Members of the Central New York Leadership Initiative are invited to join our networking meetings. Our meeting topics are driven by your questions and needs. Share stories, strategies, feelings, ideas, resources, and words of encouragement about leading an early childhood program.

The Leadership Initiative is excited to offer weekly networking meetings on Zoom for our Long Island members of the Leadership Initiative. 

As a member of the Southern Tier Leadership Initiative, you are invited to join our monthly virtual networking meetings. Meeting topics are driven by your questions and needs. 

The Finger Lakes Leadership Initiative invites you to join our monthly virtual networking meetings. Our meetings create a space for us all to connect, to share ideas and learn from each other’s experiences in a community setting.

Members who are supporting or directly leading early childhood learning spaces are all welcome.

These virtual conversations are held via Zoom on the third Tuesday of every month. One session is held in the afternoon and another in the evening.

As a member of the Western New York Leadership Initiative, you are invited to join our networking meetings! Meeting topics are driven by your questions and needs. This is a space to share stories, strategies, feelings, ideas, resources, and words of encouragement about leading an early childhood program in Western NY.

Members of the WNY Leadership Initiative are invited to join our networking meetings. Meeting topics are driven by your questions and needs. This is a space to share stories, strategies, feelings, ideas, resources, and words of encouragement about leading an early childhood program in Western NY.

Networking in the evening is from 6 to 7 p.m.

In our professional learning community, you will come together with other leaders in discussion of the habits and dispositions of resilient educators outlined in the book Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar. 

These Long Island Leadership Initiative networking meetings are especially intended for home-based and family providers.

The Early Childhood Leadership Initiative is excited to introduce a new professional learning opportunity — the Leaders Café! We’ll engage with videos, podcasts, TED Talks and other multimedia to explore a range of topics relevant to the early childhood community. We’ll provide you with resources and materials for discussion!

Leadership is a practice – it needs to be examined, refined, and current.​ Join us for a 3-part learning community as we dive into discussion and reflection on our own leadership journeys to define our "why."

Join our November networking meeting to connect with other early childhood leaders in NYC. This is a communal space where leaders share reflections, ask important questions, and talk about their experiences. All are welcome and meetings are held on Zoom.

Join us for a panel discussion brought to you by the NYC Leadership Initiative on Cultivating Healthy Program Culture. This experience will explore what makes people feel happy and connected to their programs and the role of leadership in sustaining a safe and supportive culture. In the discussion, we will witness panelists that hold different roles in a program, from teachers to administrator to a program director, talk about their experiences and unique perspectives on what exactly matters in a program culture. We will also explore what a safe, supportive and healthy program culture looks like and what role each member of the community has in not just establishing a healthy program culture but also sustaining it over the years.  

The Leadership Initiative welcomes Susan MacDonald as our speaker.

A culture of appreciation happens when everyone feels valued, respected, and seen for their unique strengths. This presentation will inspire you to incorporate easy-to-implement strategies for building positive relationships and bringing a renewed sense of joy to your school community!

This engaging session will explore positive communication techniques, the Appreciative Inquiry model, impactful frameworks, reflective exercises, and a team assessment form.

You will leave with a clear path to creating resilient relationships and a positive, supportive, respectful environment for children and adults. Participants will also receive a reflection guide with actionable tips, strategies, and resources to help you create a culture of appreciation!

This is a virtual event, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Join us for reflection and conversation with other home-based providers who are also supporting and leading family and group family child care spaces.

Join the NYC Leadership Initiative for its focus group session! Thought partner with us to let us know how we can make our offering more relevant to your evolving needs as we close this year and gear up to start 2025. The focus group will meet on November 18 from 2pm to 3pm.

Studies indicate that preschool students face expulsion at rates more than three times higher than K-12 students. How can we address this concerning statistic? Join us for a Leaders Café to examine expulsion and suspension practices in early childhood education.

This is a two-session virtual event.

The Western New York and Finger Lakes Leadership Initiative invite you to a panel discussion with early childhood advocacy organizations. Join us to learn how these organizations support young children, families, and the early childhood field and how you can get involved.

The Early Childhood Leadership Initiative is excited to introduce a new professional learning opportunity — the Leaders Cafe! We’ll engage with videos, podcasts, TED Talks and other multimedia to explore a range of topics relevant to the early childhood community. We’ll provide you with resources and materials for discussion!

Join us for  the WNY Leadership Initiative's Leaders Cafe. This Leaders Cafe will be a time to reflect and discuss a Podcast  with Chanie Wilschanski as she interviews Simon Sinek.  In the podcast, Simon Sinek speaks with Chanie Wilschanski from “Schools of Excellence” about what it means to be a leader. Other topics include becoming a student of leadership, creating an environment for staff to flourish, and discovering your “why.”  

This is a virtual event.

Please join the North Country Leadership Initiative in our yearlong learning community on Elena Aguilar's: Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators. This text is a practical resource for cultivating resilience in educators. The book is based on the author's research on emotional resilience, psychology, systems thinking, and change management.