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Stumbling Through Work — 83 episodes

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Title
1

Child Care Is Not Okay

2

Don’t End Up On The News

3

The Government Keeps Changing The Rules And Providers Pay The Price

4

Are We Building Child Care Systems Or Seats

5

Circle Time With Lenny Endsley

6

Funding Cuts

7

Circle Time w/ Trina Richardson

8

Directors Aren’t Doctors; They’re Keeping Centers Open

9

Circle Time w/ Shanell Townsend

10

Your Child Is Not DoorDash, And Pre-K Isn’t Amazon Prime

11

Circle Time w/ Airis Potts

12

Preschool Wins, Childcare Loses

13

Milk Mustaches and Mixed Messages

14

Circle Time w/ GiGi Wynn

15

America Loves Kids Like I Love My Gym Membership

16

Child Care Math Is Rude

17

Inside A Preschool Scandal: Abuse, Oversight Failures, And The Fight For Safer Childcare

18

We Came For Goldfish And Got Bleach Instead

19

Childcare Math Doesn’t Add Up

20

SNAP!: How A Shutdown Hits Childcare, Families, And Teachers

21

Grandma Is Not Helping And One Glove Is Not For Everyone

22

Pass the Collection Plate for Childcare?

23

Bubble Sheets and Here We Are

24

Kids Say...

25

Beyond Talk: When States Actually Solve the Child Care Crisis

26

Who Will Care for Us Tomorrow? The True Cost of Education Policy

27

Stickers and Sleepy Kids

28

When New Hires Ghost: Tales of Professional Disappearing Acts

29

Bonnets & Boundaries, Should we Judge Parents?

30

Exploitation, Fraud, Weed, and Late Pickups

31

Not a Felony and Parental Ambushes

32

Firing, Hiring, and Not Pulling Hair

33

Naptime Narcotics: When Teachers Turn to Benadryl

34

Dangerous Preschools, Woke Tests, and the Walmart Bag Exit Strategy

35

Drop Off Mistakes, Transitions, and Overtime Challenges

36

Extended Play: Wine and Overqualified

37

Preschool Blunders: Locked Babies and Naptime Dilemmas

38

High Costs, Low Training...

39

Handling Crisis and Boosting Preschool Enrollments

40

School Threat: Unchecked Teacher Behavior and When to Let them Go

41

Babysitting: A Professional Dilemma

42

Safe and Professional in Preschool

43

Evaluations: Not a Punishment & The Conflict of Interest

44

Count Every Child: Face to Name

45

The Teacher's Tango: Not Getting Along

46

I Guess the Grass isn't so Green

47

Supervise or Mentor

48

Conflict Management Style

49

How to Act With Company

50

You Don't Even Work Here...

51

Seasons Vs Holidays

52

After Hours...

53

Organizational Chart

54

Your Nasty Attitude

55

Don't Go Around Me

56

Ready for Next School Year?

57

What Happens With a References... (Featuring Danielle)

58

How Cultural is Your School?

59

Working On vs In Your School

60

Summertime is Here

61

6 Stress Management Strategies to Get Through Burnout

62

Don't Recommend People you Know

63

A Published Author

64

Everything We Do is About the Building

65

Time to Evaluate Your Staff

66

Scheduling for the Unknown

67

Invisible Workload

68

Being a Director is Lonely

69

What's in an Application Anyways?

70

What was the Goal?

71

Complaining Because You Can

72

What Do You Have To Bring?

73

Learn Something New

74

Ask for Forgiveness or Ask for Permission?

75

Toxic Personality?

76

I'm Not Rude, Just Direct...

77

Here Go Those Complaints... Again

78

Intentional Deceptions

79

Professionalism is...

80

It Starts with an Interview (Featuring Danielle)

81

Don't Lie on Evaluations

82

There's Nothing Wrong With High Expectations

83

Two Week's Notice Please