Books & Videos

This book provides the practical tools for data analysis and a crucial data mindset shift. Educational leaders can discover how to find causal data within student data, ensuring the humanity of every student drives instructional strategies. Learn how to use every data-driven decision to drive better instruction and lasting student learning.

Connecting effective communication practices to leadership’s impact on the emotional, mental, and physical health of self and others, the authors illustrate what it truly means to become an effective Coach Leader and provide tools to hone those skills of positive, empathic leadership.

Using templates and tools to improve their self-awareness, communication, and connections, coaches who read The Empathetic Edge will learn to face adversity with inner peace and to help their colleagues grow in mindfulness of their circumstances, their concerns, and their goals.

Start your teaching career with strong financial habits. This practical guide offers step-by-step strategies to manage your money, reduce debt, plan for retirement, and build savings. Actionable homework in each chapter helps you build a secure financial future right from the start.

Are you burning out due to conflict with students? Do you lose sleep worrying about the students who are on a path toward dropping out? This book will help you learn how to understand, connect with, and engage students in deeper ways, changing the trajectories of their lives and yours. Discover strategies to change limiting beliefs in yourself so that you can help your students do the same.

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.

This guide helps educators identify their classroom goals and implement efficient teaching strategies. K–12 educators can gain techniques to manage themselves, maximize their time, and avoid burnout.

Explore the four key sources of collective teacher efficacy: mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, persuasion, and positive emotions. Understand how to tap into these sources to overcome the barriers that impede the development of collective teacher efficacy. With a focus on sustained improvement, this guide provides practical steps to achieve lasting impact.

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.

Explore the essential qualities of great teachers. From passion and knowledge to effective time management, relationship building, lesson planning, and continuous improvement, this book explores the key factors that contribute to exceptional teaching.