Latest Earlychildhoodeducation Podcast Episodes
BoyMom
Reach Out and Read - July 11, 2024 07:00 - 34 minutesRecent data shows that in school, by almost every metric, boys of all ages are doing worse than girls. How did this happen, how can we thoughtfully approach it, and turn the situation around? Ruth Whippman, author of "BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity" joins us to ...
185. Veteran vs New Staff: Leadership and Decision Making
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - July 01, 2024 20:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsDuring my second year of teaching, I was only 20 years old. Our school had teachers do home visits before the school year started, so the child could get to know their teacher before entering the classroom. I remember one home visit distinctly because the child’s mom came on so strong. “How o...
The Science Sessions: Cultural Pride and Children's Health
Reach Out and Read - June 27, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutesRacism and discrimination affects the health of children, and can have lifelong consequences. Dr. Ashaunta Anderson, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Southern California and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, has been studying this, and in particular the concept of racial so...
184. Veteran vs New Staff: Professional Development
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - June 24, 2024 20:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsI was recently texting with a one-on-one client. She had a decision to make about professional development, and she asked me what she should do. It would have been easier for me to say, “Do XYZ.” But I didn’t. Instead, I wrote back, “You hired me to coach, mentor, and uplevel you. I want you...
183. Veteran vs New Staff: Parent and Child Engagement
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - June 17, 2024 20:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsRecently, I was reading an article in the Journal of Human Resources that highlighted a difference in the teaching practices between veteran teachers and new teachers. Veteran teachers demonstrate confidence and expertise in the classroom. They’re experienced, and they love to be recognized fo...
Squish the Peas: Life Lessons from Toddlers
Reach Out and Read - June 13, 2024 07:00 - 33 minutesEat with the funniest person in the office; when you wake up, give yourself a high five; turn off screens one hour before bed, and demand a bedtime story. These are just a few of the secrets to a happier life that our guest, Dr. Hasan Merali, author of "Sleep Well, Take Risks, Squish the Peas: ...
182. Building a Culture of Excellence with Kathy Gray
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - June 10, 2024 20:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsIn 2019, Kathy owned three ECE centers near Richmond, Virginia. She felt a lot of empathy for the dedicated women who worked in her school. They always were the kind of people who would always give, give, give without receiving in return. They were burning the midnight oil and without inne...
181. Winning in the Dark: Shame and Anger
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - June 03, 2024 20:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsRecently, I was speaking with an owner who was opening a second location. Despite this being an exciting time for her school, she was drowning in shame. “Chanie, I keep starting and stopping, starting and stopping,” she told me. I asked her what she meant. She told me she felt ashamed that s...
Building Early Relational Health Ecosystems
Reach Out and Read - May 30, 2024 07:00 - 1 hourIn this special 'double feature' podcast recorded in front of a live audience, the Early Relational Health Funders Summit hear from four speakers with different experiences of building and maintaining a robust Early Relational Health ecosystem. We’re looking at the practices, programs, and poli...
180. Winning in the Dark: Comparison
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - May 27, 2024 20:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsComparisonitis is so common for school leaders. I used to compare myself to others constantly. It’s only natural in the face of successful-looking influencers and mountains of social media content. But two and a half years ago, I got super honest with myself. What was actually important to ...
179. Winning in the Dark: Enoughness and Worthiness
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - May 20, 2024 20:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsMy client, Jaycee, was doing something truly amazing. She’d worked hard and put in extra hours to build a culture of teacher collaboration. As a result, there was unity within the staff, and children’s learning and engagement soared. She was really pleased with the outcome. …But no one else s...
Introducing 35 for 35
Reach Out and Read - May 16, 2024 07:00 - 35 minutesThirty-five years ago, Reach Out and Read was founded in one clinic in Boston as a route to supporting shared reading with young children at home. Today, we're in all 50 states with 6200 program sites, comprising 8.8 million interactions through 7 million books. Marking that anniversary, and in ...
178. How to Lead the Last Staff Meeting of the Year
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - May 13, 2024 20:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsI’m one of the few people who actually enjoys public speaking. Walking onto a stage excites me, and I gain a lot of energy from interacting with a crowd. But I know I’m an outlier. Most people panic when they’re asked to give a thought-provoking response in front of the whole staff with no ad...
177. Defining Your Own Success at the End of the School Year
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - May 06, 2024 20:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsIn January, the internet was full of cute memes about going back to the gym, eating salads, and recommitting to your health. At the end of the calendar year, school leaders often take a look at fiscal performance and next year’s goals. But right now, as the school year comes to a close, we ten...
The Science Sessions: How Parenting Changes the Brain
Reach Out and Read - May 02, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutesWe know that kids' brains change as they grow, but did you know that their parents' brains change too? Dr. Darby Saxbe, a clinical psychologist, professor and director of clinical training at the Department of Psychology, and the Principal Investigator of the NEST Lab (NeuroEndocrinology of Soci...
