Collection: Leadership

Tips and Traps for School Leaders is a practical, experience-based guide to the real challenges school leaders face every day; not theoretical ideas, but what actually works in schools. Authors Trevor Doyle and Ross McSwan have led schools...

Transform your school’s reading outcomes through systematic implementation of the science of reading within a multi-tiered system of supports framework. This comprehensive guide provides over 50 practical tools that help leaders engineer robust support systems across all tiers....

In The Teacher as Assessment Leader, Second Edition, editor Thomas R. Guskey and expert contributors offer research-backed strategies for re-envisioning assessment to enhance student learning and teacher instruction. The authors provide actionable steps, practical examples and strategies for...

Education expert and award-winning researcher Chad Dumas provides teacher team leaders with clarity on their role and approach, accompanied by actions that help teams get started, gain momentum, overcome obstacles, and refine skills that maximise their effectiveness in...

When leaders don’t prioritise their wellness, supporting teachers and students becomes challenging. This resource emphasises wellness as a core part of a leader’s identity, addressing low morale and exploring personal connections. It outlines six critical actions for self-care,...

Transforming School Culture provides a school improvement plan for leaders to overcome staff division, improve relationships and build positive school cultures. Dr Anthony Muhammad contends that in order to transform school culture, we must understand why teachers continue...

Teachers today have a window of opportunity to shape education in a way that will impact the profession for generations. In this compelling and comprehensive book, educator and best-selling author Anthony Muhammad explores the educational hurdles of the...

School improvement begins with self-examination and honest dialogue about socialization, bias, discrimination, and cultural insensitivity. The authors acknowledge both the structural and sociological issues that contribute to low-performing schools and offer multiple tools and strategies to assess and...

Transformational leaders have four distinctive skills: strong communication, the ability to build trust, the ability to increase the skills of those they lead, and a results orientation. Time for Change offers powerful guidance for those seeking to develop and strengthen...

Ensure learning equality in every classroom. Investigate previous and current policies designed to help close the achievement gap. Examine predominant mindsets that contradict school missions to promote equal academic opportunities, and consider the psychological impact this has on...

Even after 25 years, the PLC at Work® process continues to guide schools worldwide. This fourth edition, written by Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Thomas W. Many, Mike Mattos, and Anthony Muhammad, offers new insights into school...

Explore three defining challenges that school teams face when gathering, interpreting and utilising school data. Complete with survey questions for efficient data collection, suggested group work structures, strategies and tools—along with essential definitions and descriptions of data types—this...

Multilingual students have unique learning needs that must be addressed if they are to thrive. Understand how to intentionally involve instructional coaches in equipping teachers to successfully implement high-impact strategies that engage not just English learners but everyone...

A must-have resource for coaches, leaders and teams, this book covers approaches for boosting professional growth and macrostrategies that are responsive to student needs. Learn how to offer targeted feedback to teachers, empowering them to identify how they...

The traditional system of education is failing our students. Evidence shows competency-based education (CBE) develops empowered learners who succeed, but effective implementation requires a system-wide, coordinated approach. Competency-Based Education Ignited offers school and district leaders a road map...

Accurately report students' academic strengths and weaknesses with standards-based grading. Rather than using traditional systems that incorporate nonacademic factors such as attendance and behaviour, learn to assess and report student performance based on prioritised standards. You will discover...

Drawing on the science of reading – and research on high-performing schools and effective leadership – authors Pati Montgomery and Angela Hanlin provide school and district leaders with the tools to systematically implement and create the necessary systems...

In Culture Keepers, renowned educator and author Dr Anthony Muhammad compiles essays from leading names in education on how to build and sustain a strong school culture. Contributors provide guidance on how to transform school culture post-pandemic, how...