Leadership Opportunities & Resources
Find resources and tools from BECLN events and conversations here. If you want to see something added here, let us know!
2025 Leadership Development Opportunities
🌟 Leadership Development Fund: Applications Now Open! Ready to take your leadership to the next level? Apply for the Leadership Development Fund (formerly the Leadership Development Resource Grant) to support robust initiatives requiring funding and coordination. Whether you’re a new applicant or renewing a previous project, this fund fuels both individual and collective growth while advancing the BECLN mission and values. Want to learn more? Attend one of the monthly virtual LDF information meetings. The first one is on January 21, 4:00-5:00 PM and you can register here to join.
🤝 Network Connection Opportunities: Call for Proposals! Let’s make 2025 unforgettable! Submit your ideas for connection activities like book clubs, social gatherings, podcast discussions, or even a cozy YouTube watch party with popcorn. Your creativity can spark deeper relationships and shared learning across the network. See the Call for Proposals here.
Host an Affinity Group: Launch or lead an ongoing group connected to topics you’re passionate about.
Join an Affinity Group: Participate in an Affinity Group connected to topics you’re passionate about. In the spreadsheet linked above you will find contact information for each Affinity Group Leader.
Join an Action Team: Contribute your talents to the 2025 BECLN Action Teams driving collective impact.
2023
2022
Leaning Into Leadership 2022 Fall RetreatÂ
- Retreat Photos
- TedTalk Recordings:
- Sena Harjo (5) Remembering I’m Enough
- Lisa Matter (9) Growing Beyond the Fire
- Cristal Cisneros (10) Leading Change through an Equity Lens
- Vani Tangella (12) Starting with You: Regulate to Relate
Buell Early Childhood Leadership Program Cohort 14 Capstones
Buell Early Childhood Leadership Program 2021-2022 Course Texts
Transformational Leadership in Turbulent Times from Robin Levy (Cohort 5)
Focus on People Management from Robin Levy (Cohort 5)
When the Cure Begins
Individual Choices Lead to Lasting Change from Robin Levy (Cohort 5)
Evidence Brief – Ideal Learning Environments For Young Children, March 2022
Beyond Self-Care: Bidirectionality of Teacher/Student Relationships and the Impact on Longevity in ECE from Cathy Doetkott (Cohort 12), February 2022 (Report) (Infographic)
Stories from the Field: “Lo Que Necesitamos.” (“What We Need”) from Elena Bacmeister (Cohort 11), February 2022
Nurturing Resilience in the Workplace – Starting with You featuring Vani Tangella (Cohort 12), February 2022
Leading Out Loud: Effective Advocacy for BECLN Members, January 2022 (recording) (PowerPoint)
The Humanize Podcast featuring Vani Tangella (Cohort 12), January 2022
2021
Fall Happy Hour, October 2021 (Recipe list)
From Bystander to Upstander, January 2021 (recording) (PowerPoint) (scenarios) (reflections)
Spring Happy Hour, March 2021 (Mocktail/Cocktail List)
2020
Hosting Remote Meetings Pop-Up: March, 2020
Yoga Nidra Pop-Up: April, 2020
Mindfulness Pop-Up: April, 2020
Living Into Equity, May 2020
Be Heard: Effective Advocacy, July 16, 2020 (recording) (one-pager) (PowerPoint)
Be Heard: Legislative Process, July 23, 2020 (recording) (one-pager) (PowerPoint)
Be Heard: Elections 101, July 30, 2020 (one-pager) (PowerPoint)
Be Heard: Bringing Others Into the Advocacy Space (recording) (one-pager) (PowerPoint)
Belonging: The Art of Community Retreat (graphic art 1, graphic art 2)Alumni Retreat, October 2019