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Adventure of Ascent: Field Notes from a Lifelong Journey
by Luci ShawIn this book, writer-poet Luci Shaw has given us a lifetime of exquisite reflections on nature, love, death, suffering, loss, faith, doubt, creativity, curiosity, lifelong learning—all of it drawn from the breadth of her own experience, harvested in penetrating and lyrical insights. Still active in her eighties, Luci now turns her attention to the season of edging toward the borders. Her spirit of adventure, her brave transparency, and her openness to all that life offers (as well as inflicts) makes her a captivating and hope-inspiring mentor. For most of us, growing older is a reality we put off as long as possible—until we realize with a shock that it is happening to us. We immediately look around to see how others on the path just ahead of us are dealing with it. So here is the intrepid Luci Shaw, taking readers on a virtual hike with her, with steps more deliberate and slow but also with surprising vistas that fill us with gratitude. In this book Luci serves as a fearless and eloquent scout. As she traverses new territory, she records her experiences lovingly, honestly, sorrowfully, joyfully—here's what it's like, and here's what to be ready for. These field notes will inform your own journey, no matter what your age.
Adventure Revolution: The life-changing power of choosing challenge
by Belinda KirkFor the past twenty-five years, Belinda Kirk's professional life has revolved around adventure. She's seen it change people first hand: turning the timid into the confident, the addicted into the recovering, and the lost into the intentionally wandering. As a force for change, adventure can be powerful like few others.This book is about this transformational power, and the first to explore why adventure is essential to our wellbeing. From managing anxiety and overcoming fear, to finding self-worth and building interpersonal connections, to being happier, healthier, and more playful, ADVENTURE REVOLUTION draws lessons from more than two decades of experience leading groups into the wilderness around the globe. Illuminated with Belinda's personal narrative, her own research with modern hunter-gatherers, and the latest findings in neuroscience and behaviour, ADVENTURE REVOLUTION presents a compelling case for ditching the living room in favour of a longer, happier, and more adventurous life.
Adventure Revolution: The life-changing power of choosing challenge
by Belinda KirkFor the past twenty-five years, Belinda Kirk's professional life has revolved around adventure. She's seen it change people first hand: turning the timid into the confident, the addicted into the recovering, and the lost into the intentionally wandering. As a force for change, adventure can be powerful like few others.This book is about this transformational power, and the first to explore why adventure is essential to our wellbeing. From managing anxiety and overcoming fear, to finding self-worth and building interpersonal connections, to being happier, healthier, and more playful, ADVENTURE REVOLUTION draws lessons from more than two decades of experience leading groups into the wilderness around the globe. Illuminated with Belinda's personal narrative, her own research with modern hunter-gatherers, and the latest findings in neuroscience and behaviour, ADVENTURE REVOLUTION presents a compelling case for ditching the living room in favour of a longer, happier, and more adventurous life.
Adventure Revolution: The life-changing power of choosing challenge
by Belinda KirkFor the past twenty-five years, Belinda Kirk's professional life has revolved around adventure. She's seen it change people first hand: turning the timid into the confident, the addicted into the recovering, and the lost into the intentionally wandering. As a force for change, adventure can be powerful like few others.This book is about this transformational power, and the first to explore why adventure is essential to our wellbeing. From managing anxiety and overcoming fear, to finding self-worth and building interpersonal connections, to being happier, healthier, and more playful, ADVENTURE REVOLUTION draws lessons from more than two decades of experience leading groups into the wilderness around the globe. Illuminated with Belinda's personal narrative, her own research with modern hunter-gatherers, and the latest findings in neuroscience and behaviour, ADVENTURE REVOLUTION presents a compelling case for ditching the living room in favour of a longer, happier, and more adventurous life.
