The contribution presents an empirical phenomenological research, nearing completion in March 2025, which focuses on the role of the pedagogical coordinator in educational services for 6-year-olds (ECEC services) in his or her development as a reflective professional. The aim of the research is to understand how pedagogical coordinators develop reflective and research skills in order to outline some possible reflective practices of the pedagogical coordinator that are useful for supporting and developing the pedagogical work of teachers and the quality of educational services. On the basis of the analysis of the first partial research results, a reflection on the profile of the coordinator is proposed, with particular reference to his or her engagement with the field and with the educational practices of teachers and educators “in action”. The challenge of keeping reflective practice alive in educational services means that coordinators need to stay close to the field of educational practices, so that their coordination actions are aimed at supporting a concrete link between the reflective practice of adult educators and what children experience in their lives in the service. Otherwise, there is a risk of activating procedural coordination methods that can distance the teams’ reflection from the concreteness and materiality of children, who must instead be kept in mind in both educational and coordination practices, as protagonists of the intervention and the educational context.