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
585 Are You the Bottleneck? The Conversation Every School Owner Needs to Hear
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What if the biggest thing holding your school back... is you?
In this energetic and thought-provoking conversation, Erica and Sherri J. White get real about what it actually means to be a school owner. Spoiler alert: it's probably not what you're spending most of your day doing.
If you're jumping in to solve every problem, answering every question, covering every role, and wondering why your team isn't stepping up, this episode is your wake-up call. Erica and Sherri unpack why owner-level work requires protected, uninterrupted time, how the right leadership team can change everything, and why doing everyone else's job might be creating the very bottlenecks you're trying to fix.
They also dive into setting boundaries, being crystal clear about expectations from day one, maintaining a culture of excellence, and having the courage to hold the line when standards matter.
Most importantly, they talk about building a business that supports your life—not one that consumes it. Because yes, you can be deeply committed to your school, your team, and your students while still making time for the people, passions, and experiences that bring you joy.
Whether you're a new owner or a seasoned leader, this conversation will challenge you to step out of the weeds, trust your team, and start leading from the seat you're actually supposed to be sitting in.
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Because ownership isn't about doing it all—it's about creating a school where excellence can thrive without everything depending on you. ✨