The Adventurer's Guide to Living a Happy Life: 63 Simple Tips to Add Happiness to Your Life Each and Every Day
by Matt MostellerThe Adventurer&’s Guide to Living a Happy Life is a no-nonsense, straightforward collection of tips that will guide you forward on your journey to a happy life. Leave it to Powder Matt, coach, executive, family man, lover of life, and outdoor adventurer to provide simple tips that you can easily use to enhance your own life. Distilled from his own vast knowledge and experience, from heart-pounding adventures to walking in his local park to preparing and training for one of the world&’s toughest adventure races, or his harrowing, life-changing experience of surviving a grizzly attack, he boils down what has worked for him into this easy-to-read guide consisting of sixty-three simple tips to add happiness to your life each and every day. This book will help you to: Stick to adding happiness to your life each and every day Take stock daily and become aware of your actions Focus on positive action that creates a ripple effect Stay motivated, focused, and refreshed Celebrate the small successes daily Believe that you will feel happier every day!
Adventures for Your Soul
by Shannon Kaiser"An incredible woman on a mission to help people find peace,happiness, and fulfillment." Gabrielle Bernstein, author of Miracles NowHave you ever felt like there's something holding you back?Maybe that something is you . . . Sometimes the one thing you need to make a change is to see things from a fresh perspective. Discover twenty-one innovative emotional explorations to boldly confront the habits that are holding you back in this breakthrough guide that provides the tools you need to fearlessly embrace your innermost desires. Drawing from her own transformational experiences, Shannon Kaiser's program utilizes an empowering process that encourages you to go on adventures for your soul so you can: * Achieve your goals* Remove limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging patterns* Feel freedom from fear and live with purpose and passion* Be unapologetic about your innermost desires* And make happiness your natural way of life By focusing on how your life feels instead of how it looks on the outside, you can passionately experience your own life adventures. By changing the way you see yourself, you can ultimately live life to the fullest.
Adventures in Coaching: Unlocking the power of personal and business coaching through a captivating story
by Ben DowmanThis enchanting story uses Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to explain personal and business coaching in a magical and entertaining adventure. A host of fanciful characters show readers how to have an effective coaching conversation from start to finish, and to reach real world outcomes in a more transformative way.In this captivating story, Alice finds herself turning into a pizza, going straight to jail on the Monopoly board and embarking on a space flight. Along the way she meets a helpful turtle, a charismatic ladybird and a fox with some personal problems, among a cast of curious characters.Research shows that learning is often better retained when made fun and stimulating. This book delivers the most rigorous and advanced textbook coaching theory, including the GROW model, contracting and feedback, in a uniquely engaging and mesmerising manner. The structure and sequence of the material is based on a tried and tested progression that the author has refined through his training and workshops over many years.This groundbreaking approach to learning to coach will do for coaching what Who Moved My Cheese did for managing change.
Adventures in Darkness: The Summer of an Eleven Year Old Blind Boy: A Memoir
by Tom SullivanIn this inspiring memoir, the actor and singer remembers the incredible summer he refused to let blindness keep him from living like other children. In the summer of 1959, eleven-year-old Tom Sullivan was desperate to experience life the way other little boys did. Blind since infancy, he&’d learned much at the venerable Perkins School for the Blind. But he was beginning to feel confined by its rules and sheltered environment. Encouraged by his saloon owner father, he spent that summer undertaking adventurous challenges of all kinds—from pitching in a Little League game to boxing the neighborhood bully. In this hair-raising and heartwarming memoir, Tom vividly recounts a summer in which he boldly attempted—and often achieved—the impossible.
Adventures in Franchise Ownership: 4 Pillars to Strengthen, Protect and Grow Your Business
by Christy Wilson DelkWritten in the style of a business &‘tell-all&’, Adventures in Franchise Ownership lays out what successful franchisees do that you won&’t find in most owner&’s manuals and includes franchisee Christy Wilson Delk&’s good, bad, and really tough days before her successful exit 15 years later. Franchisees, like most small business owners, experience times of extreme frustration, lapses in motivation, and often exit before reaching their potential and their goals. Based on Christy&’s real-life franchise ownership adventures, this guide explains how her 4 Pillar to Pillars Approach helps all franchise owners get to the top tier of their franchise system and includes advice from 16 top performers representing over a dozen market segments. With humor, candor, and relatability, Christy fills in the gaps of the franchise Owner&’s Manual by providing a constructive framework for finding professional satisfaction and attaining the financial success franchise owners everywhere want and deserve.
