Reddit reviews Planning and Administering Early Childhood Programs

It's definitely a good idea. Once you put rules in place, you will need to stick to them.

A good modesty rule is to show your staff how to do a quick mirror check in the morning. They put their hands to their side. Hems should not be above their fingertips. Then squat down, nothing should be visible down the shirt and their back should still be covered. Then they stand and raise their arms. Midriff should not be showing. Anyone breaking the rules goes home to change, therefore losing pay.

Have anyone calling in sick talk to you directly. It is harder to call in sick when you are going to actually be speaking to the boss. No texts, e-mails, etc. Make sure all staff know that when someone else answers the phone, and talks to a "sick" person, that they forward the call to you, even if they have to wait. If it's too early and you are not there yet, call them back on their home number if they have it.

You might also want to have a "rule" strongly discouraging staff and parents being Facebook friends. While ultimately, you can't control who does what on their own free time, offer stiff penalties if you ever hear of anyone breaking confidentiality, gossiping, etc.

While I'm talking about gossiping, you might also want to encourage staff to not do it. Guard staff on ways to combat gossip (you know, because we work with mainly women and they can get cat-tay!). This article has some good suggestions (just scroll past the blahblahblah to the bottom): Stopping Office Gossip. Make sure they know that even if they are only listening to and not commenting on the gossip, they still are enabling it. They must stop the gossiper from continuing, ex: "Let me stop you there. I am uncomfortable talking about this."

Those are a few things for now. As of a website, let me look in my stuff. I'm sure I have something. . .

Edit: I know you probably haven't taken an administration course (and I think it would really benefit you to go, but for now, you should order this book. I have not personally used it, but this looks like something that would help you (it has some chapters on managing staff): Planning and Administering Early Childhood Programs .