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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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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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31:59

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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119. Founding Member to Confident Leader with...

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2023/02/27

Raising tuition can be a touchy subject for owners. It's something you know you have to do—something you have the right to do—and yet you feel the need to justify it every time.This was also true for Courtney Greiner, owner of Mini Mos Child Care and Preschool.In the early years of running her school, Courtney struggled to find a balance between the desire to improve her center and the very real costs of running her business.After exhausting every other possibility, Courtney finally came to the

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118. Decoding Your Culture Part 4: Using Feedforward...

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2023/02/20

You already know that feedback is an important part of growth. All of us need to be given the chance to view our work critically so we can find the areas that need improvement.This is especially true of you as a leader. To build a school of excellence, you need to be able to receive honest feedback from trusted members of your team.But feedback—as its name suggests—is focused on the past. As a result, it often focuses too much on the mistakes that were made, and this understandably causes people to

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117. Decoding Your Culture Part 3: What is...

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2023/02/13

Last week, I talked about drama and the toll it can take on the culture of your center. We started to identify the different symptoms of drama to look out for, including complaining about the small things, gossip, and playing the victim.Another sign that drama has infiltrated your school culture is inconsistent actions and behaviors among your team. In other words, when someone goes from one extreme behavior to another—extremely forgiving to hyper-critical or exceptionally kind to highly rude.These

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116. Decoding Your Culture Part 2: Indicators there...

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2023/02/06

Gossip is a normal part of the human experience—I mean, who doesn't perk up their ears when they hear a juicy piece of information?We all engage in at least some of the time because it plays an important role in our ability to connect with others.But… some individuals gossip significantly more than others. (I'm sure we can all name people in our lives who jump on gossip like hungry wolves devouring their next meal.)And that craving for gossip is one of the telltale signs of drama, including within

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115. Decoding Your Culture Part 1: What is Culture?

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2023/01/30

When I talk about school culture, I'm not talking about Secret Santa gift exchanges, karaoke night, or the pingpong table in the breakroom.Instead, culture is about the conversation that happens around the ping pong table. It's the set of shared core values and practices that define the day-to-day interactions and decisions in your center.A healthy culture is essential to building a school of excellence, so keeping a finger on the pulse of your center's culture is something you should prioritize.But

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114. Tripling Income for her Most Profitable Year...

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2023/01/23

If you had to be brutally honest with yourself right now, where are you focusing the majority of your attention?On yourself? On your family?Or are you primarily focusing on your center?If that's you, you're definitely not alone. Many of the owners and directors I work with have been in your shoes, including Aliyah Johnson-Roberts.Back in 2020, Aliyah found herself so focused on her center that she was obliging herself to stay at school, even when she wasn't needed. Day after day, she found herself

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113. How to Discern Which Events to Invest In & Attend

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2023/01/16

In the midst of the pandemic, there were days when I wondered whether we'd ever return to attending in-person events.As helpful as Zoom was during that time, there was a silent collective agreement that virtual events could never compare to the energy and connection we experience when interacting with others face-to-face.Fortunately, we've since gone back to in-person events, and it's been a welcome respite from the years of isolation.But I've also noticed that the return to these events has

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