“I Care” Parental Involvement: Engaging Parents to Improve Student Performance, Elbert D. Solomon

Your thinking about, talking about, and interaction with parents will be transformed after experiencing the research-based “I Care” Parental Involvement Three-in-One Curriculum. Available in English and Spanish.

Schools of Quality, John Jay Bonstingl

Successful schools are built on a strong foundation of quality. In this book, Bonstingl outlines the blueprints for creating such a foundation and provides practical tools and examples for putting the Quality Philosophy to work at every level.

$22.95

Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson, M.D.

This is a simple parable that reveals profound truths. It is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a “Maze” and look for “Cheese” to nourish them and make them happy. When you come to see “The Handwriting on the Wall,” you can discover for yourself how to deal with change, so that you can enjoy less stress and more success in your work and in your life. Available in English and Spanish

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$15.95

School, Family, and Community Partnerships, Joyce L. Epstein

This book addresses a fundamental question facing education today: How can teachers and administrators prepare themselves to create positive relationships and productive partnerships with families?

$39.95

Parents Do Make a Difference, Michele Borba, Ed.D.

Filled with step-by-step advice, practical ideas, and real-life examples, Parents Do Make a Difference puts field-tested tools into the hands of every parent and teacher who wants their children to succeed.

$17.95

A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.

This fresh edition of Dr. Payne’s seminal work shares her insights about the culture of poverty. Different values, hidden rules, and behaviors all impact the classroom. Why are the kids from poverty so different? This book has answers that may surprise you. Available in English & Spanish.

From the Hen House to the Penthouse, James H. Patrick, Ph.D.

As a teacher, coach, principal, and superintendent of schools, James H. Patrick shares lessons learned along a sometimes uncertain road to success. This book is a personal testimony, one Patrick has delivered to countless students, athletes, and others. Many were inspired to pursue college, enter professions, become teachers, coaches, and parents using the winning principles of the many who impressed upon them the importance of education and the qualities of a successful leader.

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$14.95

No Principal Left Behind: Leadership Coaching for the 21st Century and Beyond, Fannie Lovelady-Spain, Ph.D. (with Melody Dawson, PMP)

The challenge for the 21st century and beyond, Dr. Lovelady-Spain maintains, is to make certain that every child has the opportunity to attend a highly effective school. From her experience, highly effective schools do not just get that way; more often than not, they are led by highly effective principals who have been coached. This book will raise the level of awareness about what is preventing principals from making a greater impact. It challenges policymakers to take specific and immediate actions in support of principals, to obtain higher results in student achievement.

Facilitation Skills for Team Leaders, Donald Hackett, Ph.D. and Charles L. Martin, Ph.D.

This is a hands-on, practical guide for making teams work. From defining a vision of your organization to making that vision a reality, you will learn how to manage meetings and teams, deal with difficult team members, and ask questions that produce results.

$18.95

FISH!, Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D., Harry Paul, and John Christensen

Imagine a workplace where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude to the job every day. Imagine an environment in which people are truly connected to their work, their colleagues, and to their customers. Addressing today’s most pressing work issues (including employee retention and burnout) with an engaging metaphor and an appealing message that applies to anyone in any sector of any organization, FISH! offers wisdom that is easy to grasp, instantly applicable, and profound.

$15.95

You’ve Got the Power!, Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, Ph.D.

This excellent motivation workbook was designed by combining intellectual ideas with practical activities to generate excitement, enjoyment, and encouragement. The “10 Power Principles” will significantly impact your middle school or high school students’ lives and will motivate them to achieve their goals. It has 96 pages and a reflection log at the end of each chapter. Purchase today and inspire your youths!

Regular $11.95

Hear Our Cry: Boys in Crisis, Paul D. Slocumb

The author creates a riveting portrait of the emotional abyss that engulfs many of our male children. Particularly powerful are the book’s six true case studies and creative solutions.

$21.95

The Fred Factor, Mark Sanborn

In The Fred Factor, Mark Sanborn illuminates the simple steps each of us can take to transform our own lives from the ordinary into the extraordinary. Sanborn, through stories about Fred and others like him, reveals the four basic principles that will help us bring fresh energy and creativity to our life and work: how to make a real difference every day, how to become more successful by building strong relationships, how to create real value for others without spending a penny, and how to constantly reinvent yourself.

$14.95

The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell

The Tipping Point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Malcolm Gladwell explores the tipping phenomenon that can help to create a dramatic change in your organization.

$14.95

Made to Stick, Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Whether you’re a CEO or a full-time mom, you've got ideas that you need to communicate. But it’s hard to transform the way people think and act. In this book, you'll learn how an idea can be made to stick using the six qualities that are outlined.

$21.95

The Success Principles, Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield, cocreator of the phenomenal bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, turns to the principles he’s studied, taught, and lived for more than 30 years in this practical and inspiring guide that will help aspiring persons get from where they are to where they want to be.

The Success Principles™ will teach you how to increase your confidence, tackle daily challenges, live with passion and purpose, and realize all your ambitions. Not merely a collection of good ideas, this book spells our the 64 timeless principles used by successful men and women throughout history. Taken together and practiced every day, these principles will transform your life beyond your wildest dreams!

$15.95