The Child Care Directors Chair Podcast
🎙️ The Child Care Director’s Chair – Where Big Dreams and Bigger Leadership Collide!
Ready to level up your child care career? Whether you're a teacher assistant dreaming of that lead teacher badge, a lead ready to snag that director title, or a director with your sights set on owning your own center (or multiple ones 👀)—this is your seat at the table. And spoiler alert: leadership isn’t a title, it’s an action.
Hosted by the one and only Erica Saccoccio—part coach, part cheerleader, and full-time leadership hype man—you’ll get daily doses of real talk, big laughs, and bold leadership truths. We’re talking practical strategies, mindset shifts, and serious elevation vibes... all served with love (and a little sass 😘).
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The Child Care Directors Chair Podcast
246 - Creating the "WOW' factor in Childcare with Guest AKA The Childcare Chic
In this episode of the Child Care Director's Chair Podcast, Erica Sacoccio interviews Latrice Galloway, also known as the Child Care Chick, about the importance of celebrating milestones and achievements in everyday moments in childcare centers. They discuss how to create a sense of joy and excitement that keeps families and staff coming back for more. Latrice shares her strategies for celebrating children, teachers, and staff, including welcome gifts, high fives, notes, birthday celebrations, and more. They also emphasize the importance of recognizing and boosting children's self-esteem and the need for center directors to take care of themselves. The conversation focused on the importance of taking care of staff and building relationships in a childcare center. It emphasized the need for appreciation and celebration of milestones, both big and small, in children's development. The discussion also touched on the significance of special events and community engagement. The Born to Teach Conference was introduced as a platform for educators and leaders to come together, learn, and be inspired.
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