Virtual Event: Leading With Dignity in Turbulent Times

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P-5 Competency Domain: 8-Service Planning, Coordination, and Collaboration: why effective and responsive service provision requires planning, including a coordinated effort with other sectors and service providers; and how to take a strength- and relationship-based approach in partnerships.


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How can early childhood leaders stay true to their ideals of leading and serving with dignity, regardless of the circumstances at play? Like many, the Carole Robertson Center for Learning faced this question head on during the COVID-19 pandemic and a year grounded in the fight for racial justice. One of the largest early childhood and youth development nonprofit organizations in Chicago, the Carole Robertson Center serves more than 1,000 children and their families every day, with a significant presence on the city’s West Side. In this talk, the Center’s President & CEO and Vice President of Programs & Impact will share their leadership philosophies and lessons learned in service to their community and staff members during an extraordinary year. Learning goals for this event include: 

  • Identify a policy or tactic adopted by the Carole Robertson Center that demonstrates effective and responsive service provision to community members during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Provide an example of relationship-based practice in action in the Center's work with staff members to make space for racial healing.
  • Articulate the ideals of servant leadership.



Bela Mote' (Moderator)

President and CEO

Carole Robertson Center for Learning

Bela Moté is an experienced nonprofit executive and early childhood education professional who has spent her career supporting early childhood and youth development at the local, national, and international levels. Currently serving as president and CEO of the Carole Robertson Center for Learning in Chicago, she is committed to providing high-quality, deeply impactful programs for children, youth, and families. Before being named to lead the Center, Ms. Moté served as vice president of evidence-based youth development for the YMCA of the USA. She has also held leadership positions with the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago; the Ounce of Prevention Fund; Teaching Strategies, Inc.; and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. She began her career in early childhood education as a Montessori preschool teacher and considers that experience to be her North Star. 

Connect with Bela: 

     LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/be...

     Twitter: @BelaMMote

Sonja Crum Knight (Moderator)

Vice President Programs and Impact

Carole Robertson Center for Learning

Sonja Crum Knight is the Vice President, Programs and Impact, at the Carole Robertson Center for Learning in this role, she leads the programs team in developing systems and processes to elevate quality and deepen the impact of early childhood and youth programming, community partnerships, family engagement, and mental health. Sonja believes that ensuring equitable early learning and youth development for our nation's most vulnerable children is a matter of social justice. With 20 years of service in early childhood education, Sonja has held a variety of roles working both with and for children and their families. Most recently, Sonja was the Executive Director, Early Learning and Child Development at One Hope United. Sonja is a graduate of Capella University where she earned a PhD in Education.

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Learning objectives include: 

  1. Identify a policy or tactic adopted by the Carole Robertson Center that demonstrates effective and responsive service provision to community members during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. Provide an example of relationship-based practice in action in the Center's work with staff members to make space for racial healing.
  3. Articulate the ideals of servant leadership.

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