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Early Childhood Leadership Conference
For Progressive Early Childhood Directors/Owners who want to build a school of excellence!
- Become a successful leader
- Motivate your team
- Create a collaborative school culture
- Market and brand your school to the right parents
- Create Reggio Inspired learning spaces
- Cultivate parent partnerships!
Dates to be confirmed.
30+ Experts Reveal Their Strategies To:
- Create a collaborative culture in your school
- Build a community of parents
- Become a leader who inspires and creates other leaders!
- Motivates their team towards a common goal
- Bring Reggio Inspired ideas into your school
- Market and brand your school’s uniqueness
- Strategies to delegate and more off your hands
- Profitability in your classrooms
- Brand identity for your school
...And so much more!
They will unpack their secrets sharing their tips, strategies, habits and tools for success as leaders!
The conference is broken down into five sections:
1. Leadership
World class leadership experts will share their strategies to help you identify how you can step into a leadership role in your school. You will learn how to motivate your team and ensure they are consistently aligned with your goals. You will learn how to create a team of leaders that are creative, innovative and always deliver their best work! In addition, the exact daily actions you need to take to create a collaborative culture where teachers come to work because you’ve created a space for them to thrive!
2. Marketing, Branding & Finances
Expert copywriters and branding strategist and social media experts will pull back the curtain on how to brand your school for your ideal parents and simple marketing strategies that don’t take hours or break the bank. You will learn the key components of leveraging social media and creating the right environment and physical space in your school. You will also learn how to convert parents at your tours and ensure profitability in your classrooms.
3. Reggio Inspired Work
World renowned Reggio Inspired educators will reveal strategies for the interior design of your school, creating an atelier on a budget and creating nature based play. You will also get access to trainings you can share with your teachers on how to use photography in classrooms, introduce the project approach and create documentation boards.
4. Parent Partnerships
Veteran directors and other experts will unpack the mindset and framework for understanding your parent body and share their tips to deeply connect, relate and value each parent. They will also uncover how you can articulate and educate parents on what your school has to offer so they appreciate and value what you do!
5. Teacher Relationships
Your staff will walk away with a larger toolkit of practical strategies, word-for-word scripts and hands on techniques to work with children with challenging behavior and sensory difficulty etc. You will also learn how to walk the tightrope between friend and boss.
And the best part is you can watch it all for FREE!
The experts you’ll be learning from…
Simon Sinek
Global Bestselling Author of Start with Why and Ted Talk, "How great leaders inspire action"
Marshall Goldsmith
The World's #1 Leadership Thinker and Author of NY Times bestseller Triggers.
Sally Haughey
Founder of Fairy Dust Teaching
Rick Ellis
Bank Street College, Professor, and EC consultant
Alyssa Gallagher
Director of Global Leadership Development for the The Wiseman Group
Kris Murray
CEO of Childcare Marketing
David Marquet
Retired US Navy Captain, and Author of Turn the Ship Around
Jen Lehner
Professor of Digital Marketing at Notre Dame College
Nancy Siegal
Mindfulness and Yoga Instructor
Allie Pesquir
Early Childhood Consultant
Yael Shmilovtich
Interior Design Specialist
Kathy Lee
Author, Speaker and Presenter
Nicole Roccaro
Consultant in the Project Approach
Morty Silber
CEO of Mad-Strategies and lead marketing and sales strategist
Goldie Golding
Director, Consultant, Children's book author
Susan Topeck
The EC network Consultant at The Jewish Education Project
Elana Fertig
Director of Yeshiva of South Shore and Consultant at COJDS
Pearl Stroh
Director at Chabad ELC in the UPW of Manhattan
Suzanne Axelsson
Reggio Inspired Early Childhood Educator
Lorena Seidel (M.Ed.)
Social Emotional Consultant and Trained Positive Discipline Educator
Shariee Calderone
Nature Inspired EC Consultant
Carmen Choi
Community Advisor at HiMama
Cheryl Binnie
Expert Copywriter
Vernon Mason
Author, Humorist and Inspiring Keynote Speaker
Barb O’Neil
Creator of Transform Challenging Behavior Online Conference
Kathy Ligon
Founder and CEO of HINGE Brokers
Rachel Rosen
Founder of S.P.A.R.K.
