School Development

When you delete your adjectives, who are you? Most people limit themselves to their labels. They embrace barriers based on the box that society puts them in. But your adjectives aren’t your destiny. In Delete the Adjective: A Soldier’s Adventures in Ranger School, Lisa Jaster proves your merit should always trump your labels. Lisa didn’t confine herself to the adjectives of “middle-aged” or “female.” Instead, she became one of the first three women to graduate from the United States Army Ranger program. For those six months in the program, her adjectives didn’t matter.

Hablar de Inteligencia emocional es hacerlo de actualidad en cuanto al desarrollo de la persona, aspecto que ha estado en auge desde hace unas décadas y cuyo ámbito se ha visto útil no sólo en el ámbito personal si no también laboral. Cada vez son más los estudios que se acumulan sobre los beneficios de un correcto desarrollo de la inteligencia emocional, recomendándose formarse en ello cuanto antes mejor. De ahí que la escuela sea el ámbito adecuado para que los más pequeños e incluso los adolescentes conozcan y desarrollen la inteligencia emocional.

Eva Moskowitz has built a national reputation as the founder and leader of Success Academy Charter Schools, one of the country’s most highly regarded networks of schools, but while most people know Eva for her success in educating 20,000 mainly low-income students who are routinely accepted to our nation’s best universities, she has also been responsible for raising three children of her own. In A+ Parenting, Eva shares what she has learned both as a parent and an educator about raising children to be enthusiastic and successful learners.

Your school music program should be 100% funded by the school, the district, and the state. Unfortunately, for most of us that simply isn’t the case. Our programs are running on bare-boned budgets and as music educators and parents we often find ourselves over-worked trying to raise funding to establish a thriving music program. Fortunately, the best music programs never fail to attract supportive parents, alumni, administration, and community members at large. This makes creating and managing a booster program a particularly easy and attractive way to gain essential funding for ...

This money skills for kids book age 7 and 8 helps young learners take real steps toward financial understanding before habits form that are hard to break. Unlike generic options, it combines clear lessons, hands-on activities, and age-appropriate language to keep kids engaged from start to finish. We had to buy the audiobook and the hardcover version because our daughter wanted to take it to school and share it to friends.

We all need agency to feel the power and joy of acting in the face of challenge and opportunity. But we also need humility and restraint to ensure that we guard against hubris and harm. We need trusted and testable navigation tools to give us confidence in our creative power and cautiousness in carrying out our work. Instead of looking for answers, what we are all seeking are tools for navigating the increasingly complex, noisy, conflicted culture that we inhabit. A personal manifesto is one of those tools.

Why does your toddler get upset when his or her routine is disrupted? Why do they follow you from room to room and refuse to play on their own? Why are daily routines such as mealtimes, bath time, and bedtime such a struggle? This accessible guide demystifies the difficult behaviors of anxious toddlers, offering tried-and-tested practical solutions to common parenting dilemmas. Each chapter begins with a real life example, clearly illustrating the behavior from the parent's and the toddler's perspective.

I'm Mike Massie, author of Small Dojo Big Profits and over a dozen other martial arts business books and courses. I've spent years learning how to put together all the "gold nuggets" of information that I picked up from watching and listening to real martial arts business "masters", observing what they did and taking it home to test it in my own studio. Along the way, I learned what not to do through trial and error, all while developing and honing this into a complete system for maximizing martial arts school profits while keeping my overhead to respectable levels.

Discover the power of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, rewire your brain, free your mind from negativity and set yourself up for success.

Stop struggling on the roller coaster and find freedom. In Manage My Emotions, author, psychologist, and emotional intelligence expert Dr. Kenneth Martz draws on over 25 years of improving people's emotional lives to offer you proven and powerful methods for understanding emotions, how they affect your life, and how to change.

Negative thoughts are like weeds that grow all the time without any nurturing since it’s in the human nature to think of negative consequences.

