Feedback Without Fear: Coaching Teachers Through Behavior Breakthroughs & Personal Growth

Navigating tough leadership moments can feel overwhelming: balancing communication, resilience, staff development, and those hard conversations you’d rather avoid. At our recent webinar Feedback Without Fear: Coaching Teachers Through Behavior Breakthroughs & Personal Growth, we welcomed Dr. Teri DeLucca, founder of Impact Early Education, who specializes in helping child care leaders grow thriving, emotionally intelligent teams. With years of experience training directors and teachers in communication, coaching, and resilience-building strategies, our speaker shared powerful insights to help child care leaders strengthen their culture and guide their teams with confidence.

Here’s what we covered:

• Why leaders struggle with tough conversations, accountability, and burnout, and how avoidance weakens a center over time

• Resilience as a skill built through communication and adaptability

• How active listening, emotional validation, and collaborative communication strengthen team culture

• Coaching as collaboration rather than correction

• How clear and compassionate leadership strengthens the entire school community

A huge thank you to Dr. Teri DeLucca for sharing her insight with the IKS Academy community! Her guidance on communication, resilience, and collaborative coaching has equipped childcare leaders with the confidence to navigate tough conversations, support their teachers more effectively, and build stronger, more connected school cultures.

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Watch the full webinar replay here.

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