Over 1,300 owners travel from across the country every year for three days dedicated entirely to the business of child care. World-class speakers, breakout workshops, the Rockstar Awards, and the community that reminds you why you started.
Your ECE training prepared you to care for children. It did not prepare you for pricing, hiring, marketing, financial controls, or building something that can run without you. Every session at Summit is built around that gap.
This is not a childcare licensing conference. It is not a curriculum expo. Every speaker, every workshop, every breakout is chosen with one question in mind: does this make child care owners better at the business side?
CCS describes it as "The World's Largest Conference 100% Dedicated To The Business of Child Care." What we know for certain: it is the annual gathering 1,300+ owners travel for. Many members say it is the week that changed everything.
Every element of Summit is designed so you leave with something you can use on Monday morning.
Top experts and leaders in business, child care, finance, leadership, and marketing. Not generic keynotes. Speakers hand-selected because they have something specific to say to child care business owners.
Tangible training materials you can take home and use to train your staff to your vision. Not inspiration that fades. Tools that outlast the conference.
Learn moreHand-selected speakers and topics built specifically for owners and directors. Smaller rooms, deeper conversations, and direct access to the ideas that move your numbers.
Learn moreMeet and learn from top owners worldwide. Share ideas over a meal. The relationships formed at Summit regularly outlast the conference, turning into referral partners, accountability pairs, and lifelong friends in the industry.
Learn moreEvery year at Summit, the Rockstar Awards put the spotlight on member achievements in front of 1,300+ peers. Owners who grew their enrollment, rebuilt after adversity, expanded to new locations, transformed their culture, and led their communities step onto the Summit stage to be recognized.
If you have never been in a room where a child care owner gets a standing ovation for what she built, you do not know what you are missing. That is what Summit feels like.
Many of our members first encountered CCS at Summit. Here is what they say looking back.
"I joined the Academy with 34 kids enrolled and was bleeding $8,000 a week. Within a couple of years I was at 135 enrolled and more than tripled my revenue. The systems work. You just have to commit to them."
"I came in running one school. I now run nine, and we impact 1,000 children every single day."
"I have had to rebuild this business twice, once after a flood took the building. Going back to basics with the Academy methods is what saved me both times. The systems hold when everything else falls apart."
"By far in 20 years of business, joining the Childcare Success Academy is the best decision I ever made. The training and guidance is only a benefit to our whole industry. This has changed my life forever."
The Intensive is a separate live event: a smaller, deeper working session for owners who want more than inspiration. Less stage time, more working time. Fewer attendees, more access to coaches and peers.
If Summit is where you get the vision, the Intensive is where you build the plan. The two events are designed to complement each other: Summit in the fall, Intensive in the summer.
Dates and registration details for the July 2026 Intensive will be announced to the CCS community first. The best way to be notified is to be in the room, or to be on our list.
The first step is a strategy session with a CCS coach. We look at your enrollment, pricing, and staffing, then tell you exactly what to do next. No pitch deck. No fee. And we will make sure you are notified when Summit registration opens.
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