Professional Development Education

Best-selling author Rafe Esquith, the only teacher to receive the National Medal of Arts, has garnered the American Teacher Award and numerous other honors. Still teaching fifth graders in a small, leaky classroom in downtown Los Angeles, Esquith fosters a wholesome climate where character, humility, and diligence matter and support is unconditional. For his mostly poor and Hispanic students, Esquith models two maxims: Be nice and work hard, and There are no shortcuts. And his students thrive!

Jadie never spoke. She never laughed, or cried, or uttered any sound. Despite efforts to reach her, Jadie remained locked in her own troubled world - until one remarkable teacher persuaded her to break her self-imposed silence. Nothing in all of Torey Hayden's experience could have prepared her for the shock of what Jadie told her - a story too horrendous for Torey's professional colleagues to acknowledge.

Empower yourself or your team with this comprehensive training manual for after-school and camp counselors. Whether you're experienced or just starting out, this guide offers clear steps and practical insights to create a safe, nurturing, and engaging environment for every child. This is professional development that provides lifelong tools to help you excel in your career and well beyond.

The Ultimate Trainer for After School & Camp Counselors is a comprehensive guide designed for professionals working with children in after-school programs and summer camps. This essential resource covers policies, procedures, and best practices that ensure a safe, engaging, and well-managed environment.

Teaching has never been easy, but these days, it seems to keep getting harder. As the pressure builds, many educators are calling it quits on a profession that once felt like a calling. Planning to Stay offers a hopeful alternative.

Career Pathways: From School to Retirement brings together leading workforce researchers and practitioners to provide new perspectives on school-to-work and workplace career pathways. This groundbreaking book explains the transformations that have taken place in the workplace over the past several decades and how those transformations have combined to produce a dramatically different career landscape.

Despite ongoing professional development for urban educators, many inner-city school students are still not performing on high levels or even grade level. This book is a practical guide to helping educators understand the innate difficulties of transferring expertise from the experts, through the teachers, and into the students in a meaningful way that demonstrates student learning.

In this book, I'll reveal the powerful techniques employed by best-selling authors, and I'll show you how to apply them to rivet your readers. I'll start with the basics of Point of View - if you're already familiar with the concept, you can treat them as a refresher - and then guide you to advanced strategies for taking your reader deep.

Networking for Career Success shows professionals how to enhance their careers through effective networking. It covers everything from basics of networking to targeted techniques for making a career change, funding a new business venture, adding clients, and more.

Marine Maxims is a collection of fifty principle-based leadership lessons that Thomas J. Gordon acquired commanding Marines over a career spanning three decades of service. Dealing with the complexities and challenges of the contemporary operating environment requires an internal moral compass fixed true. These maxims focus on developing inner citadels of character, moral courage, and the resilience to persevere in a contested domain where information is key. Its purpose is to provide future leaders with a professional development plan that will enable them to lead with honor.

After a life spent studying people and business, Mike has developed a completely novel process that will take the listener through a systematic method to leave their old limitations behind and capitalize on the limitless opportunities of this fast-paced, high-tech world.

You might have a step-wife or a step-husband. Chances are that this phantom relationship is haunting your life and you might even wonder how much longer you can hang on. Here is the reality: Whether it’s a good situation or a bad situation, this relationship is going to impact your life for as long as you live. It can be like having a third person in your bedroom, or a third person on your bank account, or even an extra person undermining your relationship with the children.

Study for your ASWB social work licensing exam on the go! With this audio study guide from social work exam coach Jeremy Schwartz, author of Pass the LMSW Exam and LMSW Passing Score, you can review content and practice questions during gaps in your day. This volume covers human development and behavior--one of the core content areas for the ASWB master's level social work licensing exam--and includes 80 practice questions with detailed answer explanations.

Getting fluent in the language of emotions is guaranteed to improve your life. Discover the basics of controlling and “hacking” your emotions so that you can get more from your life.

Communication is a must-have skill for all people, especially leaders and professionals. It does not matter what industry you’re working in, the role, or size of the organization you’re leading, you will inevitably interact with many different people. And effective communication is the main component to ensure professional success. Communicate NOT Communihate will empower you with vital tools, techniques, and advice you need to become an effective communicator.