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What does it truly mean to lead learning in an early childhood program? In this episode of The Child Care Director’s Chair, Erica sit…
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610 Why Your Best Teacher Struggles to Become a Supervisor
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Your best teacher may be dependable, respected, and amazing with children, but that does not always mean they are prepared to lead ad…
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609 The Workforce Is Not Failing—Our Leadership Approach Is
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Passion may bring educators into early childhood education, but passion alone will not keep them there.
In this episode of The Child C…
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608 You May Not Have a Staffing Problem
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What if the real problem is not that good teachers are impossible to find—but that something inside your program is making it difficu…
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607 Who Is Holding the Childcare Director Together?
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Childcare directors spend their days holding everything together—the classrooms, the staff, the families, the schedules, licensing re…
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606 Decode the Behavior, Reach the Child.
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What if the behavior challenging your classroom is actually a child’s way of asking for help?
In this episode of The Child Care Direct…
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605 Are You Taking Your Best Teachers for Granted?
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Your best teachers are often the ones who show up, step in, solve problems, support others, and quietly hold everything together. But…
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604 Are Great Leaders Born? The Leadership Myth That's Holding You Back
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Are great leaders born, or are they built?
It's one of the oldest leadership debates, but I believe we've been asking the wrong questi…
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603 Sisters, Stories & Family Child Care
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What happens when two sisters each run their own family child care program? You get honest conversations, plenty of laughter, real-li…
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602 Family Child Care: More Alike Than Different
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After spending time with incredible family child care providers at the National Family Child Care Association Conference in Chicago a…
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