Adversaries into Allies
by Bob BurgThe Sages asked, "Who is mighty?" and answered, "Those who can control their own emotions and make of an enemy a friend. " In the bestselling book The Go-Giver, Bob Burg and John David Mann revolutionized the way we think about success via one very simple lesson: "Shifting one's focus from getting to giving (constantly and consistently providing value to others) is both very fulfilling and the most profitable way to do business. Now Burg is back with a new book, offering deeper insight into what it means to be truly influential and providing powerful strategies for mastering the art of winning people over. Faced with the task of persuading someone to do what we want, most of us expect, and often encounter, resistance. We see the other person as an adversary and often resort to coercion or manipulation in order to get our way. But while this approach might at times bring us short-term results, it leaves people with a bad feeling about themselves and about us. At that point, our relationship with the person is weakened and our influence dramatically decreased. There is a better way. Drawing on his own experiences and the stories of other influential people, Burg offers five simple principles of what he calls Ultimate Influence-the ability to win people to your side in a way that leaves everyone feeling great about the outcome . . . and about themselves!: Control your own emotions: Responding calmly rather than allowing your emotions to get the better of you will ensure not putting others on the defensive but rather help them remain open to your ideas. Understand the clash of belief systems: Every individual operates based on an unconscious set of beliefs, experiences, and ideas, which are most likely very different from yours. Understand this and you can avoid confusion and numerous misunderstandings that stand in the way of most people's ability to influence. Acknowledge their ego: People want to feel good about themselves; if you make someone genuinely feel good, you're one step closer to making an ally. Set the proper frame: People react and respond to other people. Approach potential conflicts from a position of benevolence, resolution, and helpfulness and they will follow suit. Communicate with tact and empathy: While the first four principles are vital, this is what brings it all home. Saying the right thing at the right time makes all the difference in terms of moving people to your side of the issue and taking the appropriate action that benefits all concerned. In the tradition of Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People and Robert Cialdini's Influence, Burg offers a tried-and-true framework for building alliances at work, at home, and anywhere else you seek to win people over. .
The Adversity Advantage: Turning Everyday Struggles into Everyday Greatness
by Erik Weihenmayer Paul StoltzFrom the world’s foremost blind athlete and a Harvard Business School lecturer comes an inspiring, seven-step program for converting both mundane and dramatic struggles into the kind of fuel that spur personal and professional greatness.Adversity is one of the most potent forces in life. It shapes your character, clarifies your priorities, and defines your path. It can also fuel your greatness. Each of us faces a rich assortment of adversities every day, ranging from minor hassles to major setbacks and challenges, even tragedies. Nobody knows this better than blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and adversity expert Dr. Paul Stolz. In this exciting new edition of The Adversity Advantage, this dream-team joined forces to offer incredible experiences and practical science to teach you how to turn life challenges into a powerful advantage. Weihenmayer, who is the only blind person to climb Mount Everest and the Seven Summits, shares his struggles on high mountains to turn adversity on its head and do the impossible. Coauthor Stoltz has spent decades decoding the human relationship with adversity and is the creator of the globally acclaimed Adversity Quotient. Fully revised and updated, this new edition of The Adversity Advantage offers lessons from real-life adventure, seemingly insurmountable challenges, and extensive research to help you achieve greatness. This unique book provides an exciting and insightful framework for surpassing obstacles and reaching higher goals. Its seven proven principles will help you harness the adversity in your life and turn it into agility, innovation, energy, and happiness: · Take it on!· Summon your strength· Engage your core· Pioneer possibilities· Pack light, pack right· Suffer well· Deliver greatness, every day Let The Adversity Advantage inspire you to overcome obstacles, no matter how daunting!
Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe
by JeezyTo Jeezy&’s legion of fans, his name is synonymous with hustle, grit, and the integrity to go out there and achieve your dreams. In his first book, Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe, Jeezy shares never heard stories of what it took for him to beat the odds and get out of the streets, his mindset he carefully honed to get an edge, and the lessons that changed his life and business.Born into poverty and raised in a small town in the middle of South Georgia&’s so-called &“Black belt,&” Jeezy realized at an early age that nothing was going to come easy, there were no handouts headed his way, and if he ever wanted anything in life, he was going to have to get out there and get it on his own. So that&’s what he did. Now, for the first time, Jeezy retraces his steps, going back to day one to share how he turned nothing into something, stayed solid, survived the trap, and triumphed over adversity to become the successful artist, father, husband, entrepreneur, and philanthropist that he is today. Adversity for Sale isn&’t a street memoir. Like his music, these pages are filled with lessons from his deeply personal story to motivate you to go out and get after your dream.
Adversity Quotient at Work: Finding Your Hidden Capacity for Getting Things Done
by Paul G. StoltzIn 1997, Paul Stoltz unleashed a revolution with his groundbreaking book Adversity Quotient: Turning Obstacles into Opportunities, introducing the concept of the Adversity Quotient into public consciousness. Now, in Adversity Quotient @ Work, Stoltz applies the principles of his brilliant theory to the uniquely challenging environment of the workplace.AQ is a measure of one's ability to handle adversity. Those who can't become easily overwhelmed and emotional, then pull back and stop trying; those who can handle adversity become the leaders of today and tomorrow. Adversity Quotient @ Work clearly demonstrates how workers and managers can use this concept of the AQ to their own advantage, and to the benefit of their clients and customers.Adversity Quotient @ Work teaches listeners how to hire and retain highly motivated and talented workers, develop employees to their full potential, and create a leadership culture that encourages all to put forth their best efforts and maximize their performance capabilities. Based on real research performed with thousands of managers and members of the workforce on the front lines of hundreds of businesses, it will quickly become any corporation's indispensable handbook for success.
Advertencia Global: Detalles Proféticos Revelados
by Bill VincentAdvertencia Global por Bill Vincent Detalles Proféticos Revelados ¿Estás dispuesto a convertirte en un Centinela del Señor? ¿Estás dispuesto a convertirte en un centinela del Señor? En Advertencia Global, Bill Vincent nos insta a todos a pronunciarnos por los Estados Unidos. En un esfuerzo por buscar y eliminar la maldad que se ha calado hasta llevar a los lugares elevados de nuestra sociedad, Bill nos llama a cada uno de nosotros a pasar tiempo en oración y prepararnos para difundir las advertencias de Dios. Aléjate de los medios sociales. Apaga tu televisor. Busca en tu interior la palabra de Dios. Su palabra sola nos guía a la verdad, a los peligros de nuestra sociedad y al llamado a la acción. Cuando nuestro Señor haga sonar la alarma, ¿aceptarás su llamado? Emplea tu fe, alimenta tu alma y prepárate para su palabra. Toma tu ejemplar de este libro hoy. Género: RELIGIÓN / Vida Cristiana / General Género Secundario: RELIGIÓN / Vida Cristiana / Crecimiento Personal Idioma: Español Palabras Clave: Aborto, Homosexualidad, Estados Unidos, Obama Conteo de palabras: 40000 Extracto: Voy a empezar echando los cimientos de aquello de lo que Dios está hablando en cuanto a hacer sonar la alarma. Hemos de ser los centinelas del Señor y Dios nos está levantando para ello. Durante todo el verano tuvimos reuniones en el parque en Litchfield, Illinois, y Dios le habló de manera específica a nuestro Ministerio “Revival Waves of Glory” (“Olas de Avivamiento de Gloria”); dijo que habíamos de levantarnos como los centinelas del Señor. Hemos de ser aquellos que están de pie y observan y ven en el Espíritu y pueden decir la verdad. Hemos de pronunciarnos en nombre de los Estados Unidos. El verdadero patriotismo representado por los colores de nuestra bandera - rojo, blanco y azul - se manifestará a través de aquellos que se posicionan como los verdaderos centinelas del Seño
The Advertising Kit: Complete Guide for Small Businesses
by Jeanette SmithPresents information on Advertising for small businesses, how to maximize advertising dollars and get your message out.
Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying
by Sallie TisdaleA straightforward, wise, and humorous narrative field guide for both the dying and those who love them by an author who brings a unique set of qualifications to this delicate subject—she's a Pushcart Prize-winning writer, a palliative care nurse with more than ten years of experience, and a lifelong Buddhist. <P><P>If you don't plan, you're only limiting your options. We do not know when we will die. We may see it coming from far away, or all at once. But I will die and you will die. You believe that, don't you? <P><P>You get ready to die the way you get ready for a trip. Start by realizing you don't know the way. Read a few travel guides. Study the language, look at maps, gather equipment. Let yourself imagine what it will be like. Pack your bags. This book is one of those travel guides—a guide to preparing for your own death and the deaths of people close to you. <P><P>The fact of death is hard to believe. Sallie Tisdale explores our fears and all the ways death and talking about death make us uncomfortable—but she also explores its intimacies and joys. <P><P>Tisdale looks at grief, what the last days and hours of life are like, and what happens to dead bodies. Advice for Future Corpses includes exercises designed to make you think differently about the inevitable. She includes practical advice, personal experience, a little Buddhist philosophy, and stories. <P>But this isn't a book of inspiration or spiritual advice—Advice for Future Corpses is about how you can get ready. Start by admitting that we are all future corpses.
Advice from a Blob: How to Find Peace in this Messy, Beautiful, Chaotic Existence
by LennnieFrom social media sensation Lennnie, a full-color, illustrated self-care book filled with all-new insights to boost our mental health—wisdom to help us combat the negativity and hate, find acceptance and peace, and embrace the miracle of ourselves and the wonder of life itself. “Hello humans, my name’s Lennnie, I’m a little Blob that was sent by the book Gods to come check on you. So, let’s get into it shall we? It really is a chaotic tornado sh*tstorm of debauchery out there . . . but I promise you’re gonna be okay. Really Truly Absolutely Positively Fine. Even if it doesn’t feel like it right now.” At a time when many of us yearn for a world filled with more kindness, compassion, and community, Lennnie—an adorable, sassy, loving animated blob—has become a social media star. A dose of Lennnie’s gentle, down-to-earth positivity gets us get through even the darkest days, because Lennnie keeps it real, avoiding empty platitudes and reminding of us of the most important thing: love. Lennnie encourages us to disregard the haters, especially those negative voices that can fill our heads, and brings joy and happiness into our daily lives.Advice from a Blob features exclusive, all-new material covering a range of issues that matter most, both to Lennnie's avid fanbase and to everyone just discovering this beautiful little Blob. Packed with 130 unique, full-color illustrations with extended captions, this charming keepsake book offers wisdom and insights on important themes central to our mental health, including grief, loneliness, thought demons, failure, coping with change, anxiety, feeling lost, and finding your people. As Lennnie reminds us, no matter where we are in life, we’ve got this. copyright Lennnie, LLC
Advice from My 80-Year-Old Self: Real Words of Wisdom from People Ages 7 to 88
