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It wasn't long after being named North Carolina History Teacher of the year that Justin Ashley started noticing signs of burnout. He knew he needed to make some radical changes in how he handled his work and personal life. In The Balanced Teacher Path, Justin shares his personal story-illuminating how easy it is to give your job everything you've got and leave yourself with nothing outside of school-and shows new teachers and veterans alike the self-care...
2) Professional Development That Sticks: How Do I Create Meaningful Learning Experiences For Educators?
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How can we approach professional development in a thoughtful way, keep teachers motivated, and make the process worthwhile? It's a truth that school leaders can't deny: teachers tend to think of PD as a distraction from the "real work" of the classroom-as something to get through instead of an opportunity to engage, learn, and grow as professionals. Too often, they're absolutely right. When PD is packaged as a one-size-fits-all, one-and-done experience,...
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People often dream of achieving success but don't know the path to do it.
So, they keep dreaming instead of DOING!
“Doing the Doctorate” is written to help doctoral dreamers become doctoral doers.
This book will provide the keys to success so you can know what to know, where to go and how to win doctoral success.
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Jacqueline Lloyd Smith and Denise Meyerson collectively have over 50 years' global experience in the design and delivery of incredible learning experiences for clients in the private and public sectors. They have partnered with top tier, medium size, and small corporate clients to produce events that rock. They are now opening their files to other facilitators, and educators-of all levels-to share tools and techniques they have personally tested and...
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Educational leadership is the process of enlisting and guiding the talents and energies of everyone including teachers, students, and parents toward achieving common educational goals. Against traditional working norms educators are challenged to transition amid a pandemic; unequipped with resources needed transcend with technology use in their work roles. This book answers questions amongst thousands of employees who seek to understand how to create...
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In this excellent resource, Tom Burton shares his experiences and knowledge gained from leading an exemplary middle school. His insights into the art of leading to achieve are profound and memorable. He challenges us to see beyond the data to the developmental needs of young adolescents and gives us practical strategies for infusing our schools with character and caring. This resource will help school leaders -Decide their purpose -Craft a vision...
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Together Everyone Achieves More: 33 and 1/3 The Complete Educational Process was developed by Dr. Charles H. Clark Jr. and Shemon Reaves It is a concept designed to deal with the real lives of parents, teachers and students along with the process of education in today's society. Many parents are struggling to find ways to improve their child's performance inside the classroom. Teachers are under enormous amounts of stress to get students prepared...
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So you want to become a top fashion model? Angela Stone, fashion stylist and model will show you everything you need to know on how to succeed in the modeling industry. Starting with how you need to look and how to approach a modeling agency, then covering makeup, health, the catwalk and financial issues and finishing with the 13 Golden Rules for Success.
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Intelligence & Compassion in Action is a tool to empower the aspiring social entrepreneur, with real guidance as to how, and why, social entrepreneurship works. It expounds a new Seven Pillar methodology, inspired by the wisdom of former President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter. Written by the founder of The Elfenworks Foundation, Dr. Lauren Speeth, who lives the lessons she teaches in this book daily, the insights within these pages have come from Speeth's...
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In teaching, when do we have instances of grace, or as the dictionary defines it, courteous goodwill? Are those instances going against what we've been trained to do when teaching, or against what the norms are of academia? Throughout this book, Drs. Candice Price and Miloš Savić have conversations and essays about how they've learned to believe in radical grace for their students. Going through their own personal stories, they provide reasons for...
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In this book, we'll discuss your value as a content creator and why you don't need millions or even hundreds of thousands of followers to participate in brand deals. Whether you're looking to bring in side income, get free products for your hobby or travel around for no cost, this book will give you actual working tips and tricks to make it happen. This book is no-frills. I could have made it hundreds of pages long but that's a waste of both of our...
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Designing and implementing daily lesson plans can be among the most frustrating and time-consuming aspects of teaching-a tedious exercise that places artificial restrictions on student creativity and engagement with learning. In this game-changing book, author and instructional coach Michael Fisher shows teachers how they can free themselves from rigid and ineffective busywork by replacing lesson plans with learning journeys that are guided by the...
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Societal changes alter the nature of youth and require a different approach to engendering social responsibility-different from traditional strategies of telling, punishing, and rewarding. This e-book explains an approach for fostering social responsibility in the classroom while simultaneously handling disruptive behaviors simply and easily. The strategy aids in establishing and maintaining a noncoercive, trusting environment-the first requirement...
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Have you ever wished you were more creative . . . or that your students were more engaged in your lessons? The Wild Card is your step-by-step guide to experiencing a creative breakthrough in your classroom with your students. Wade and Hope King show you how to draw on your authentic self to deliver your content creatively and be the wild card who changes the game for your learners.
15) The Teacher of the Year Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Making the Most of Your Teacher-Leader Role
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Congratulations, you've been selected as a Teacher of the Year! Being a "TOY" is your golden opportunity to evolve as a teacher-leader. The spotlight is on, and the platform is yours to stand on - so you can spread your message about what matters most to you in education. Now what? How do you navigate this new role? How can you make the most impact? This book, written by Alex Kajitani, a California Teacher of the Year who's been through it all - and...
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The heat pounds, knees buckle, palms sweat, and voice turns raspy. Public speaking can be absolutely the most frightening experience of your life, or, at least, a bothersome chore. But it doesn't have to be. Thanks to expert presentation coach Marion Witz, you can learn to make presentations with great aplomb - and actually enjoy yourself in the process! In this easy-to-understand, entertaining book, Marion Witz: -Discusses the best way to prepare...
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I am like most professionals in the sales industry. Even when I'm spending time with my family and friends, my thoughts drift away towards the work I do. I love teaching sales people how to sell and coaching sales managers to get results. In fact, I would say that my obsession with learning the "best practices" of the selling industry is a borderline addiction. Selling Is Magic There is just something about the magic that happens when a buyer is resistant...
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The situations in this book happened over three decades ago. Ironically, the events and management insights described in Leading in Chaos are even more relevant today! Managers from the front line to the boardroom may be dealing with fellow employees and colleagues in the grips of opioid addiction on a regular basis. Partisan politics has permeated every part of our lives, including the work place and navigating the political waters as a manager today...
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The purpose of this book is to identify bottlenecks for young financial professionals' career development. This is not another "how-to" written by a life coach or a business trainer whose professional development went far from the corporate financial practitioner's world. Instead, this book offers what those do not: a voice from the trenches-the real-life experience and hard-earned wisdom of how certain actions, situations, and decisions can lead...
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When Brian Stephens asked me to help him organize a book of his years of experience in public school professional development, I was excited but overwhelmed by the prospect. I couldn't imagine a better use of my skills and passions as a writer, editor and educator. But in his fashion, his completion goals were ambitious. I told him, "But, Brian, I've been writing my own book for a decade." He was undeterred. He started writing chapter after chapter....
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