longer able to attend and would like to request a refund, please contact the Child Care Success support team at support@childcaresuccess.com.
No refunds will be provided after August 15, 2026.
Summit is also backed by the event guarantee described on this page. If you attend Day One and are not satisfied with the value you have received by 6:00 PM, notify a member of the team according to the guarantee terms shown above.
Frequently Asked Questions About The Child Care Success Summit
A. Sessions and breakouts cover child care marketing and enrollment growth, tuition pricing strategy, staff hiring and retention, leadership development for directors and owners, business profitability and cash flow, operational systems and efficiency, and how to expand to multiple child care locations. The focus is practical. You will leave with specific numbers, specific scripts, and specific systems, not inspiration you forget soon as the day ends.
A. Yes. You will be in the room with hundreds of child care business owners and the Child Care Success Company coaching team. Not a lecture hall where you sit in rows and listen. A working environment where you can ask your specific question about your specific center to someone who has solved that exact problem. The conversations in the hallways are often worth as much as the sessions.
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A. Tickets to The Child Care Success Summit 2026 are currently available for $597 per person.
Secure your ticket and join childcare owners, directors, leadership team members, business partners, and other key leaders for three days focused on the business behind the care.
Ticket pricing will increase as Summit gets closer.
A. If you are no longer able to attend the event and would like a refund, please email our Support Team at support@childcaresuccess.com for assistance and help. No refunds will be provided past Saturday, August 15, 2026 for any reason.
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