Tony Dagostino
Founder/CEO of Inspire! Care 360
Julie Barkus
Speaker, Author and Consultant of Child Care Business Success
Kathy Brodie
Creator and Host of Early Years TV
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Schedule of Events
Here you can find everything that will be covered in the conference and
when each interview will go live for you to view.
Day 1
All sessions will be available at 9am EST
Simon Sinek
How can you create a culture of innovation and creativity in your school? The specific strategies and steps you can take everyday to build the circle of safety and a place where teachers want to deliver their best work!
Kris Murray
The Proven 6-Step System for Converting Tours to Enrollments
Shariee Calderone
How to bring nature into your school through the outdoor classroom or other nature based play.
Jen Lehner
Specific tactics and strategies to leverage social media and consistently attract the right kind of parents to your school. You can do this even if you have very little time on your hands!
Kathy Lee
How to proactively deal with teacher and parent gossip in the school and specific strategies for defusing it when it occurs.
Vernon Mason
How to set up your teacher interviews for success.
Day 2
All sessions will be available at 9am EST
Alyssa Gallagher
How to harness new ideas and energy to drive educational innovation in your school?
Nicole Roccaro
How to bring the Project Approach into your school, even if your teachers have no idea what this is?
Goldie Golding
How do you teach literacy in a way that feels progressive and not robotic. And what is the best way to educate parents about this approach?
Pearl Stroh
How to create a universal language in your school where teachers, assistants and anyone who comes in contact with the children speaks with respect, dignity and understanding of the child.
Cheryl Binnie
How to create a homepage on your website that gets parents to drop everything and call you to schedule a school tour!
Kathy Brodie
Sustained shared thinking.
Day 3
All sessions will be available at 9am EST
David Marquet
How to create a leader-leader model in your school and what are the pillars for giving control to your team? How to create this environment even when the stakes are so high!
Barb O'Neill
How to prevent and address challenging behavior during classroom transitions.
Tony D'Agostino
Reputation is Everything. What is your brand identity?
Nancy Siegal
How to keep calm and be proactive instead of emotionally reactive when crisis hits!
Susan Topeck
How to network and build relationships with other directors. And the steps to finding a mentor and offering value even if you have very little experience.
Rick Ellis
The mindset of a Reggio Inspired leader - How to help your teachers learn how to "let go" and not need to control everything. And how to create collaboration sessions that include design thinking and reflective practice with your team.
Day 4
All sessions will be available at 9am EST
Marshall Goldsmith
Teacher Motivation - The strategies needed to keep your team motivated, the toxic mistakes directors make that deplete energy and what you can do today to build responsibility and leaders on your team!
Morty Silber
How to crystalize the messaging of your school to attract your ideal parents. Targeted marketing advice that doesn't break the bank but brings in the buck!
Yael Shmilovtich
Tips and strategies to create a unified look in your school that is on brand, de clutter, brighten and focus the space in all your classrooms.
Sally Haughey
How to create an altelier on a budget - with loose parts, natural materials and recycled objects?
Allie Pesquir
How to use photography in the classroom to tell a story with specific strategies on using the camera as a learning tool that enhances the children learning and experiences?
Elana Fertig
How to balance the tightrope between friend and boss with your teachers?
Day 5
All sessions will be available at 9am EST
Suzanne Axelsson
The Journey of documentation - How a director can empower her team to understand the value of documenting and it's process?
Carmen Choi
How to bridge the knowledge gap between parents and teachers? Understanding the value of the 5 developmental domains and using it as part of your curriculum planning.
Lorena Seidel
How to empower your team with the strategies they need to create a positive classroom dynamic?
Rachel Rosen
Uncovering our blindspots and biases so we can be at our best as inclusive leaders and communicators!
Kathy Ligon
The 3 key metrics to a financially healthy school.
Julie Barkus
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GET ACCESS TO 30+ EXPERT INTERVIEWS
The best part is you can get access for FREE (for a limited time)!
