For childcare directors · built by a 25-year childcare operator

Stop training every new hire from scratch. We'll build your orientation free, live in 48 hours.

All we need is your website. You'll get a real orientation custom to your center, yours for 30 days. No card, nothing to cancel.

Normally the build is $1,500. Your first module is on us.

Live product · not a mockup, click around inside

A real orientation we built for a sample center. Yours is customized with your brand, policies, and photos.

Built for early learning centers like these

The real problem

Most centers don't have a staff problem. They have an orientation problem.

New hires start with a rushed walkthrough, a handbook they may not fully read, and verbal reminders from the director. Then things slip.

Director repeating the same instructions

You repeat yourself constantly

Every new hire means explaining the same expectations, routines, and policies from scratch, again.

New hire overwhelmed by scattered papers

Your policies are scattered

Handbook here, checklist there, "ask a lead" for the rest. New staff can't find what they need, so they don't.

New teacher unsure in the classroom

Confusion hits the classroom

Unclear first weeks mean shaky starts, more mistakes, and new teachers who feel lost in week one.

What we build you

You get your first module free.

Built and live in 48 hours. Click any tab to see everything else your orientation includes.

Health and safety gets built from your actual policies and your state's licensing requirements, not from what we can find online. That's part of the full build.

A look inside

Get to know your kit

Real screens from a kit we built. Every section is customized with your center's brand, policies, and photos.

Welcome and culture→
A warm welcome with your mission, values, and what the first day looks like.
Health and safety basics→
The daily ready room check, safety essentials, and emergency procedures, in plain language.
Classroom and behavior→
How to greet children, handle the hard moments, and support behavior with confidence.
Policies and procedures→
Your policies rewritten so new hires actually absorb them, not skim and forget.
Quizzes and certificate→
Quick knowledge checks and a completion certificate, so you know they got it.
A real screen from the orientation kit
Starting is easy

How does it work?

Send us your materials
Step 1

Tell us about your center

Your website, your contact info, and one question about your new hires. Takes about two minutes. No handbook required.

We build your kit
Step 2

We build it in 48 hours

A real module with your branding and your words. You get a live link you can share with your team the same week.

Share your link
Step 3

Use it for 30 days

Share it with your staff and see if it holds up. If you want to keep it live after that, it's $97/month. If it's not for you, there's nothing to cancel.

Made to actually get used, and fully supported.

This is not another tool you have to set up and babysit. We build it, we host it, and we keep it working, so your team just uses it.

✓ We build it for you
✓ Works on any device, no app
✓ 30 day revisions included
✓ Hosting and updates handled
✓ Your brand, your policies
✓ Reviewed by hand, not a template
Monique Rouege, lead coach
Meet your coach

Built by a childcare operator, for childcare centers.

Onboard Buddy's lead coach, Monique Rouege, has spent 25+ years owning and operating three early childcare centers. She has lived every part of the new hire problem this solves: hiring, training, and keeping real staff. So we don't hand you software and wish you luck. We build the orientation experience for you, and review every build by hand.

Monique Rouege · co-founder and lead coach
25+ years operating centers
Every build reviewed by hand
What directors say

Loved by the people who run the room.

★★★★★
“

Our new hires used to spend their whole first week confused. Now they walk in already knowing our routines and expectations. I finally stopped repeating myself.

Sonjia Brown-Joseph
Owner and Director, Clara's Little Lambs
★★★★★
“

I handed them our messy handbook and a few photos. What came back was a clean, branded orientation my staff actually finish. It felt done-for-you, because it was.

Shaniqua Ingram
Owner and Director, Early Steps Learning Center
★★★★★
“

Same price across both of our sites, and they host and update everything. My directors love it and I barely think about onboarding anymore.

Kristi Givens
Owner and Director, Kids of Excellence
★★★★★
Simple pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you're ready.

Start with a free module. Pay once for the full build only when you're ready.

✕ A single outside PD workshop: often $2,000 to $5,000, for one day
✕ Generic training software: monthly fees, and you still do all the setup
✕ Re-explain everything to every new hire: hours of director time, forever

Or start free, and only pay when it's worth it.

Start here
Your first module
$1,500$0
Your Welcome and Culture module, built free. Normally a $1,500 build.
Build Mine Free
  • ✓ Built from your website in 48 hours
  • ✓ Your logo, your colors, your words
  • ✓ Live and shareable for 30 days
  • ✓ No credit card, nothing to cancel
  • ✓ Keep it live after 30 days for $97/month
Full build
$1,500one time, then $97/mo
Your complete orientation, every module, whenever you're ready.
Book a Call
  • ✓ Everything in Start Free, plus
  • ✓ Every module, built from your real policies
  • ✓ Health and safety mapped to your state's requirements
  • ✓ First week, classroom routines, policies and procedures
  • ✓ Quizzes and completion certificate
  • ✓ Hosting and updates · same price for multiple sites

⏳ We build four free starts a month. Paid builds ship in 7 to 10 days.

Our promise: if the first build isn't right, we revise it with you until it fits, or you walk away at no cost. The goal is an orientation your center is proud to use.

No credit card to start, and nothing to cancel. Keep your free module live after 30 days for $97/month, only if you want to.

Still got questions?

Read the FAQs

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Can't find your answer?

Start your free module, or book a quick call and we'll talk it through.

Build my free module
Prefer to talk first? Book a call · or email info@onboardbuddy.co
+ What's the catch?

There isn't one. We build your first module free because it's the fastest way to show you what we do, and because most directors can't picture it until they see their own center's name on it. You decide after, not before.

+ Do I need a credit card?

No. Nothing to enter, nothing to cancel.

+ What happens after the 30 days?

You decide. Keep what we built live for $97/month, have us build out the full orientation for $1,500 plus the $97/month, or walk away. If you walk, we take it down and send you the content as a PDF so your work isn't wasted.

+ Is this just a website?

No. It's a guided orientation experience, sections, checklists, quizzes, and a completion certificate, built around how your center runs. New hires move through it step by step.

+ Do I have to write everything myself?

No. You send what you have and we do the shaping. We turn your policies and routines into clear, staff friendly language. Anything you want kept word for word, we keep.

+ What if my handbook is messy?

Messy is normal and completely fine. Pulling the scattered pieces into one clear path is exactly the job you're hiring us for.

+ What if I have multiple sites?

Same price. As long as your sites use the same core orientation, it stays $1,500 + $97/month, with no per location fees.

+ How long does it take?

Your free module lands in 48 hours. The full build is ready in about 7 to 10 days once you send your materials.

+ Can I use my own photos, or do you use cartoons?

Your choice. We offer a soft, friendly illustrated style or a real photo professional style using your own staff and classroom photos.

+ What does the $97/month cover?

Hosting, maintenance, content updates, and support, so your orientation stays live, current, and handled instead of a file that goes stale.

+ What if I'm not tech savvy?

You don't build or manage anything. We handle setup, hosting, and updates. You get a link to share. That's it.

Ready to see it with your name on it?

One module, 48 hours, no card. Worst case, you use what we built for 30 days and decide it's not for you. Best case, your next new hire walks in already knowing what your center stands for.

First module free · 48 hour turnaround · No card required · $97/month after 30 days only if you keep it