The Leadership Initiative Newsletter

In This Issue:

Upcoming Events- Speaker Series featuring Terrance Lee, The Introvert Leader.  Book Group "The Gifts of Imperfection" by Brene Brown

Reading Corner- "Quiet Voice Fearless Leader" By Terrance Daryl Lee, and "Caring Leadership, How Leading with Heart Uplifts Teams and Organizations" by Heather Younger

Member Spotlight - Marybeth Simoneit, received her CPAC credential!

Self-care Resources-  Friendly February Calendar

Professional Development Opportunities - B5 CUNY/SUNY Workforce Scholarship, and CPAC info

Child Care Resource Network News- Pyramid Model, CPR and First Aid, and CCRN provider needs assessment. 

In this issue:

Year in Review

Upcoming events

Self care

Resouces

In This Issue:

• Event Highlight - Virtual Leadership Panel Discussion "Exploring Leadership Pathways: Voices from the Field"
• Upcomint events -  Webinar Series "Survive to Thrive" Chapter 5, Program Curriculum, Book Group featuring "Lead from the Outside" by Stacey Abrams
• Reading Corner - "Mind in the Making" by Ellen Galinsky, "Start with Why" by Simon Sinek, "Doing the Right Thing for Children" by Maurice Sykes
• Member Spotlight - Kisun Peters, Director of Early Education-Dunkirk City School District
• Self-Care Resources - Action Calendar for February, Quote
• Professional Development Opportunities - Mentorship for Leaders, Quality Stars NY Pipeline for Quality Improvement, ECE Empolyment Network

In This Issue:

• Upcoming events- Virtual Leadership Panel Discusion: Exploring Leadership Pathways-Voices from the Field, Survive To Thrive Webinar , Boo
• Member Spotlight- Marybeth Simoneit, LaSalle Early Childhood Center
• Professional development Opportunities- CPAC and Career Development Center
• Reading Corner- "Unconscious Bias in Schools", "Motivational Leadership in Early Childhood Education", "From the Inside Out, Small Acts of Leadershp" 
• Self- Care Resources- Self care to do list, and Happiness Calendar

In This Issue:

• Year in Review- overview of events in 2020
• Upcoming Events- Suvive to Thrive webinar, and Networking
• Member Spotlight- Barbara Stone Reden, of the JCC
• Self Care- self care calendar
• Resources- CPAC, Career Development Center and Blog

• Announcement - Buffalo Leadership Initiative to become WNY Leadership Initiative as of January 2021
• Event Highlight - Virtual Film Screening and Discussion "Resiliene: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope"
• Event Highlight - Webinar Series featuring "From Survive to Thrive: A Director's Guide for Leading an Early Childhood Program" Chapter 2
• Reading Corner - "Courageous Leadership in Early Childhood Education: Taking a Stand for Social Justice" by Susi Long, Marianna Souto-Manning, Vivian Maria Vasques and Sharon Ryan
• Reading Corner- "The Art of Early Childhood Organizations" by Roger Neugebauer
• Member Spotlight - Betsy Abramson, Director at JCC Early Childhood Department- Benderson Family Building
   

• Event Highlight - Leadership Panel Discussion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives: Developing a Trauma-Informed Approach to Your Leadership
• Event Highlight - Webinar Series featuring: "From Survive to Thrive: A Director's Guide for Leading an Early Childhood Program" 
• Reading Corner- The Teaching Brain: An Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education by Dr Vanessa Rodriguez
• Reading Corner - Revised Early Learning Guidelines
• Member Spotlight -  Elizabeth Brooks, Owner of Little Spanish Garden

• Event Highlight - Virtual Leadership Panel Discussion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives: Developing a Trauma-Informed Approach to Your Leadership
• Event Highlight - Webinar Series featuring: "From Survive to Thrive: A Director's Guide to Leading an Early Childhood Program
• Reading Corner - "Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators" by Elena Aguilar
• Reading Corner - "Educational Linguist: Examing Language and Race in Education" by Dr Nelson Flores
• Member Spotlight - UB Child Care, Elizabeth Cercone - Executive Director, Adrianna Thomas - Director of South Campus, and Melissa Bennett - Director of North Campus

• Event Highlight - Speaker Series: "Lessons in Leadership, Race and Gender: An Interview with Melodie Baker"
• Event Highlight - Webinar Series featuring: "From Survive to Thrive: A Director's Guide to Leading an Early Childhood Program" (Coming this Fall)
• Reading Corner - The Visionary Director by Margie Carter and Deb Curtis
• Reading Corner - Courageous Leadership in Early Childhood Education: Taking A Stand for Social Justice by Susi Long, Mariana Souto-Manning, and Vivian Maria Vasquez
• Member Spotlight - Tiffany Malone: Owner of ABC Learn & Play Inc. Susan Boyd, Director of ABC Learn & Play 2
• Member Spotlight - Susna Boyd: Director of ABC Learn and Play 2

• Event Highlight - Speaker Series: "Cultivating Emotional Resilience" with Elena Aguilar
• Event Highlight - Speaker Series: "Lessons in Leadership, Race, and Gender: A Conversation with Melodie Baker"- August 4th
• Reading Corner - Trauma and Young Children: Teaching Strategies to Support and Empower Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Sarah Erdman, Laura Colker, & Elizabeth Winter
• Reading Corner - Families and Educators Together: Building Great Relationships that Support Young Children. by Derry Koralek, Karen Nemeth
• Member Spotlights - Sharon Baldwin, Director Southwestern Day Care @ The Tabernacle