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
436 No More Animal Crackers for Lunch: The Real Toll of Being an Educator.
The truth is, the physical toll of working in Early Childhood Education is real — and too many educators are paying the price with their health. In this candid episode, Erica shares her own personal battle with being overweight and opens up about the hidden struggles many in our field face: lack of sleep, chronic stress, nonstop demands, and the bad habits we fall into just to get through the day.
We’ll dive into the numbers — with studies showing that more than 75% of teachers report chronic stress (Penn State, 2017), and that nearly 70% of childcare workers are overweight or obese (CDC, 2020). Erica unpacks what those statistics really mean for our community, why it’s time to break the cycle, and how we can start taking better care of ourselves while still showing up for the children and families we serve.
This is a raw, honest conversation about the cost of always putting yourself last — and the small, realistic changes that can set you on the path to health, energy, and longevity in this work we love.
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