Orbit for Childcare

The schedule is the easy part.
Orbit will help keep every room in ratio.

Classrooms by age group, teacher and aide rotations, openers and closers — every room on one board everyone can see.HAL drafts the week, keeps each room to its required staff-to-child ratio, and handles the scramble the moment someone calls out.You approve it with one tap.

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A lead teacher's day in Orbit on iPhone: Willow Park Center today, two sessions 7:00a to 6:00p, with her assistant teacher for AM and PM, and team chat for each session.

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What Orbit Will Offer

Every room in ratio, in real time

HAL will track each room's licensed staff-to-child ratio by age group and watch it live.The moment a classroom would slip out of compliance, it's flagged — while there's still time to fix it.

HAL drafts the week, fairly

HAL builds teacher, aide, and floater assignments across your rooms — qualification-aware, ratio-safe, and balanced so no one carries every open, close, and split shift alone.You approve it with one tap.

The call-out, handled

When a teacher calls out and a room would break ratio, there's no frantic phone tree.Orbit offers the open slot to qualified staff and floaters, takes the first yes, and books it — the scramble collapses into one quiet notification.

Up and running in
three steps

From setup to your first ratio-safe schedule —

Map Your Rooms

Set up your infant, toddler, and preschool rooms with each room's licensed ratio and capacity, across every center.Add opening and closing hours and split sessions.

Add Your Staff

Import lead teachers, aides, and floaters with their credentials, age-group qualifications, and availability.Orbit knows who can cover which room.

Let HAL Fill the Gaps

Orbit assigns staff to rooms by ratio, qualification, and fairness — and flags any room out of compliance before you publish.Approve with one tap.

Built for every role
in the center

Owners & Directors

See ratio and staffing across every center at a glance.See a ratio gap before it happens.

Assistant Directors & Schedulers

HAL drafts the week for you to review.Handle call-outs with automatic, in-ratio coverage.Balance openers, closers, and splits fairly so your best staff don't burn out.

Lead Teachers, Aides & Floaters

Check your schedule from your phone.See your room assignment, set your availability, and get notified the instant anything changes.

Questions, answered.

Is Orbit for Childcare available today?

The scheduling core is live — rooms by age group and staff-per-room pairings map onto Orbit's rooms and pairing rules today, and ratio-aware alerts are on this page's roadmap.The earliest centers get the most say in what ships next.

What works today?

Everything a schedule needs to run: the drag-and-drop week, a personal daily view for everyone on staff, swap requests without the group chat, coverage when someone calls out, HAL, Orbit's scheduling assistant you can just talk to, and iPhone and Android apps.

What does it cost?

Same pricing as everyone: a 90-day pilot at $250 a month, set up with you, then one flat price set with you, and everyone signs in free.Details on the pricing page.

How do we get in early?

Join the childcare list at the top of this page — early teams talk directly with the founder and shape what ships next.Or start with a 90-day pilot — set up with you.

The schedule is the easy part.Orbit will help keep every room in ratio.