Rooted In Growth - Stories from St. Vincent's Day Home

Rooted In Growth - Stories from St. Vincent's Day Home

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Rooted In Growth - Stories from St. Vincent's Day Home episodes

  • How the Program Has Evolved

    Eleven classrooms, about 220 children, thirty-nine teachers, and a set of teaching standards rewritten from scratch. Program Director David Rodriguez joins Kennedy to discuss how St. Vincent's program became what it is—and where he's taking it next.

    Rooted In Growth. Rising with Purpose.

    26 min
  • Stewards, Not Owners: Four Years of Building at St. Vincent's Day Home

    St. Vincent's Day Home has served West Oakland families since 1911. In this segment, Executive Director Alexandra Hilario walks host Kennedy Hilario through four years of building: a listening tour with every employee, new partnerships across Oakland, every classroom remodeled, three on-site therapists, a return to full enrollment, and a Children's Fund stewarded with unusual discipline. Recorded August 4, 2026, in Oakland, California.

    Rooted In Growth. Rising with Purpose.

    19 min
  • Our Children Deserve Everything: What Drives Alexandra Hilario

    Personal story from the Executive Director, Alexandra Hilario. Twenty years in education, every grade from kindergarten through eighth, a founding principal in Inglewood, and the turn through private schools that left you certain the children of West Oakland deserve exactly what wealthy families demand. It's the segment that explains why the rest of the series looks the way it does.

    Rooted In Growth. Rising with Purpose.

    14 min
  • Mission, Values, Mottos & A Feeling You Can Walk Into

    Alexandra Hilario, the Executive Director, describes the Day Home's mission and vision, the five values adopted by the board, this year's theme, "Rooted in Growth. Rising with Purpose," and the feeling she wants visitors to have when they walk onto the campus.

    Rooted In Growth. Rising with Purpose.

    12 min
  • Breaking New Ground: Alexandra Hilario on Four Years at Saint Vincent Day Home

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    Breaking New Ground: Alexandra Hilario on Four Years at Saint Vincent Day Home

    Episode description

    After four years leading Saint Vincent Day Home, The Executive Director, Alexandra Hilario sits down to talk about what's changed — and what it takes to change it. In this episode, Alexandra walks us through the work of the past four years: a new compensation study and what it means for the teachers who make the program run, a full playground remodel with a new water feature, and a refreshed curriculum grounded in the latest pedagogy. She talks candidly about the reasoning behind each decision, the challenges along the way, and what she's learned about leading an early childhood program through a period of real growth.

    Whether you're a parent, an educator, or someone who cares about early childhood education in Oakland, this conversation offers a look at how thoughtful leadership shows up in everything from a teacher's paycheck to the way children play outdoors.Learn more about Saint Vincent Day Home at https://svdh.org/

    Rooted In Growth. Rising with Purpose.

    48 min

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