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PODCAST

Schools of Excellence: The No. 1 ECE & Private School Leadership Podcast

Chanie Wilschanski

If you are an Early Childhood director or childcare owner, prepare to transform your school and life with the Schools of Excellence podcast. Tune in each week to learn from Chanie Wilschanski, the founder and host of the Schools of Excellence Podcast and a mom of 4 kids. Each episode will be packed with tools and strategies - equipping school leaders to improve staff retention, increase teacher motivation, grow parent partnerships, create a collaborative culture, and enjoy a beautiful quality of

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140. The Pyramid of Excellence: Aligned and Legacy...

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2023/07/24

Take a moment to remember why you became a school leader.If you’re anything like me and the leaders in my programs, you’re interested in leaving a legacy in your community.You want to positively impact the next generation of children and the community you serve.To leave a lasting legacy, you have to play the long game.The concept of legacy is one we’ll be exploring during this final episode of our five-part series of the Pyramid of Excellence.This week, we’re at the top of the Pyramid of Excellence:

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139. The Pyramid of Excellence: Integrated Stage

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2023/07/17

Many of the school leaders I meet are in the midst of growing their centers, and they all share one common challenge.Balancing expansion with the quality of education.Can you relate?Striking this balance is no small feat, and it requires complete trust in your team. More than that—it’s crucial work for the long-term development of your center.The good news is you have the Pyramid of Excellence as a guide to help you think about how to expand your center while ensuring the quality of your

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138. The Pyramid of Excellence: Disordered Stage

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2023/07/10

Does any of this sound familiar?You know you need a strong team, but you don’t feel like you have the infrastructure to support itConstant questions are coming your way, pulling you in every directionWork-life balance has become a thing of the past, and your personal life is feeling the strainIf any of the above are true for you, your center might be in the Disordered Stage of the Pyramid of Excellence.This is where you need to build communication and trust… but are also dealing with a lot of

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137. The Pyramid of Excellence: Survival Stage

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2023/07/03

Everyone starts somewhere.You may have just opened a new center. Or maybe you’re coming through the other end of a crisis.Either way, this major phase of transition has placed you in the first stage of the Pyramid of Excellence: Survival.Survival isn’t inherently bad. In fact, it can be connected to beautiful moments of surrender, opportunity, and hope.It’s also finite: Most centers only exist in Survival for a few months. During that time, there are a lot of questions and decisions to make.In this

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136. The Pyramid of Excellence

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2023/06/26

For years, I've been developing, cultivating, and nurturing the mindset and skills of owners and directors in early childhood education so they can build and sustain schools of excellence.But it wasn't until somewhat recently that I started to take a hard look at the processes I was using to help leaders.I wanted to distill them down into a repeatable, consistent framework that allowed leaders to better understand where they were at and what they needed to work on next.That’s how the Pyramid of

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135. Why Traditional ROI Doesn't Work for School Leaders

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2023/06/19

Let me ask you a couple of questions:When you're looking at making a big-ticket purchase to update the infrastructure of your school, how long does it take you to pull out the credit card?What about when you're looking at investing in the professional development of your leadership team?I'm willing to bet there's a pretty large discrepancy between your first answer and your second, and it's worth asking yourself why.When you look at everything through a financial lens, it's much easier to measure

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134. Navigating a Multigenerational Workforce

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2023/06/12

For the first time in history, we have 5 different generations in the workplace: the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z.And it's causing a whole lot of tension across various industries, including early childhood education.But the source of this tension isn't the fact that there are 5 generations working alongside each other. Instead, the issue stems from the way we're choosing to address this unique time in history.Whenever you bring different people together in one

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133. Stop Getting Caught Up In The Fairness Game

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2023/06/05

Do you know the difference between equality and equity?It's a distinction that could be at the heart of some of the issues you're facing at your center.Equality is all about fairness. It's about treating each and every person exactly the same way.And while that may seem great in theory, in practice, it ultimately harms your center's culture and prevents you from maximizing your team's potential.Let me give you a real-life example from a school leader who I'll call Lisa.Lisa was leading a group of 30

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131. The Power of Emotional Intelligence in...

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2023/05/22

As a leader, you're responsible for a lot of people.But what does that responsibility really mean?Is it about taking on the problems of your team and staff? Or is it about helping them become the best professionals and individuals they can be?You see something I often see when working with owners and directors is their tendency to take responsibility for issues that don't belong to them.They see a teacher struggling to manage their classroom or come to school on time, and their first reaction is to

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130. Does Your School Culture Foster Health or Burnout?

