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This book demonstrates how to intentionally teach compassion. It guides teachers, leaders, administrators, counselors and school social workers on how to build strong, supportive relationships with students and each other. With helpful insights and activities, cultivating compassion, empathy, and inclusion can happen for all.

“Simplifying the Journey is not just another manual; it’s a road map for teacher and team transformation,” authors Bob Sonju, Maren Powers, and Sheline Miller write. Packed with strategies, tools, and step-by-step actions, this book is your go-to guide for efficient, productive collaboration among your teams.

Teachers are critical to the success of students. This book helps K–12 teachers understand how mattering is useful when examining some of the common problems educators face today, including high stress levels, job dissatisfaction, the pressures of public opinion, and the lack of a sustainable wage.

The urgency for educators to commit to diversity and equity work in their schools calls for a framework that will help narrow achievement and opportunity gaps. This book offers the guidance you need to nurture strong family-school partnerships that are essential for student success.

Utilizing the elements of effective leadership—purpose, trust, focus, leverage, feedback, change, and sustainability—education leaders can overcome any challenge.

Educators must shift the evaluation paradigm to focus on a multiplicity of skills necessary for success in the 21st century.

Explore the PLC process, and learn how it can reshape the way university and college leaders work together to drive student achievement.

Award-winning administrators give practical information on the responsibilities and challenges of being a school board member in this user-friendly guide.

Expert practitioners address the role of school leaders to model positive change and ignite a shift toward assessments that drive instruction.

Identify seven leadership practices that effective PLC leaders share along with the techniques that have led them to sustainable success.