Life Skills

Explore the emotional, cultural, and academic needs of diverse students to help them develop the skills to become lifelong learners.

Discover research-based strategies preK–12 administrators and teacher leaders can implement to effectively support English learners in their schools or districts.

Featuring research-backed exercises, routines, resources, and instructional tips, this book provides a five-unit leadership framework for academic curriculum. Students and educators build motivation, perseverance, communication, and collaboration skills through reflection, goal setting, experimentation, feedback, and advocacy.

Educators gain practical, research-based educational tools to explicitly grow and teach executive function. Designed for secondary students, this book helps teachers support students, increase independence, and create calmer and more effective classrooms—where students manage time, advocate for themselves, and thrive independently.

Gloria L. Canada, EdD, is the founder of Circles of Purpose, an educational consulting company whose work focuses primarily on school leadership, family engagement, and poverty awareness.

Discover how to use research-based mindfulness practices to help improve your students’ social and emotional wellness as they learn and grow.

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.

Lead a whole-child learning environment where student engagement and success thrive. This practical educational leadership book guides school leaders in using 12 powerful leadership lenses and the stages of leadership development to overcome challenges and balance priorities while still supporting the whole student.