Sub Finder.
An app idea for daycare centers.

What the search found

Who pays

Daycare owner or director

The problem

On a daily basis it seems at least one teacher or aide calls out. Directors are texting at 4 AM trying to find someone before the room goes over ratio.

The gap

ChildCare Careers is a human staffing agency, not software, and it does not rank subs by which classroom they already know. Generic substitute staffing software like Enginehire is built for K-12 districts, not daycare rooms and age group ratios.

Already out there

• ChildCare Careers childcarecareers.com

  Largest staffing firm dedicated to child care, provides pre-screened subs same day. It is a people agency, not a tool the director runs, and no classroom familiarity ranking.

• Enginehire enginehire.io

  Substitute staffing software with mobile shift acceptance. Aimed at school districts, not daycare age group ratios or room familiarity.

People asking for it

• Call-out policy problems reddit.com

  A preschool director describes newly hired staff calling out, one teacher texting at 4 AM.

• How centers handle call-outs reddit.com

  Staff say at least one teacher or aide calls out on a daily basis and the center struggles to keep up.

• Out of ratio, nobody can come reddit.com

  Teachers describe being out of ratio and having no one to call.

The big assumption

Directors will trust and use a pool of subs they do not employ, rather than calling their own list or an agency.

Test it this week

Offer to run one center's call-out list manually for two weeks. Track how many gaps you fill and whether the director asks you to keep going.