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Acquire actionable steps you can take throughout the school year to alleviate student test anxiety and create brain-friendly classrooms full of focus and learning. Understand what causes testing anxiety and discover how to implement social-emotional learning strategies in the classroom to help prepare students mentally, emotionally, and physically for high-stakes assessments.

Acquire evergreen instructional coaching strategies alongside fresh new solutions for guiding new and veteran teachers, addressing teacher self-care, promoting teacher well-being, and more. Learn how to provide a solid foundation of physical, emotional, instructional, and institutional support for educators.

Educator and teacher self-care can be challenging, but embracing a holistic health and wellness plan can improve your physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being both inside and outside of school. This reflective journal provides the ideas and guidance you need to support you on your wellness journey.

Discover a systematic approach for establishing school board–superintendent teams that efficiently address demands and respond to the ever-changing educational environment. Understand the role of school board members and instructional leadership in your school improvement plan.

The joys and pains of starting a teaching career often go undiscussed. This guide explores the personal side of teaching, outlining classroom strategies and self-care practices.

Create an individualized self-care plan based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This book provides doable wellness and self-assessment activities and reflection questions for teachers and educators.

Build compassionate classrooms and mindful schools that prioritize both learning and well-being. Based on the latest neuroscience research, this book provides mindfulness exercises as well as trauma-informed practices for creating positive learning environments.

Discover how to establish high-performance teams for guidance counselors and school administrators. Implement a collaborative decision-making process and clearly define leadership and school counselor duties in order to better respond to students’ behavioral and mental health needs.

Reach alienated youth using the unique strategies of the updated Reclaiming Youth at Risk book by Larry K. Brendtro, Martin Brokenleg, and Steve Van Bockern. Learn how cultivating the Circle of Courage values of belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity can combat core hazards that dominate the lives of youth at risk.

Discover how to develop a balanced system of schooling that fosters consciousness, compassion, confidence, courage, and community as a vehicle for student success and academic achievement. Use assessment tools like the S-CCATE (School Compassionate Culture Analytic Tool for Educators) in a conscious leadership role.