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...

This new edition of a classic work is written for educators invested in the moral imperative to do what’s right for all students. The authors work from the mindset that PLC at Work® is a continuous process of...

Effective school leadership requires resilience during high demands to deliver results. Scott A. Laliberte provides educational leaders with strategies and resources to build mental, physical and emotional strength, using a balanced leadership philosophy inspired by athletic training. Through...

Get motivated by this collection of voices from women in leadership and their allies. Janel Keating and Jasmine K. Kullar gather a wide variety of educational leaders to focus on effective leadership practices as they relate to women,...

In a culture of shared leadership, the administrator's role is more important than ever. How do you maintain the right balance of loose and tight leadership? How do you establish profound, lasting trust? What principles strengthen principal leadership?...

Transform your teacher teams into the driving force of student success and collaboration with this practical, action-driven guide. A companion to Learning by Doing, this handbook delivers 15 essential actions that highly effective teams use to strengthen collaboration,...

This practical guide helps principal supervisors develop effective strategies to hire, support and retain strong school leaders. The authors provide intentional strategies for building collaborative teams, offering professional development and providing ongoing feedback to ensure principals thrive and...

Author Brig Leane introduces the PLC Dashboard, a tool designed to help administrators and teachers efficiently implement the PLC at Work® process. This resource utilises a seven-step learning cycle, complete with illustrative examples, concise templates and reflective exercises....

Explore the vital link between personal wellbeing and professional success in this guide to educational leadership. Drawing on personal experiences, author Joshua Ray offers practical strategies, relatable anecdotes and templates to help leaders thrive professionally and personally. Learn...

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 going, gain momentum, overcome obstacles and refine skills that maximize their effectiveness in...

A nurturing, caring school environment is essential for school improvement and student motivation. In this book, Douglas Reeves and Robert Eaker bring the importance of a caring environment to the forefront of school transformation efforts. They identify who...

Celebrations enrich the lives of students, staff members and school communities. The authors provide powerful, compelling stories; proven strategies; and practical tools for embedding celebration into school culture. Drawing on insights from schools and districts, this book empowers...

Written by a collective of brilliant authors, this essential work provokes respectful dialogue about race that catalyses school-changing action. The book masterfully weaves together an array of scenarios and discussions, and directly addresses challenging topics such as discomfort,...

Author Mario I. Acosta emphasises the critical importance of school culture in enhancing student learning and optimising teacher efficacy. In this guide, he defines and examines the foundations of an effective school culture and how it influences the...

When leaders foster a culture of frequent, specific recognition in their school system, it allows collaborative teams to function at high levels. In this book, the authors demonstrate how celebrating the “right work” of professional learning communities stimulates...

Support and retain your best and brightest new teachers. The second edition of this acclaimed book retains much of what made the original a classic, but now offers the latest research along with new insights, strategies and best...

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...

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...