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Timeless Marketing Strategies for Childcare Leaders: What Still Works (and What to Leave Behind)
Episode 259
In early childhood education, it’s easy to feel like marketing changes faster than you can keep up. But the truth is, while tactics evolve, the funda…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Invisible Weight of School Leadership
Episode 258
Leadership is heavy in ways no one talks about.
We expect long hours, enrollment pressure, staff turnover, and parent demands — but the invisible weig…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
From Hyper-Responsibility to Healthy Leadership: A School Leader’s Journey Beyond People-Pleasing
Episode 257
When Irene Gomez stepped into her role as director at the J Center for Early Learning in El Paso, Texas, she carried what so many new leaders do: hyp…
5 months ago
The Delegation Dilemma: Escaping the Over-Functioning Trap
Episode 256
If you’ve ever thought, “It’s just easier if I do it myself,” or found yourself ready to “burn it all down” after one too many hand-holding moments—t…
5 months, 1 week ago
The Power of One: Scaling Deep, Not Wide with Latrice Galloway
Episode 255
Scaling is glorified in our culture. In early childhood education, that often means opening more schools, adding more classrooms, and constantly chas…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Honesty Over Image: Leading Through Grief, Discomfort, and the Messy Middle with Beth Cannon
Episode 254
Leadership doesn’t pause for grief, betrayal, or personal storms. In this deeply vulnerable conversation, Chanie sits down with Beth Cannon to talk a…
6 months ago
Stop the Hidden Drain: Admin & Tech Systems That Protect Your Profit
Episode 253
Admin & Tech isn’t flashy like enrollment or emotional like staff culture—but it’s one of the biggest hidden profit drains in schools. In this finale…
6 months, 1 week ago
How Schools Lose Thousands Through Inefficiency
Episode 252
Your Amazon bill isn’t proof of overspending, it’s proof of a missing rhythm.
In this fifth episode of the Six Money Leaks series, Chanie uncovers why…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
How to Lower Food Costs in Your Childcare Program
Episode 251
Pizza at staff meetings. Coffee for PD days. Uber Eats orders that feel small at the moment. These choices come from generosity, but without systems,…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Stop Hemorrhaging Cash: How Broken Payment Systems Drain Your School’s Finances
Episode 250
Payment problems aren’t about “bad parents.” They’re about broken systems.
In this episode of the Schools of Excellence podcast, Chanie exposes the hi…
6 months, 4 weeks ago