Early Educator Podcast

How Your Childcare Can Grow ft. Senta Hester

Senta Hester, the Executive Director of Our Daily Bread CACFP, started her career in childcare as an early educator. She's shares her story of how she got started and what drove her to start her own sponsoring agency to help children on a larger scale.
Senta also gives great, sound advice to early educators on what it takes to have a safe and healthy environment for educators and children.

Attracting Parents Through Social Media

Join us as we explore the dynamic world of online engagement and learn how to attract new parents to your childcare program through strategic social media tactics. Blake Hester, our expert guest, shares invaluable tips, strategies, and success stories to help you reach and connect with families in your community.
Whether you're a seasoned pro or new to the digital landscape, this episode is a must-listen for all early educators looking to harness the potential of social media to enrich their childcare programs.

Communication In the Childcare Facility feat. Rhonda Roberts

One of the key elements in business and in life is clear and constant communication! Rhonda has 22 years of experience working in childcare, and she is going to talk about different wants to keep a healthy relationship with parents. She is also going to give strategies on how to give parents peace of mind while they are away from their children.

Gardening with Taking Root Together & Beardsley Farms

Beardsley Farms joins us for this episode as we talk about how we use gardening to help not only childcare facilities in Tennessee & Kentucky, but our local families and schools!

Policy and Regulations feat. Emily Tardiff

With being a part of the food program, there are different policies and regulations that's required. We take a dive into discussing some of these new policies and talking about the benefits of following these guidelines.

Childcare Tennessee feat. Julia Clark

Julia Clark with Childcare Tennessee shows us Childcare Tennessee's website and all of the valuable resources that it has for Daycare Educators.. Oh, and it's FREE!

United Way of Greater Knoxville feat. Ellie Kittrell

We get a chance to talk to Ellie Kittrell with United Way of Greater Knoxville about the importance of the Childcare Industry and what United Way of Greater Knoxville is currently doing to try to build the Childcare space.

Building Rapport feat. Kayla

Building strong relationships can lead to opportunities you couldn't get on your own! Listen to Our Daily Bread CACFP's Public Relations Specialist, Kayla, in this episode for helpful tips and insight on creating relationships and partnerships with parents as well as other local businesses.

Ruined Plans

Sometimes our plans don't go the way that they are planned. What do you do to recover and to bounce back?

Straw Sticks & Brick

There are countless decisions that you have to make in your business. In those decisions it is also easy for us to pick a solution that will benefit us for the short term. But what happens when the "Big Bad Wolf" comes? Let's talk about why you should focus more on the long term decisions instead of the short term decisions.