Our Beliefs
🤝 connection
Direct connection drives real impact.
When schools and educators connect without friction, trust grows, time is saved, and classrooms stay full and stable.
🧡 community
Community strengthens classrooms.
The early childhood field thrives when educators and schools support one another, not compete for attention on generic platforms.
🔄 flexibility
Flexibility fuels fulfillment.
Whether full-time, part-time, substitute, or enrichment work, educators and schools should be able to choose what works best, not settle for rigid options.
✅ win-win-win
Long-term relationships matter.
When educators feel valued and schools feel supported, the result isn’t just coverage. It’s consistency and quality care for the preschoolers.
That’s what we call a win-win-win.
📖 Our Story
The idea for Ratio began with a simple but urgent insight. Preschools were struggling to find qualified educators and the tools available weren’t built for this field.
Our founder, a former preschool teacher and operations leader heard the same plea again and again:
“We need teachers, but we can’t find them.”
After helping schools fill roles and save time through one-on-one recruiting, it became clear that the real solution needed to be bigger than individual placements. It needed to be a scalable system designed specifically for early childhood hiring.
Ratio began in 2018 as a hands-on recruiting service, shaped directly by conversations with school leaders and educators. Over time, those real-world insights evolved into the platform Ratio is today, a purpose-built workforce network that helps schools build dependable teams and educators find meaningful opportunities.
💛 Why We Do This
We’ve seen firsthand how chaotic hiring processes drain directors and educators.
We know that when classrooms are understaffed — even for a day — it impacts the children’s experiences and outcomes.
So we built Ratio to:
eliminate staffing frustration for schools
make educators feel seen, valued, and connected
and ensure preschoolers have the consistency and care they deserve.
Meet the Founder
Paul brings deep classroom experience and operational leadership to solving one of early childhood education’s biggest pain points: workforce instability. As a former preschool teacher (married to an active preschool teacher) and parent, he understands both the passion and the daily reality of this work.
Ratio was built through years of listening to schools and educators and designing around their real, day-to-day needs. The result is a platform that prioritizes clarity, flexibility, and direct connection so schools can hire, staff, and support enrichment with confidence.
“I’ve worked in early childhood and I’m a parent. I’ve worked in operations and built teams. But listening, really listening to what schools and educators need is what built Ratio.”