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We handle the business.

Parents text, email, WhatsApp, call. Certifications tracked. Payments collected. All flowing through one system. You teach. You never chase again.

Who We Build For

TutorsMusic TeachersDaycaresPrivate SchoolsDriving SchoolsLanguage SchoolsDance StudiosArt ClassesAfter-School ProgramsSummer Camps

What You Can Cancel

Teachworks

$25 to 100/mo

TutorBird

$25 to 75/mo

With Alpaca Launch

Starting at $29/mo

Everything above. One platform. You own it forever.

Sound Familiar?

These are the problems education & childcare businesses tell us about every week.

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Licensing Compliance Caught Off Guard

β€œA Markham daycare got flagged during a surprise Ministry of Education visit because one staff member's vulnerable sector check had expired three weeks earlier. Nobody noticed until the inspector pulled the file.”

Ontario licensed childcare centres must track staff-to-child ratios, vulnerable sector screenings, first aid certifications, immunization records, and annual fire drill logs. Most centres manage this in binders and spreadsheets, and one missed renewal can trigger a compliance order posted publicly on the CCEYA registry.

A live compliance dashboard with automatic expiry alerts at 90, 60, and 30 days before any staff certification lapses. Audit-ready reports generated instantly that you can hand an inspector on the spot.

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Tuition Payments Are a Monthly Chase

β€œA Brampton after-school program operator spent every first week of the month chasing 40+ families for tuition. Three cheques bounced in January alone, and she had no way to track who owed what without scrolling through e-transfer notifications.”

Childcare and tutoring businesses deal with recurring payments from dozens or hundreds of families, and many still rely on cheques, cash, or manual e-transfer tracking. Bounced payments, partial payments, and families who 'forgot' create hours of bookkeeping and awkward conversations every billing cycle.

Automated recurring tuition billing with saved payment methods. Payment reminders sent before due dates. Failed charges flagged instantly. Each family gets a parent portal showing their balance and payment history.

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Parent Messages Scattered Everywhere

β€œA Toronto music teacher found a parent's WhatsApp message about a nut allergy, sent two weeks ago, buried under 200 other chats. The child had already attended three lessons before anyone flagged it.”

Parents text, email, call, WhatsApp, and DM on Instagram, often sending critical information like allergies, pickup changes, or absence notices through whichever app is open. Staff check five platforms and still miss things because nothing is centralized or searchable.

All parent communication funneled into one inbox per child, with tagged categories for urgent, medical, scheduling, and billing. A pickup authorization change never gets lost in a group chat.

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Incident Reports Written on Scrap Paper

β€œA Vaughan daycare worker wrote up a toddler's playground scrape on a sticky note, planning to transfer it to the official form later. The sticky note disappeared, and when the parent asked for documentation a week later, there was no record.”

Ontario childcare regulations require written incident reports completed and signed within 24 hours, with parent notification. When staff are handling 15 children and an incident happens at 4:45 PM, the paperwork often gets done from memory the next morning, or not at all. Missing reports become a serious liability if a parent escalates.

Mobile incident report forms that staff complete on the spot with timestamps, photo attachments, and automatic parent notification. A signed digital record that satisfies Ministry requirements in under two minutes.

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Enrollment Waitlists Managed by Memory

β€œA Hamilton dance studio owner promised a spot in her Saturday kids' hip-hop class to a parent at a birthday party in November. By January registration, she had no record of it and the class filled. The parent left a one-star Google review.”

Tutoring centres, dance studios, and daycares manage enrollment through verbal promises, email threads, and handwritten lists. Without a proper waitlist system, spots get double-booked, promised families get forgotten, and operators have no visibility into demand to plan new classes or hire staff.

Automated waitlist management with position tracking, instant notifications when spots open, and one-click enrollment. Demand analytics show you when it's time to add another section or hire another instructor.

What You Get

Student/child profiles (medical, allergies)

Parent communication portal

Scheduling + enrollment management

Payment collection + tax receipts

Progress tracking + attendance

Incident reporting

Compliance & Regulations

Compliance tracked automatically. Reminders fire before certifications expire. You pass every inspection.

CCEYA (childcare licensing)

Staff-to-child ratio monitoring

First aid certification tracking

Vulnerable sector check dates

Immunization record tracking

Fire drill records

Save up to $371/mo

Average education & childcare business pays $150 to 400/mo across multiple tools.

Alpaca Launch consolidates everything starting at $29/mo.

Your education & childcare business, running on one platform.

One strategy call. Your solution mapped. No contracts. No obligations.