Leadership support
that stays with you
all year.
Ongoing leadership and operational support for ELCC decision-makers who want trusted perspective, practical value, and professional guidance throughout the year.
Founding Member Rate
First 20 members only
CA$59/month
Are you leading your centre without the support you actually need?
Childcare operators are expected to stay on top of funding changes, licensing updates, staffing challenges, parent concerns, and compliance requirements — often with no trusted resource to turn to.
The sector keeps moving. The pressure keeps building. And most of the time, you're figuring it out alone.
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When did you last have a trusted, practical resource that understood your world as an ELCC operator?
Watch how the Operator Circle works for you
A short overview of what membership looks like, who it's for, and why operators across Alberta are joining.
Four Pillars of Membership
Everything designed to support how operators actually lead - practically, consistently, all year.
Monthly Live Session
One live session each month - a real conversation, not a replay. Leadership calls, roundtables, Q&A, and strategic briefings.
Resource Library
Daily access to templates, checklists, guides, policy summaries, workshop recordings, and operational tools - ready to use.
Weekly Leadership Brief
Curated interpretation for leaders in four formats: Change Update, Watch-Out Briefing, Leadership Interpretation, Action Reminder.
Member Community
A curated, quality-over-noise private space with structured discussion, peer exchange, and selective connection during live sessions.
One live session
every month.
This is a real conversation - not a replay-only webinar. Each session is designed to give members a reason to stay engaged and creates a live connection to Churcher Group and your peer operators.
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Leadership Call
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Live Q&A
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Issue-Based Discussion
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Strategic Sector Briefing
Curated interpretation,
not general news.
Members receive relevant updates that help them understand what is changing, what matters, and what deserves attention. Four distinct formats ensure every week delivers something useful.
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Change Update
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Watch-Out
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Interpretation
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Action Reminder
Practical tools,
ready to use.
Daily access to a curated library that grows throughout the year. Everything here is designed for operational and leadership use — not things you have to adapt for an hour before they are useful.
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Templates
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Checklists
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Practical Guides
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Leadership Tools
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Workshop Recordings
Hi, I'm Krystal - your guide inside the Operator Circle.
I launched my first childcare centre in rural Alberta in 2014, and I've spent the years since building, advocating, and working alongside operators who are trying to do this work well in a system that doesn't always make it easy.
The Operator Circle exists because I kept hearing the same thing from operators across Canada: they needed steady, practical, trusted support - not just when something went wrong, but all year long.
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Chair, Alberta Association of Childcare Entrepreneurs
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Co-Chair, National Committee on Childcare Reform
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Parliamentary Committee & Senate speaker on early learning
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Visionary behind the Childcare Operations Summit (COS)
Krystal Churcher
Founder, Churcher Group
Ready to join the Operator Circle?
Founding membership is limited to 20 members. Once those spots are filled, the standard rate applies permanently.
Founding Member — First 20 Only
Limited Founding Rate
Founding Member
Locked-in rate for your first year. Once 20 spots are filled, this rate is gone permanently.
CA $59
per month
— or —
CA $590 / year
CA$49 / month
Standard Rate
Standard Membership
Available once the founding cohort is filled. Full membership access at the standard rate.
CA $79
per month
— or —
CA $790 / year
CA$65 / month
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Monthly live sessions - 12 per year
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Weekly leadership briefs - 52 per year
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Curated Member Environment
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Resource library - growing throughout the year
One membership.
Everything included.
There is no tiered access, no add-ons, no locked content. When you join, you get the full model - all five pillars, all year. The goal is quality, consistency, and real value for people who take this work seriously.
Ready to join the Operator Circle?
Founding membership is limited to 20 members. Once those spots are filled, the standard rate applies permanently.