63. Ordinary Moments: The Cost of Doing it All with Jessica Kelley

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Owning a school of excellence is a constant practice and process. It isn't something that's one-and-done. 

 

Today’s episode is another episode in my six-part series of what it takes to build and sustain a school of excellence. I get to interview school leaders from across the nation to share the real, the raw, and the messy. 

 

Tune in to hear Jessica Kelley, a Childcare Center Owner, and I talk about the cost of doing it all. Jessica takes her time to share about her company organization chart and the process that she went through to create her team. We talked about some of the hard moments in her family life where she was forced to make some really difficult decisions and how you can learn from them.  

 

Through this series of Ordinary Moments, I hope that you will walk away with true insights into what it takes to lead an extraordinary center. 

 

In a nutshell, we talk about:

 

• What it means to carry the mental load of a director, but for someone else to carry out the execution.
• Some of the shifts that happened when Jessica realized certain tasks were taking too much of her time.
• Some of the ways in which Jessica’s Center was running her life.
• How to unlearn the disease to please and create healthy boundaries.
• The guilt and grief phase of not being the person who “does it all”.
• How Jessica successfully transitioned from being the “doer” to being the “designer’’.

 

… and so much more!

 

Resources and links mentioned in this episode:

Watch the video interview of this episode: https://schoolsofexcellence.com/ordinary-moments

The Summit of Excellence is a two-day in-person experience on March 1-2, 2022 in Boca, Florida. Learn how to master interpersonal dynamics, foster kindness, and establish your school as a beacon of light in your community.

If you want to…

Drive more impact in your community.

Be inspired by a network of peers.

Deliver higher quality care.

Or build a team of leaders.

Imagine your team…

• Doing and thinking “outside the box,” and trying new methods.
• ​Pushing out of their comfort zones without anxiety.
• ​Feeling a sense of community and connection at work.
• ​Treating conflict and change as an opportunity for growth. 

… all so you can be equipped to tackle any challenging situation that comes your center’s way.

Let’s be honest: To truly impact our kids and create a healthy, engaged, and successful next generation, we need to be better leaders. 

And that requires real collaboration—moments where we come together to share our wisdom in order to create healthy, productive learning communities.

Sign up for the Summit of Excellence here: https://schoolsofexcellence.com/summit

If you would like to have a conversation about if the Summit of Excellence is right for you, your team, and your center, please email me at [email protected].

 

More about the show:

If you are an Early Childhood director or 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 little kids. Each episode will be packed with tools and strategies – equipping you to build schools with higher staff retention, teacher motivation, parent partnership, collaborative culture, and a beautiful quality of life. 

 

Every week, Chanie shares the truth about the journey to excellence, the strategies that are working TODAY, and the mindset about the critical decisions and choices that you make every day which impact yourself, your teachers, parents, family, and children who you serve every day.