176. A Path to Leadership Mastery with Cayla Rush
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - April 28, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsIn 2020, everyone’s world turned upside-down Sioux Falls school owner Cayla Rush knew there was too much on her plate as the pandemic began, but she didn’t see an alternative. She felt it was her responsibility to make countless decisions that could impact the health and well-being of her st...
Meg Medina, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
Reach Out and Read - April 25, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutesBeloved author Meg Medina, current National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and the first of Latina heritage in the program’s history, joins us to talk about 'mirrors and windows' in children's books and why what kids hear coming off the page is just as important as what they see.
175. A Culture of Urgency: Creating the Calm
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - April 21, 2024 20:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsHave you seen Forbes’ 30 Under 30 and 40 Under 40 lists? They feature the brightest, shiniest, hardest-working entrepreneurs. These individuals embody hustle, grind, and achievement. It would be exciting to get on one of those lists, right? Let’s step back for a moment. When you’re 40 years ...
174. A Culture of Urgency: Recognizing the Patterns
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - April 15, 2024 20:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsLeaders have lots of amazing ideas. And sometimes, those ideas can turn into multiple priorities. This is absolutely normal. But when there’s a new idea, a new priority, every month, week, or day, it’s exhausting and confusing for the whole school. As the focus shifts constantly from one ur...
Books Make Good Friends
Reach Out and Read - April 11, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutes"If you love a book, no doubt many other people love it, too. That shared love connects us and sparks that miraculous feeling of not being alone in the world." Jane Mount's illustrations of book spines, covers, beloved bookstores, fanciful libraries, and so much more, bring that world vividly to...
173. The Invisible Labor of Decision Making
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - April 08, 2024 20:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsSummer is coming, faster than we could have anticipated. Have you figured out what you and your family are doing for the break? “What are your summer plans?” It sounds like a simple question—one you’ll probably get asked a bunch over the coming weeks—but the reality is anything but easy. If ...
BONUS: Season of Life Reflective Questions
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - April 03, 2024 20:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsLearn more and apply for the Director’s Inner Circle & Owner’s HQ: https://schoolsofexcellence.com/membership/ More about the show: If you are an Early Childhood director or owner, prepare to transform your school and life with the Schools of Excellence podcast. Tune in each week to learn ...
172. Respecting the Season of Life You're in
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - April 01, 2024 20:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsWhen my business was new, I was in the practice of waking up at 5:00am to work on some big, exciting projects. I would reply to emails and write content while my house was asleep, so I could get some focused work time in. But when I had my fourth child, Yossi, I suddenly could no longer set an ...
Kate DiCamillo on Reading, Writing, and Reading Aloud
Reach Out and Read - March 28, 2024 07:00 - 37 minutesKate DiCamillo knows books. By far one of America's most successful children's writers (44 million books in print, translated into 41 languages), Kate joins us to talk about how reading – and reading aloud – has made her into the reader —and writer— she is today. We also learn — improbably — ab...
171. Redefining Leadership with Paige Kepner
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - March 25, 2024 20:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratings“We were only closed for two weeks when the pandemic started, but I swear it felt like we were closed for four months.” This is what Paige Kepner, Glen Allen, VA center owner, told me during a recent conversation. I find this is such a common experience for school leaders when they're in the m...
170. The Paradox of School Leadership: Support
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - March 18, 2024 20:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsA director I was coaching a few weeks ago told me about a repeat problem that kept coming up in her center. She was constantly being interrupted by teachers coming to her office asking for help with little things. She was glad to support them, but it was getting to a point where she couldn’t foc...
Meeting Reach Out and Read's 'Book Czar'
Reach Out and Read - March 14, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutesReach Out and Read has been working on a remarkable new strategy around a key element of what we do: books! A strong approach is key to supporting our mission and as a sustainable part of how we work. Angela Cunningham, Reach Out and Read's National Director of Books Strategy and Partnerships,...
169. The Paradox of School Leadership: Control
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - March 11, 2024 20:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsRecently, I was speaking with a school owner who was selling a location. She had truly done her due diligence in her preparations for this moment, crossing every T and dotting every I. The only thing left to do was to inform her team. Feeling anxiety about the conversation, she came to me for c...
Lullabies and Language
Reach Out and Read - March 07, 2024 08:50 - 28 minutesLullabies can not only help soothe a sleepy baby, they may also help them learn language. Dr. Giovanni Di Liberto of the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience at The University of Dublin, joins us to talk about his new study that challenges conventional understanding of early language acqui...
168. The Paradox of School Leadership: Success
Schools Of Excellence Podcast - March 04, 2024 20:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsRecently, I was on a coaching call with two ECE center owners. The first owner had just purchased her second location. This was a huge milestone for her, and she expected to feel accomplished. And yet, she was struggling to step into a double identity as both an owner and the director of the se...
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