by Susan O'Malley“The voices gathered here display incredible wit, sincerity, and generosity; we are lucky to be able to listen to them.” —ArtforumIf you had the opportunity to meet your eighty-year-old self, what do you think she/he would tell you?That is the question artist Susan O’Malley, who was herself to die far too young, asked more than a hundred ordinary people of every age, from every walk of life. She then transformed their responses into vibrant text-based images. From a prompt to do things that matter to your heart, to a reminder that it’s okay to have sugar in your tea, these are calls to action and words to live by—heartfelt, sometimes humorous, and always fiercely compassionate. This stirring celebration of our collective humanity unveils the wisdom we hold inside ourselves right now.“Everyone, regardless of age, can take something away from this uplifting work.” —Real Simple
Advice from Strangers: Everything I know from people I don't know
by Rachel Parris'Warm witty and wise.' --RICHARD OSMAN'Hilarious, wise and heart breaking. Like an all-night over-share with your best friend.' --SARA PASCOE'Rachel is one of my favourite comedians. This book is warm, wise and hilarious. It is written in her comic voice - a voice she mainly has used to tell me off, so I am thrilled to see it deployed in this way.' --NISH KUMAR'The most joyful bursts of wisdom from a truly funny soul. I adore this book.' --CARIAD LLOYD'Hilarious, original and wise. This is essential reading.' --ELLIE TAYLOR'Rachel is one of the wisest, funniest people I know. Funny, sad, beautiful and ridiculous, Advice from Strangers has it all.' --PIPPA EVANS'A hilarious, fiery, reassuring hug of a book. Full of laughter, compassion and feminist wisdom.' --FRAN BUSHE'An essential, hilarious handbook for life.' --ATHENA KUGBLENUCOMEDIAN RACHEL PARRIS WAS ASKED TO GIVE AN INSPIRING GRADUATION SPEECH. WHO DID SHE ASK FOR ADVICE? TOTAL STRANGERS...Over the course of a year award-winning comedian Rachel Parris asked members of her live audience for advice. Here she takes those random bits of wisdom - such as 'Be Kind' or 'Never Pass Up the Opportunity for a Wee' - and explores them in ways that are funny and serious, hilarious and heart-breaking. This uplifting feminist manifesto of a book outlines the essentials of living in the modern world; dealing with everything from Tampons to Tories and from #hashtags to Staying Hydrated.
Advice from Strangers: Everything I know from people I don't know
by Rachel Parris'Warm witty and wise.' --RICHARD OSMAN'Hilarious, wise and heart breaking. Like an all-night over-share with your best friend.' --SARA PASCOE'Rachel is one of my favourite comedians. This book is warm, wise and hilarious. It is written in her comic voice - a voice she mainly has used to tell me off, so I am thrilled to see it deployed in this way.' --NISH KUMAR'The most joyful bursts of wisdom from a truly funny soul. I adore this book.' --CARIAD LLOYD'Hilarious, original and wise. This is essential reading.' --ELLIE TAYLOR'Rachel is one of the wisest, funniest people I know. Funny, sad, beautiful and ridiculous, Advice from Strangers has it all.' --PIPPA EVANS'A hilarious, fiery, reassuring hug of a book. Full of laughter, compassion and feminist wisdom.' --FRAN BUSHE'An essential, hilarious handbook for life.' --ATHENA KUGBLENUCOMEDIAN RACHEL PARRIS WAS ASKED TO GIVE AN INSPIRING GRADUATION SPEECH. WHO DID SHE ASK FOR ADVICE? TOTAL STRANGERS...Over the course of a year award-winning comedian Rachel Parris asked members of her live audience for advice. Here she takes those random bits of wisdom - such as 'Be Kind' or 'Never Pass Up the Opportunity for a Wee' - and explores them in ways that are funny and serious, hilarious and heart-breaking. This uplifting feminist manifesto of a book outlines the essentials of living in the modern world; dealing with everything from Tampons to Tories and from #hashtags to Staying Hydrated.
