Reflecting on a Five Year Anniversary
This week marks my five year anniversary leading IVYP. Those five years passed in the blink of an eye. The children who were students in our Children’s Center five years ago have all graduated. In January 2018, our community was recovering from the devastating debris flow. Five years later, we are grappling with recovery from […]
Reflections on the first week of 2022
If you follow the news, you’ve heard about the child care crisis and the “great resignation.” I fully expected things to be challenging with the omicron surge and no at home rapid tests available. We didn’t receive any updates from Public Health on how childcare or preschool should approach quarantines or isolation. On Monday, I learned […]
Vaccinations available to Child care staff
What a week this has been. Over the weekend, vaccine appointments for child care workers began to open up. Because our children’s center has been open and because I am connected to the Childcare Planning Council and to the ECE Director’s Roundtable, I was able to ensure that IVYP’s staff were included in the list. It was quite a ride.
COVID Pandemic – One Year Later
I want to take a moment to reflect on the past year. It was exactly one year ago that the world changed. On March 11, 2020, the NBA shut down and UCSB announced it was going to remote classes. On March 13, 2020, the public school announced they were closing for three weeks. We followed suit. Who could have imagined the year we would experience?
IVYP Statement Against Racial Injustice #anti-racism, #solidarity
IVYP is a diverse community. We honor our differences. This week anger and frustration sparked by the murder of George Floyd has ignited cities across America. We cannot be silent.
Corona virus is exposing our strengths and our weaknesses
I had the privilege of speaking to a UCSB class on Tuesday, just moments after an email was sent informing students that classes would be remote until the end of April. The focus of the class shifted from my leadership journey to how leadership strengths and weaknesses are revealed in a crisis.