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Franchisee Newsletter - Term 3 2017
 
 

Director’s Quarterly Update.

 

Exciting quarter again. Head Office did 2 demos at Young Academy (https://youngacademics.com.au/ ) centres. They have 10 centres and owned by a single person. Franchisees have started providing services to 2 Jenny’s Kindy (http://www.jennyskindy.com.au/). They have 12 centres and owned by a single owner.

We are in communication with 2 large national childcare service providers. Very early stages of negotiations. In order to reduce complications with invoicing, we will be moving to a flat rate payment for any future head office contracts. The rate will be similar to LLS. I.e. head office will pay a guaranteed flat hourly rate with potential CPI increase.

We are on track to have more than 50 – 60 centres by end of 2017. Main issues raised by childcare centres are:

  • Kids are not engaged
  • The lessons are not fun
  • Lessons are not age appropriate

Our primary focus is to make our lesson fun and engaging. Learning the language is a secondary focus. That is why, we call ourselves “Fun” Languages. 

Head Office invoices are created by three different people. You should always double check them. Furthermore, we did experience a bit of difficulty with the new website reporting. 

We had a legal request regarding a student and attendance record relating to vandalism at a school. You need to provide student records via QR reporting, even if they come for a demo lesson.

"We are here to help you grow. Contact us if you need any help. Keep up the good work"
 
 

Super Choice & QR Reports

 
Super Choice
Choice of Fund legislation allows eligible employees to choose the super fund that their super is paid into. As an employer, you are responsible for identifying if your employees are eligible, providing them with a Standard Choice form [PDF112KB] within 28 days of their start date, paying contributions into their chosen fund within two months and selecting a default fund for employees who don't make a choice.
LCF Quarterly Report

1.     Use the new format attached to this email. For the calculations to work correctly, you must fill all area highlighted in yellow.

2.     All student and teacher details must be filled.

a.     Public Liability Insurance (PLI) will not cover if the head office does not have a record of the student for the periods they have attended our clubs

b.     It is a breach of franchise agreement not reporting quarterly the student information.

3.     By week 5 all quarterly report must be submitted.

4.     All invoices must be paid within 14 days.

a.     There is a $100 late fee and 8% interest charge on any overdue payment

b.     If you are experiencing any difficulties in paying on time send an email to Sathiy or me.

5.     You have an option to send an update quarterly report end of the term if there are additional enrollments

a.     Head Office might send an additional invoice. I.e. if new enrollment is 1 or 2 head office might not send an additional invoice.

b.     For PLI and franchise agreement perspective, the head office must have all student records by end of term (including any students came for trial, trainee teachers, voluntary parents helpers, etc.).

c.      You don’t have to send an end term quarterly report update (you still need to send a quarterly report by week 5) if the enrollment is done with lcfclubs.com.au website. I.e. we already have the student records and there is only 1 or 2 new student enrollments. 

 
 
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Update on childcare marketing initiative

Current leader board (not updated for T3)

No. 1 position 7 childcare centres

No. 2 position 6 childcare centres

    No. 3 position 3.5 childcare centres

Competition Who has the most number of new childcare centres by end of 2017? Only childcare centre started in 2017 are eligible.

• Each childcare in rural area (population less than 45,000) will be counted as 2. I.e. 1 childcare in Bathurst, NSW will be counted as 2.

• Any childcare allocated by LLS or Early Start will be counted as 0.75.

• All other childcares will be counted as 1.

(*Scaling is used to make it fair) 2nd place winner will get $500 travel voucher and 2017 Sales Runner-up trophy 3rd place winner will get $200 travel voucher and 2017 Sales Runner-up trophy Anybody with 5+ childcare will get 2017 Sales Runner-up trophy.

Good Luck.......................

 
 

Duty of Care

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  • If you have a student with Anaphylaxis reaction to allergy the teacher must complete this FREE training. 
End of the training a certificate will be issued, the manager must keep this record.
  • If you have a student with Anaphylaxis reaction to allergy the teacher is encouraged to complete this first aid FREE training. 
(Provided by  St John Ambulance, Australia)
End of the training a certificate will be issued, the manager might keep this record.
 
There is no need to undertake the paid certification, but if you feel paid first aid training is better, based on individual risk assessment (extremely risky student), head office will still pay 50% reasonable cost. Prior approval is required.
 
Knowing first aid could save a life. We would encourage all our teachers and manager to undertake these free training.
 
 

We have introduced a franchisee/Licensee referral program

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Background

In order for us to meet the marketing targets, we need to grow. There are over 13,000 childcare centres in Australia, and over 5,000 schools in NSW and VIC alone. We need more franchisees/Licensees. As an existing franchisee/licensee you are in a better position to advocate the business and, know what type of person will succeed in this business.

I do understand, sometimes your own teacher might be aspiring to become a business person, that might create a dilemma for you;

  1. Losing teacher
  2. Potentially they could be your competitors

Head Office can help you in theses two scenarios, by  placing the new franchisee away from where you operate. As, I indicate above, there are thousand of untapped opportunities.

Referral program:

  1. If you introduce a potential franchisees/Licensees you will get $50 credit. It does not matter if they sign-up or not. They need to show interest.
  2. If they sign-up to become a licensee you will get $250 credit. (All new franchisees need to start as a licensee first. This gives both party an opportunity to experience and to judge the suitability)
  3. If they sign-up to become a franchise you will get extra $250 credit.

We have also significantly changed our franchisee/licensee fee for individual operating in rural or disadvantaged communities.