Advice from Strangers: Everything I know from people I don't know
by Rachel ParrisCOMEDIAN RACHEL PARRIS WAS ASKED TO GIVE AN INSPIRING GRADUATION SPEECH. WHO DID SHE ASK FOR ADVICE? TOTAL STRANGERS...Over the course of a year award-winning comedian Rachel Parris asked members of her live audience for advice. Here she takes those random bits of wisdom - such as 'Be Kind' or 'Never Pass Up the Opportunity for a Wee' - and explores them in ways that are funny and serious, hilarious and heart-breaking. This uplifting feminist manifesto of a book outlines the essentials of living in the modern world; dealing with everything from Tampons to Tories and from #hashtags to Staying Hydrated. (P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
The Advice King Anthology: The Advice King Anthology
by Chris CroftonSince the fall of 2014, The Advice King has been one of the most widely read sections of alt-weekly the Nashville Scene. The Advice King Anthology contains the best of those columns, with new In-the-Meantime notes, a new introduction, and a foreword by writer Tracy Moore. If you are looking for traditional advice, this might not be the book for you. But if you care to find the incendiary, subversive, and hilarious alongside actual thoughts about addiction, depression, gentrification, politics, poetry, music, economic policy, living in New Nashville, and (inevitably) romance, the Advice King has much to offer.
Advising on Governance in Education (The Education Adviser)
by Association of Education AdvisersAn ideal book for new or prospective education advisers which focuses on why governance is needed, what forms of governance are necessary and how these are implemented in practice. As the third instalment of The Education Adviser series, it offers essential background reading for anyone involved in advising within the education system.Divided into three sections, this book details the specifics of governance, illustrating the skills, knowledge, understanding and approaches required for governance advising. As a contributed volume, it presents a diverse range of perspectives from MAT leaders, headteachers, key influencers, and education advisers at local, regional, national and international levels. Each chapter concludes with the author's analysis of the impact and differences made, resulting in a thorough, insightful, and practical text. These case scenarios also encourage readers to reflect and consider integrating these approaches to their own practice.Chapter contents include: the importance of quality advice for school governors; regulatory frameworks across the UK jurisdictions; the principles of good governance; governance and partnerships; the role of governance in transformative change within the school setting. Readers will be fully equipped with an understanding of the role of governance in education advising and how this can enhance the educational outcomes of children, young people, and the overall effectiveness of educational settings.
Advising on School Improvement (The Education Adviser)
by Association of Education AdvisersTheoretical and practical exemplification of the education adviser's skills, knowledge and understanding in relation to school improvement.This is the second book in The Education Adviser series which fully aligns with the AoEA accreditation and focuses on school improvement, supporting the professional learning of education advisers.The education system has undergone significant change recently, giving education advisers a huge part to play, especially around school improvement. Divided into three parts – context and causality, building capacity, and collaborative school improvement – providing a thorough exploration of school improvement strategies. The range of contributions – from MAT leaders, headteachers, system leaders, key influencers and education advisers – showcases diverse perspectives and approaches and provides critically reflective opportunities.This book delves into the following topics and more: understanding a school’s improvement within a wider context, advising on curriculum, and pedagogy, supporting new head teachers in identifying priorities, building capacity to create and sustain an inclusive school culture, system-wide collaboration. Perfect for new or prospective education advisers, it will help school leaders fully understand the complexities of school improvement and how to apply this knowledge in practice.
Advocating for the Environment: How to Gather Your Power and Take Action
by Susan InchesAn accessible, solutions-oriented guide for addressing the earth's environmental crisis and enacting meaningful changeWhat can we as ordinary citizens do about climate change?" While countless environmental books focus on the causes of our current crisis, Advocating for the Environment is one of the first to focus on advocacy and policy-based solutions, arming readers with the tools they need to take action and enact change. In Part I, environmental policy expert Susan Inches discusses storytelling, empathy, mindset, and how effective communication can help us collaborate with others, even those with opposing views. Part II focuses on practical skills like coalition building, media relations, communication strategy, and navigating political and bureaucratic obstacles that block large-scale legislation. The book also includes case studies, research, and templates to deepen learning. Professors and teachers, students, legislators, environmental clubs, and church groups will also find useful ideas and strategies on every page.