Early Childhood Business

Chelsea is an early childhood business creative with a decade of experience working in the early childhood field and a BA in Education and Human Development. She is currently enrolled in the Professional MBA program at CU-Denver.

Her experience includes leading child care classrooms, nannying, owning her own private school, and working for an Early Childhood Council as an Early Childhood Workforce & Business Associate. Over the last two years she has assisted new child care business owners with opening their doors, becoming licensed and improving their business practices. She currently owns her own graphic and web design business where she offers her creative services to business owners in the early childhood field.

Chelsea is skilled in assisting educators with business startup, becoming licensed, managing administrative tasks, communicating effectively with families, marketing their programs and creating a brand for their business.

She is well versed on the State of Colorado child care licensing rules, school and child care health and safety regulations, and Larimer County business requirements. She is also well connected with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood and can assist new educators with navigating the Professional Development Information System (PDIS) and the Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS), locating required training, understanding exempt-care and more.

Chelsea is a certified Family Child Care Home (FCCH) Pre-Licensing Trainer and offers this training periodically to new FCCH providers in Colorado. She also has experience teaching early childhood business courses including the Larimer SBDC Early Child-Care Business Training Program.