Helping Our Children Grow - Episode 111 - Wichita Chamber Business Accelerator - Regina Miller

Posted by: Lisa Diehl on Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Trailblazers Academy is a privately-owned and-operated child care facility in Wichita. Formerly known as Princeton Children’s Center, Trailblazers was established in March of 2009 and has become an award-winning child care center.

Trailblazers Academy currently offers care for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years. Teachers combine quality care and early education with a tailored program designed to meet the children’s individual goals and objectives. Care routines, scheduling, safety, health and an age-appropriate curriculum is emphasized. This strategy enhances the children’s creativity, promotes both gross and small motor skills, develops social interactions, and balances learning with fun Structured choice, teacher and self-directed activities, along with parental communications are fully integrated.

Regina Miller has been married for 37 years to her best friend and business partner, Jesse, and together they have two adult children and one granddaughter. She has two degrees and over 35 years of leadership experience and is an active board member at Friends University.

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On this episode we discuss:

Decades of work in child care and early childhood education
Carrying the legacy of her late daughter, Helen
The value of staff that cares
Why early childhood education is so important
A work of heart
Wanting success to feed back into the community
Jumping in with both feet
Keeping children engaged
Success is being able to reach back and help others
What it means to “do the meeting”
The upcoming anniversary celebration
Big enough to serve you and small enough to know you

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Wichita Chamber Business Accelerator is a weekly podcast devoted to supporting and learning from area business owners. Released every Wednesday, it's produced by Forge Podcast Co, managed by the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Evergy.

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