Lead your staff and students to success

“Be the Driving Force is a powerful resource because it is personal, reliable, and practical,” writes educator and author William D. Parker. Principals will discover insightful guidance on building self-confidence, leading with integrity, and ensuring equity in education and culturally responsive practices.

Purposeful self-management is key to being an effective school leader. This experiential memoir offers research-grounded tips and tools for managing yourself—so you can manage everything else. Get organized, find your purpose, know your strengths, reflect, and celebrate. This book will help you do it all.

School improvement starts with leaders. Take a deep dive into personal leadership skills and gain practical strategies for building capacity among your staff, growing your efficacy, and leading with intentionality each and every day.

Women Who Lead offers insight and strategies on effective women in educational leadership practices and how to nurture your professional growth in this male-dominated field.

Fully step into your power as a school principal. By diving deep into five essential leadership actions and five essential leadership skills, you will learn how to grow in your role and accomplish incredible outcomes for your students and staff.

Learn, do, and lead with the guidance of Formative Tools for Leaders in a PLC at Work.® With this practical resource, you’ll first discover how to gather evidence from staff about PLC practices, processes, and products. Then you’ll explore how to use that evidence to gauge the effectiveness of your PLC.

This thorough leadership resource offers clear steps leaders can take to turn their priority school around. Discover how struggling schools can implement a strong coaching system, create and align schoolwide SMART goals, and prioritize time for collaboration to overcome obstacles and ensure learning for all.

This guide for reflective, educational leadership will focus your invaluable everyday work in schools. Discover actionable steps for staff collaboration, evidence-based decision making, and change leadership that will ensure student learning comes first.