Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/remaining-people-centered-through-it-all/5025428/
As the education manager for a Head Start and Early Head Start grantee, I work with education coordinators and teaching and home visiting staff around the Chicagoland area. My role is focused on ensuring high quality education and disabilities services to children and families; I am responsible for developing passionate, intentional educators that make a positive impact in the lives of their children and families. I had to rely on all my leadership skills when COVID-19 hit (and I mean REALLY hit) and changed everything in our organization (as I am sure is true throughout the entire early childhood field).
As a leader, whenever I am faced with huge challenges, I turn first to my faith. It centers me. It allows me to know I am trusting in someone larger than myself. Then, I also rely on what I think of as my circle of love. I like to envision a bullseye, where I am in the center, and the circles surrounding me are my immediate family, then my extended family, then my friends and co-workers and colleagues. They are all people who give me strength because I love them and I am confident of their love.
I have education and disabilities coordinators ...