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
582 Stop Supervising Teachers and Start Coaching Them
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Many child care directors were promoted because they were strong educators—but leading adults is a completely different skill set.
In this episode of Your Daily Child Care Director’s Chair Podcast, Erica Saccoccio continues the Whole Leadership Series by breaking down one of the most important shifts in Pedagogical Leadership: moving from supervising teachers to coaching them. You’ll explore why traditional supervision often creates compliance instead of growth, how coaching changes teacher practice and classroom quality, and what it actually looks like to lead instructional improvement in real time.
This episode also connects to the McCormick Center’s Whole Leadership Framework and helps directors understand how Pedagogical Leadership directly impacts outcomes for children, staff retention, and program quality.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re “telling teachers what to do” but not seeing real change in the classroom, this episode will give you a new way to lead that builds trust, accountability, and professional growth at the same time.
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