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Introducing "Amplifying Our Practice" by Chey Cheney and Pawan Wander – an enlightening exploration of teaching and learning that invites educators to reflect, grow, and elevate their practice. In this thought-provoking book, Chey and Pav engage in dynamic conversations with impactful educators, delving into topics such as social justice, student voice, reading comprehension, and assessment.
Join Chey Cheney and Pawan Wander on this remarkable journey of growth and reflection. Discover the insights and revelations that will empower you to amplify your practice, cultivate student success, and foster a more equitable and inclusive educational landscape. "Amplifying Our Practice" is a must-read for educators dedicated to making a difference in the lives of their students and communities.
Mothers’ Gifts shares the poignant narratives of twenty mothers who provide exceptional care to their child(ren) in order to educate and enlighten us. These caregiver experiences broaden the current epistemology and offer best practices that will vastly improve how families are treated today and in the future. In addition to health policy makers, this book is a valuable resource for students and practitioners in diverse fields such as family counselling, nursing, grief counseling, social work, psychology, law, and family, pediatric and rehabilitation medicine.
Women in Educational Leadership: A practitioner’s handbook is a handbook for practitioners in the field who identify as women or support women in leadership at all levels. We know that education, although predominantly and traditionally a profession of women, still clings to a patriarchal hierarchy that leaves women navigating leadership differently. By recognizing, deconstructing and interrogating the intersectionality of this experience, our hope is that this book will provide a diversity of narratives that will prompt reflection, dialogue and inspire change.
A book written by Educational Leaders for Educational Leaders! The Leader Reader is a superb collection of 119 narratives from educational leaders throughout the world. These authentic and powerful international learning experiences take the reader from Utah to Malta, Gloucestershire to Singapore, Toronto to Abu Dhabi and back again, with new inspiration, learnings, and hope after every chapter.
The ecotone is a place of tension where infiltration and survival are tested in unique ways. In terms of school leadership, the ecotone is where we see leadership as a necessary and essential adaptation. Voices Leading from the Ecotone is a volume of narratives by practicing urban school leaders who share adaptive school experiences in high-needs schools where social justice issues are prevalent, and are a daily reality of communities. These can range from issues of poverty, gangs, violence, racial tensions, disabilities, and LGBTQ. Each narrative highlights a leader’s struggles, challenges, and identify the “a-ha” moments that have helped the school move forward.
Benjamin Kutsyuruba and Keith Walker have gathered together over 40 teacher educators, beginning teachers, program coordinators, teacher association and ministry of education experts, teacher mentors, mentors of mentors, school administrators, and educational researchers to provide a unique, pan-Canadian set of perspectives in The Bliss and Blisters of Early Career Teaching.
Self-care, Collective Care, and Justice is a volume that tells the stories of those who want to lead differently. Through a commitment to the well-being of self and others, leaders can both ensure a healthy and productive workplace. The chapters contained here-in offer insights into how one leads and lives with heart, both individually and collectively, and situates this choice as an act of social justice that promotes a sense of belonging for all.
Ninety Feet Under - the myriad effects of poverty, and the challenges faced in escaping it.
The great value in this book is that it not only examines the lives of people caught in poverty, especially from generation to generation, it looks at poverty itself in a revolutionary way.
This groundbreaking book, titled The 21st Century School Leader: Leading Schools in Today's World, focuses on effectively leading schools in the digital age (21st Century and beyond) where a majority of all stakeholders including students, staff, parents, community members, and business owners are digital natives.
Written by an award-winning practitioner and international scholar, the author infuses this approach as it applies to all aspects of school leadership.
Teacher Wellbeing Matters!
Grounded in research that explores flourishing schools and positive educational leadership, this book advocates for much more attention on teacher wellbeing.
This book features essays from top international scholars and practitioners on educational leadership. Each of these authors addresses a specific question directly related to educational leadership and how to make schools more equitable and socially just. Key Questions for Educational Leaders is a must-read for all current and prospective educational leaders as well as those who facilitate leadership programs and ongoing learning.
Some of the featured authors include: Helen M. Gunter (University of Manchester); Joan Poliner Shapiro (Temple University); George Sefa Dei (OISE/UT); John MacBeath (Cambridge University); Margaret Grogan (Chapman University, California); John Smyth (University of Huddersfield); Lejf Moos (Aarhus University, Copenhagen); and Ronald G. Sultana (University of Malta).
This book features case studies from teachers, leaders and educational professors on inclusion in schools. Using a conception of inclusion that acknowledges issues of race, gender, class, sexual orientation, religion and ability, this book provides readers with a useful blend of theory and practice.
