Confidential, one-on-one coaching for the leaders at the top of your program. This coaching engagement requires a pre-interview to confirm eligibility.
THE REALITY
The ECE Executive's role is one of the most complex in education
You're running a business, managing a team, navigating licensing and compliance, shaping culture, and supporting families — often simultaneously, sometimes feeling alone. As programs evolve, leaders are being asked to navigate succession with little infrastructure or support in place.
No Peer in the Room
You're at the top of the org chart with no one internally to think with you, challenge you, or hold up a mirror.
Constant Urgency
Enrollment needs. Staff turnover. Licensing visits. Board dynamics. Personnel challenges…everything feels urgent, and the strategic work keeps getting pushed.
Leading Without a Playbook
You were promoted for program expertise. The business, HR, and culture demands of the role are a completely different demand.
Responsibility Without Support
Whether you're new to the role, in a period of expansion, or experiencing transition, the path forward can sometimes feel unclear.
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Who This Is For
Built for executives leading with intentionality — not merely reaction
New or mid-career director
Feeling the weight of the role, ready to lead with more confidence and clarity.
Seasoned executives
Wants a trusted partner to think through complex decisions and sharpen your strategic edge.
Navigating a major transition
New board, funding changes, leadership succession, or rapid program growth.
The only leader in the building
Tired of figuring everything out alone.
WHAT WE COVER
You bring the agenda. I bring the expertise. Every session is purposeful, responsive, and built around you.
This coaching is co-constructed and 100% needs-based — shaped entirely by what you need in the moment, supported by a coach who knows how to meet you there.
No predetermined curriculum. Below is a snapshot of the types of topics we might explore together.
Sessions are held online or via telephone, based on your needs.
Leadership & Self
Shifting from educator to executive identity
Leading with authority and relatability
Managing emotional labor
Decisions under uncertainty
Team, People & Culture
Building culture in a high-turnover field
Difficult conversations with tenured staff
Distributed leadership on small teams
Accountability without micromanaging
Organizational Health
Communicating vision consistently
Aligning values with daily operations
Managing financial and enrollment pressure
Building systems that outlast you
External Relations
Board navigation and trust-building
Family engagement as a leadership function
Regulatory and licensing relationships
Partnerships and coalition building
Strategy & Leadership
Moving from reactive to proactive
Planning growth without sacrificing quality
Building a leadership pipeline
Knowing when to say no
Leadership Transitions
Entering an established program culture
Succeeding a long-tenured leader
Leading through a founder's exit
Preparing for your own departure
NOTE: Directors often arrive with one presenting issue, and we discover the real work lives somewhere deeper. That's not a detour — that's exactly where growth happens.
THE DIFFERENCE
I hear what you're actually saying.
Beneath the Surface
Directors frequently arrive with a presenting issue — a staff conflict, a board tension, a time problem. Instead of lingering on the surface, I can hear what's underneath it. The real work rarely starts where you think it does.
Multiple Perspectives
Every leadership challenge has more than one true interpretation. Rather than pointing you toward a single answer, I help you expand how you see the problem — so you have the insight necessary to make grounded decisions.
Your Agenda, My Insight, Your Solutions
You lead every session with what you need. I bring the experience, education, frameworks, intuition, and honest reflection to make sure you leave with more than you came with.
COACHING OPTIONS
One coaching experience.
Two ways to engage.
Both options are essentially the same - only the cadence is different.
CORE
Monthly Sessions
One 60-minute session per month
6 month agreement @ $1,500
ENHANCED
Bi-Monthly Sessions
Two 60-minute sessions per month
Both options include:
1:1 Coaching Sessions — 60-minute sessions tailored to your current challenges and goals. You set the agenda every time.
Leadership Diagnostic — A structured tool to assess where you're leading well and where gaps are costing you time, trust, and talent.
Accountability & Momentum — Progress check-ins that keep you moving forward even when daily demands pull your focus.
Between-Session Support — Email and text access between sessions so you're never stuck on a pressing decision without a sounding board.
Resource & Strategy Access — Curated frameworks and tools drawn from leadership research and early childhood practice.
Confidential Space — A relationship built on trust. What's discussed in coaching stays in coaching. Full stop.
WHAT DIRECTORS ARE SAYING
"Dr. Keena didn’t just support my growth, it redirected it. She challenged me to reflect deeply, helped me solidify the infrastructure of my program, and guided me in setting goals that were both ambitious and grounded. It left me with a clear vision and the confidence to lead forward and the momentum to do it."
A.S. - Executive Director
Dr. Keena is an experienced leadership coach, author, and college professor whose work sits at the intersection of organizational leadership, human development, and applied strategy. She brings a rare combination of academic rigor and real-world leadership experience to every coaching engagement.
What distinguishes her coaching is not just what she knows — it's what she notices. Dr. Keena has a unique ability to hear what lies beneath the presenting issue and the insight to offer multiple perspectives that expand how a leader sees their own situation. Directors don't just leave sessions with answers. They leave with a broader, sharper view of themselves and the work.
Her work with early childhood leaders is grounded in one conviction: Strong leaders produce strong programs — Strong programs produce strong children.
Qualification Highlights
Ed.D. in Educational Leadership & Early Childhood
M.A. in Organizational Leadership
B.S. in Early Childhood Education
Credentialed PK - 12 Education Administrator
Non-Profit Executive
College Professor
Teach for America Facilitator
Published Author
Trained Coach
Ready to lead with intention?
Spots for individual coaching are limited and accepted by application only.
If you're ready to invest in your leadership, let's start the conversation.
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