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
576 It’s Not Too Late: Educators 50+ Building Bold New Lives
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What happens when decades of teaching, leading, and serving others finally meet a quiet question: “What do I want for me?”
It’s Not Too Late is a podcast for educators over 50 who are ready to step beyond burnout, routine, and “playing it safe”—and into a new chapter of purpose, freedom, and impact.
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Cheryl Hovey of Dr Cheryl Hovey, founder of ezed2go, to explore what it really means to reinvent your life after decades in education. We talk honestly about:
- Why comfort can quietly become limitation
- The emotional “Band-Aid moment” of change after 50
- How educators can turn experience into income and impact
- Building a business or second career without starting from scratch
- Why more time with family, travel, and purpose don’t have to compete
This conversation is for the educator who still feels called to do more—but isn’t sure where to begin.
Because retirement doesn’t have to mean slowing down.
It can mean redesigning your life with intention.
And for many, life is just getting good.