The Principal Reader speaks directly to the practising and prospective principals. It involves the lived experiences of practising principals throughout North America and how they address issues such as: change, conflict, social justice, student achievement, burnout, and leadership.
This book presents a range of perspectives on educational law and policy and is divided into three sections addressing topics related to K-12 education, fundamental freedoms and Charter rights, and contemporary legal issues surrounding higher education. This highly engaging book focuses mainly on Canadian case law and jurisprudence, but also draws on American examples.
The authors take the themes of well-being, happiness and flourishing and apply them to the lives of those who work in schools. Drawing on educational professionals' words and experiences, they show there is a deeply held view that teaching is an immensely worthwhile activity, but that uncritical, indiscriminate use of business models in education conflicts with pedagogic principles. They suggest how thinking about learning, leadership and management can be realigned to fit with teachers' sense of value and professional judgement, and how a technical rational view of accountability and performativity might be changed to make school a place where all concerned can flourish within a humane system based on trust and responsibility.
A collection of 77 poems by John P. Portelli author of seven books of poetry, Here Was reflects Portelli’s nomadic adventures and travels in three different continents from Ramallah to Bologna, from Toronto to Rabat, from Lisbon to Istanbul. A gripping collection that mixes existential elements with the call for social justice, and the recollections of gone by days.
Portelli has reinvented the genre of the short story. One has to move on, with one’s imaginary hopping from one stance to another, from rancour to joy, resentment to kindness, holiness to blasphemy. Some moments of our lives are the most memorable ones, and are more significant than hours or maybe years… Moments of happiness, loss, embarrassment, moments of hope. Portelli writes about these memorable moments. Portelli’s swift, conceptually clear and sharp short stories provide us with ordinary yet complex social encounters… sublime encounters that transfer authentic realities into realistic narratives.
Inclusion is the key to reaching every student and achieving whole-school reform. A narrow focus on test scores leaves many students behind, and too often today's schools replicate the very injustices education aims to eliminate. In Principals of Inclusion, author Darrin Griffiths champions the return of a more holistic approach to school administration. As educators, he argues, we must support all of our children in their bid to achieve their full potential as learners and as human beings. The book identifies practical strategies to growing inclusion in urban schools based on the experiences of school principals.
Everyone but Fajza starts off with conflicting media reports in Toronto about a serious incident involving Fajza. The major characters narrate their relation with Fajza and offer their construction of events.
For those of you considering this book, know that you may be transformed by it. Every time a group is together, there is potential for connection and meaning. We all crave a sense of belonging, so why not create the space for community to form in every encounter? HeartSpace creates a way of doing business that positively impacts the way people pay attention to each other, how they attend to their relationships, and how they approach the work at hand.
Everyone working in education has a story to tell; stories which fill your hearts with joy, stories which inspire you, stories which have you laughing out loud and stories which have you shaking your head in disbelief! Whether it may be that dreaded time a child escaped from the classroom by jumping out of the ground floor window, or the mystical powers of a wet paper towel used by teachers to ‘cure’ a myriad of ailments, there are so many memorable moments that happen in classrooms every single day. This book contains an eclectic collection of narratives from education professionals who explore the treats, truths, trials and tribulations of working in education.
Teacher training programmes are incredibly valuable, yet there is a limit to what can be taught in a short amount of time. Teachers are always learning and always growing as professionals. What They Didn't Teach Me on My PGCE captures the voices of over 200 educators who share their heartfelt advice, top tips, honest reflections, disastrous experiences and laugh-out-loud anecdotes about early career teaching.
Fighting the Good Fight enables those in the trenches to share their firsthand experiences of what it means to be on the front lines of education in America. In these thought-provoking and eye-opening narratives by African American principals and assistant principals from across the United States, equity and social justice are paramount. By sharing their insight and expertise, these school leaders offer strategies for navigating the stresses of principalship and the weight of systemic barriers while addressing the critical challenges of 21st century schools.
Because life does not end here and love continues after the body has passed away, Word & Deed Publishing is putting together a book of stories about saying goodbye to a loved one. All of us have lost someone dear to us – grandparent, parent, spouse, sibling, child, grandchild, uncle, aunt, cousin, friend, mentor, coworker, companion, or pet.
We’re looking for contributions that tell a story of life, love, loss, and how we say goodbye to a loved one. Submissions should be 800–900 words maximum and include a photo of the contributor with the loved one.
Each contributor will receive support from a team of experienced editors throughout the publishing process.