On the other hand, positive thinking about health, love, wealth, success are hard to come by, and like everything worth fighting in this life, they require a lot of nurture and care.

This audiobook plans to give you exactly what you need: the means to stay positive through constant affirmations designed to help improve oneself, change a bad behavior, or channel the universe to attract good things in your life.

What does it take to raise great kids? Do you get tough? Or show acceptance? Lay down the rules? Or lighten up? In this audio guide, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend show you how to avoid the twin extremes of permissiveness and over-control, and instead give your child the care and acceptance that make grace real to your child and the discipline and firmness that give direction. Drs. Cloud and Townsend provide you with important parenting advice that will help you reach middle-ground in the way you raise your kids.

Stoicism School is designed to give you the most in-depth look into the practicalities and concepts of a Stoic mind-set. It is a combination of the following three audiobooks stacked one on top of the other: Master the Ancient Philosophies of Productivity & Peace of Mind, Practical Ways to Harness Your Emotions & Thrive with This Philosophy, and Mindsets & Thinking Tools for Modern Day Success.

This is a book that celebrates the most neglected but valuable emotion we can feel: melancholy. Melancholy isn’t depression, rage, or bitterness. It’s a serene, wise, and kindly response to the difficulties of being alive. It helps us navigate a wise and rational middle ground between extreme despair and naïve optimism. But melancholy is a well-kept secret. It isn't celebrated or recommended. It remains relatively unexplored in a hyper-competitive, noisy, frantic age.

Spotting Danger Before It Spots Your Kids is a book about presenting the concepts of situational awareness to children (ages 5 to 12) in a way that will keep them engaged and help them take an active role in their own personal security. This book will show you how to use fun, interactive games to build situational awareness skills. Whether you're a parent, relative, or work in the childcare industry, the things you impart upon children will have a lasting impact on the way they live their lives. Nowhere is this more important than in the area of personal safety.

Emotional intelligence is a fundamental part of your child’s development, and it’s never too early to plant those seeds of empathy, kindness, and security. Start with this handy guide filled with tried and tested parenting tips to develop your child’s emotional superpowers and unleash their full potential.

Prototyping is a way to test an idea to see if it can be successful before investing too much time and too many resources. But it's not only designers who "prototype" as they work. A skateboarder tries a new trick; that's a prototype experience. A chef experiments with a new dish and new ingredients; that's a prototype experience, too. Once a prototype is made, the creator gains knowledge about what worked and what didn't, what should be used again and what should be trimmed from the experience.

Heroes and Laughter – May the Fourth Be With You! Join Imani, Tommy, and Maya on an adventure-filled day celebrating six special occasions in this delightful children's book perfect for readers ages 6-9! In this charming installment of the "What Shall We Do Today?" series, three curious friends discover that May 4th isn't just one special day—it's six wonderful celebrations all at once! When Maya arrives with an exciting flyer, the children embark on a magical journey to the local fire station where Star Wars Day, International Firefighters' Day, Anti-Bullying Day, World Laughter Day, ...

Whether your child has only been recently diagnosed with ADHD or you’ve been living with their condition for quite a while, it’s normal for parents to feel worried, overwhelmed, and exhausted most of the time. However, keep in mind that ADHD is a condition, not a life sentence. It’s entirely possible for your young one to succeed because of their condition–not despite it. The key is learning how to address your child’s condition properly and consistently at the soonest time possible–the earlier you manage it, the higher their chances of success and happiness.

This practical and efficient guide for parents of teenagers provides tried-and-true parenting concepts that are sure to help create a peaceful and happy relationship with your teens, and pave their way into a meaningful adulthood. Raising a teenager in the era of fake news, social media dominance, and social unrest is quite a challenge. Not knowing how to help your teenager avoid common mistakes, deal with new problems, and navigate the stormy waters of our modern society is common - especially since most of us parents have been raised in a different society 10 or 15 years ago.