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 😘).
✨ New episodes drop Monday–Friday at 1 AM EST—so you can sip your coffee, set your goals, and strut into your center like the boss you’re becoming.
This show is a great addition to your leadership toolbox or the perfect resource for your team onboarding sessions—because the best programs grow their teams from within. 💪
Pull up your chair, future leader. Let’s do this thing. 💼💥
The Child Care Directors Chair Podcast
373 Your To-Do List’s To-Do List Needs a Glow-Up
If your to-do list looks more like a meltdown list, this episode is your permission slip to upgrade. In this fire-packed episode of The Childcare Director’s Chair, we’re ditching reactive chaos and stepping into CEO-level clarity.
You’ll learn how to glow-up your daily planning with real leadership strategies—no fluff, no burnout.
✨ Inside this episode:
✔️ Stop reacting—start leading with intentional planning
✔️ Weekly task batching & time-blocking that actually works in childcare
✔️ The 3-Priority Rule to keep you focused, not frazzled
✔️ Protect your focus in a distraction-heavy environment
✔️ Match your tasks to your actual energy flow—not someone else’s productivity schedule
✔️ How to build your own Glow-Up Planner sheet that works for YOUR real life
Whether you’re stuck in survival mode or ready to reclaim your time, this is the game plan you’ve been craving.
🎧 Press play and give your to-do list the boss-level upgrade it deserves.
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