Leadership

Redefining what it means to create a caring school environment, this guide goes beyond theory to provide actionable steps for school improvement. With a focus on student motivation, teacher collaboration, and family engagement, it empowers educational leaders to build caring classrooms.

This book is designed for K–12 school leaders in various settings. Discover strategies to support special education teachers and manage successful special education programs. Focus areas include highlighting the power of connections, professional learning, collaboration, co-teaching, and leveraging technology for special education success.

Competency-based learning drives meaningful transformation in education. Explore the Westminster Public Schools learning model, emphasizing vision, leadership, foundational practices, learner-centered classrooms, data-driven improvement, and the High Reliability Schools process.

Streamline your PLC process with the PLC Dashboard. Brig Leane guides teams through a seven-step learning cycle to set targets, establish goals, assess results, support struggling students, reflect on progress, and track growth collaboratively. Implement simple templates and reflective exercises to create lasting change for both teams and singletons.

Create a truly equitable classroom by understanding and addressing individual student needs. Learn to identify each student’s unique strengths and challenges. Gain practical strategies and tools to develop personalized learning plans, track progress, and adapt your approach to help every student thrive.

Lead your priority school to success with practical strategies for building a strong school culture, managing conflict, mastering communication, and implementing effective change. Principals who pick up this book will gain essential skills in time management, delegation, and social media navigation.

Learn to cultivate a healthy work-life balance, embrace authenticity, and empower yourself and your leadership team. K–12 leaders can find practical strategies for prioritizing self-care, leading through change, and achieving lasting success without sacrificing personal well-being.

Teacher team leaders, this book is for you. It will build your knowledge and skills in approaches and actions that get more done in less time, and with greater joy, to help your team truly become the engine that drives the most promising strategy for improving student achievement.

Address stress, time management, and burnout in school leadership by developing a balanced approach that supports long-term resilience. Through practical guidance, leaders can optimize motivation, manage stress, and create sustainable daily practices for effective, committed educational leadership.

Afterword by: Tina H. Boogren

Built on a foundation of routines and strategies for choosing joy, this book guides educators on a yearlong journey to cultivate lasting joy in their lives. Through insightful narratives and mindful practices, the book explores the power of connection with self and others. Using seasonal reflections, educators learn to experience joy by embracing challenges, finding contentment, and prioritizing rest, resilience, and rejuvenation.