What Brilliant Teachers Know About Themselves with Dr. Dina Walker-DeVose

Emerging Leaders in Early Childhood Education Don’t Need to Wait

Leadership is not about waiting for permission. Dr. Calvin E. Moore, Jr. sits down with Dr. Keon Berry and Tatjyana Elmore — two emerging leaders with non-traditional journeys into early childhood education — for an honest conversation about what it takes to lead before the field is ready to hand you the keys. From running from leadership to becoming president of a 45-year-old nonprofit, their stories are a generational handoff that shows what the next chapter of ECE leadership already looks like. Subscribe and never miss an episode.

Evolution, Not Revolution: How Servant Leadership Transforms an Organization

What does it take to transform an organization? In this solo episode, Dr. Calvin E. Moore, Jr., walks through the leadership decisions that shaped the Council for Professional Recognition into the organization it is today — from building a culture of servant leadership to reimagining the CDA credentialing process. Honest, reflective, and grounded in decades of ECE leadership across the classroom, the center, the state, and the federal level.

What Brilliant Teachers Know About Themselves with Dr. Dina Walker-DeVose

What makes a teacher truly excellent? Dr. Calvin E. Moore, Jr. sits down with Dr. Dina Walker-DeVose, professor at Georgia Southern University, for a conversation about cultural wisdom, teacher identity, and what it takes to build authentic connections with every child in the classroom. Through the framework of exposure, experience, and empathy, Dr. Dina invites educators to do the reflective work that transforms competent teaching into brilliant teaching. Subscribe and never miss an episode!

Men Don't Leave. They're Never Made to Feel Welcome with Dr. William L. White & Simeon Lehmann

The statistic is stubborn. Two to three percent of early childhood educators are men, and when you remove kindergarten and first-grade teachers, it is even more dire. Dr. Calvin E. Moore, Jr. sits down with Dr. William White and Simeon Lehmann for a conversation about the protective factors that allow men to enter, persist, and belong in early childhood education. From mentorship and critical mass to the narratives that keep men from ever considering the field, this episode makes the case that recruiting men is only half the work — the field has to be built to keep them. Subscribe and never miss an episode!

Child Care Is Not a Coffee Shop: Why Early Childhood Education Deserves Public Investment with Erica Phillips

The myths are costing the field more than we realize. Dr. Calvin E. Moore, Jr. sits down with Erica Phillips, Executive Director of the National Association for Family Child Care, for a conversation about the misguided narratives that shape how society values and funds early childhood education. From the babysitting myth to the economics of family child care programs subsidizing quality out of their own pockets, Erica brings the data, the stories, and the case for treating child care less like a coffee shop and more like the public infrastructure it actually is.