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
591 Child-Led Play, Observation, and Building Educator Confidence with Veronica Green
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In this episode, Erica Saccoccio is joined by Veronica Green for a powerful conversation on child-led play, observation skills, and what it truly means to build confidence as an early childhood educator.
Together, they explore how slowing down in early childhood environments can unlock deeper learning, strengthen educator reflection, and support children’s natural curiosity. Veronica shares practical strategies for using observation intentionally, responding to children in the moment, and creating learning environments that are truly responsive—not rushed or controlled.
You’ll also hear how frameworks like Emergent Play Lenses can help educators shift their mindset from directing play to supporting it, along with simple language tools like “I notice” and “I wonder” that transform interactions with children.
If you’re ready to build confidence in your practice, strengthen your observation skills, and reconnect with the power of play, this episode will give you both reflection and real-world tools you can use immediately.