Why you should attend the conference?
1. Learn directly from people who have already done it.
It will help to reduce the learning curve. While experimentation is extremely valuable - go straight to the pot of gold and learn from the experts!
2. It's FREE for a limited time only.
This event will be so powerful! Most conferences cost thousands of dollars to attend, in addition to the air fare. I want to give you FREE ticket but you have to claim it now!
3. Value PACKED video interviews.
No boring lectures! These interviews are jammed with real, raw and authentic conversations. Each expert will share instant takeaways and actionable strategies for immediate implementation!
4. Network with other Early childhood progressive leaders!
Throughout the conference you will be able to connect and collaborate with other directors through the Private Facebook group- only available to conference participants.
What makes this conference unique?
No Travel Required
You can attend the conference from anywhere with internet access.
Save the air fare and the tolls and keep your points for the next time that you book a hotel room!
Flexible Schedule
Each presentation will be available for 48 hours to view at your convenience.
You can work them into your day in the way that suits your schedule best.
Once in a LIFETIME Speakers
I personally chose speakers from different industries who have personally inspired me and I know that have incredible value to share!
High Quality
At this event the speakers will hold nothing back! They will reveal their best secrets and inspire you to take massive action in your school.
Is this event a good fit for me?
If you find yourself in one of the following categories, this event is good fit for you:
The Aspiring Leader
You know that becoming a more successful leader can have a dramatic impact on your school’s growth and your personal life. You want to help each teacher shine , you want to create a better culture, and you really want to learn how!
The Hustler
You’ve been burning the midnight oil for far too many nights trying to think of new creative ways to increase enrollment. You know your school is special, but the parents are coming. Or if they are it’s trickling water….
The Innovative (creative lightbulb director)
You already have 100+ ideas every morning before you sit down for coffee. You want to bring in more progressive and Reggio Inspired ideas into your school. So you’ve started some initiatives, some have been great, but you want more. You want your staff to “BUY IN” and really get it!
The Nurturer
You care so much about EACH parent, teacher and child. You really want everyone to be happy and care about each other. You want to create a community of parents and a place where everyone can call home. You want this with every fiber of your being and really believe in it!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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How do I watch the live sessions?
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GET ACCESS TO 30+ EXPERT INTERVIEWS
The best part is you can get access for FREE (for a limited time)!
Meet Your Host: Chanie Wilschanski
I am Chanie Wilschanski, an early childhood strategist and leadership coach. I work with EC directors to help them build a school of excellence. School that want that next level and make a bigger impact by creating the right culture in the school, parent relationships and the value they have for their teachers.
No matter the stage of your school, the size of your staff and children or how big your budget ---- schools are powered by the PEOPLE!
I find great joy and satisfaction in helping directors create a culture they desire in their school and cultivate the lifelong relationships with the parent body and their teachers.
Guiding them to show value and appreciation for EACH teacher and pioneering effective and productive meetings that allow a director to leverage her time, money and resources!
Professional Experience
- I started my journey over 11 years ago and taught in Manhattan's innovative Preschool of the Arts for 5 years.
- In 2012 I got my Masters in Early Childhood and Special ED from Mercy College.
- Currently I'm a professor for the EC course in Beth Rivkah teaching Seminary.
- I’ve worked with schools from 6 continents and 16 different countries!
A Bit About Me...
I am a wife and mother of 4 beautiful children ages 1, 4, 6 and 8.
A sibling to 7 brothers and sisters
A Sensory lover! I have 3 sensory bins in my living room and one of them is a kiddie pool!
I’m a suburban girl who who grew up in Elizabeth NJ and now live in Brooklyn NY (still getting used to city life)
I write weekly thank you letters- EVERY Friday morning for 30 minutes. I’ve written letters to friends, clients, family members, authors and speakers who have inspired me.
I love warm hot espressos and a really good avocado sushi roll
I read on average 1 book a week - that range from leadership, early childhood, marketing, parent relationships, productivity and much more.
GET ACCESS TO 30+ EXPERT INTERVIEWS
The best part is you can get access for FREE (for a limited time)!
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