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2023/05/15

Let me know if this sounds familiar:You're emotionally, mentally, and physically exhausted on a daily basisYou feel disconnected from your work, your team, and your staffYou're doing only what needs to be done to keep your center afloatIf you identify with these statements, you're not alone.Exhaustion, disconnect, and reduced performance are the three core signs of burnout, and they're running rampant in early childhood education.But what's perhaps even more common than burnout itself is the denial

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129. 5 Layers to Building a Culture of Retention:...

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2023/05/08

I hear a lot of leaders say they'd love to provide advancement opportunities for their staff, but no one's interested in taking on more responsibility.They insist that even with the promise of higher pay, staff members turn down the offer.Why do you think that is?The mainstream answer is that not everyone wants to be promoted—some people just want to show up, do their job, and go home.While that may seem true on the surface, the reality extends far deeper.At their core, people want to level up—they

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31:26

128. 5 Layers to Building a Culture of Retention:...

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2023/05/01

A while back, I was working with a school that was having trouble with one of their new teachers. She was relatively new to her role, and although she was gentle and loving to the children, she was struggling with classroom management and transitions.The owner and director of the center knew they needed to discuss the issue with the teacher, but they were afraid of initiating such a difficult conversation. In particular, they feared that if they tried to provide feedback, the teacher would leave her

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127. 5 Layers to Building a Culture of Retention:...

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2023/04/24

One of our core needs as human beings is a sense of service which prompts us to help and support others. Put differently, we have an innate need to want to contribute in a meaningful way.Yet the pattern I see in a lot of centers is that their culture is built around obligation rather than contribution.In a culture of obligation, people see obstacles as burdens, changing demands as reasons to give up, and unclear directions as an excuse to wait to be told what to do. It's a type of environment where

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126. 5 Layers to Building a Culture of Retention:...

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2023/04/17

Do you remember when the only people on-call 24/7 were emergency workers?Back then, there was a much clearer divide between work and life. Once you left the "office," you could focus your attention on whatever was happening at home until you returned to work.These days, it's far less simple. We live in a world of instant gratification, where smart phones and watches and other devices ping and ding at all hours, programming us to always be on-call.This has blurred the separation between our personal

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125. 5 Layers to Building a Culture of Retention:...

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2023/04/10

What does it feel like when you belong?It's not always easy to put into words, but when you know, you know.Think about what it's like to go to the mall. Each of its stores has a unique environment and style that appeal to different types of people—you won't find the same crowd in Abercrombie & Fitch as you would in Old Navy.The reason for that has to do with belonging.Even if you can't explain why, you feel drawn to certain stores over others because in some way, they make you feel like part of

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124. Finding Investors for your Childcare Center with...

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2023/04/03

Within the early childhood education space, many owners have dreams of growing their centers but are hesitant about taking on investors.Oftentimes, their skepticism stems from the fear of their vision being compromised by a loss of control and misaligned values.And while this is a valid concern, it's also misplaced.Taking on an investor isn't like hiring a boss. It's not about handing over the power to the person with the most capital.Instead, working with an investor is like building a partnership

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123. Delegation Dip Part 3: Firing

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2023/03/27

We all have limits to what we can tolerate… and what we can't.Once, I was working with a director who went into a tailspin if the grapes at snack time weren't sliced. Whenever she saw that a staff member had forgotten to slice them, she would react with panic and anger.While un-sliced grapes may not bother everyone to such a degree, they pushed this director to her limits.Whether it's fruit that's not cut or showing up late to meetings, everyone has different limits and triggers, and it's important

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122. Delegation Dip Part 2: Neglect

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2023/03/20

What if I told you that training a new team member wasn't much different from coaching an Olympian?Bear with me for a second.When you coach your son's Little League baseball team, you're likely giving him and all his teammates one of their first introductions to the sport. That means you have to teach them every aspect of the game—from their batting technique to how to lose gracefully.That's going to be very different from the experience of a coach who's training an Olympian, someone who's already

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121. Delegation Dip Part 1: Micromanaging

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2023/03/13

Discernment is a topic I address here often, and for good reason: It's a key ingredient to many aspects of strong leadership.One of the areas in which discernment is especially important is delegation.Whether at home with your family or at school with your team, there are times to delegate and there are times to maintain ownership of tasks.Just as you wouldn't delegate the responsibility of driving your car to your 12-year-old son, you wouldn't delegate a high-level, mission-critical task to someone

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120. Creating Excellent Experiences with HiMama

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2023/03/06

When you go to a restaurant, the quality of the food is critical to whether or not you like the restaurant and want to go back.But food isn't the only thing that matters, is it? There are a lot of other aspects of the experience that are just as important, if not more so. The service, atmosphere, and cost are just a few things that come to mind.Well, the same can be said about early childhood education.Just like the food at a restaurant, the children are the highest priority at your school. Their

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