Bøger af Todd Whitaker

What needs to be improved at your school? In this essential new book, Todd Whitaker and Courtney Monterecy provide a clear roadmap to making the changes that will bring lasting benefits to your students and staff, whether those changes are small tweaks or larger overhauls.You'll learn step-by-step ways to diagnose the issues and listen to your staff about what needs to change; to hire more effectively and improve the teachers you have; to implement structures and coaching to address student behavior; and to communicate before you need to. Whitaker and Monterecy also show you how to grow as a leader by making time for what only you can do, by developing other leaders within the building, and by always communicating your why. Each chapter is filled with helpful strategies and inspiring true stories.With this book's wisdom and practical takeaways, you will have the courage and know-how to implement the important changes your students truly deserve.

Trying to figure out what to do with your life? Achieve success and fulfillment by discovering the meaning and purpose of your life. What's the meaning of life? What's my purpose? Everyone asks these questions at some point, but few find answers. Why not? Because we're all looking in the wrong place. There is no all-encompassing "meaning of life." There is only the meaning and purpose of your life. Let practical philosopher and anti-guru Todd Whitaker guide you through his no-nonsense process to finding the meaning and purpose of your life and succeeding-on your terms. Inside Why Am I? you'll discover the three overwhelming forces influencing your every step-and how to defeat them. You'll learn how to create a structure within which you can shape your life and experience fulfillment every day. And you'll define "success"-independent from what the media and the Joneses tell and sell you success is. Why Am I? is packed with straightforward, immediately usable, no-holds-barred guidance on finding meaning, purpose, and fulfillment. If you've had it with chasing goals someone else sets for you, succeeding but feeling unfulfilled, reading self-help books that don't help, or knowing there must be something more to life but not knowing where to find it, you'll love Todd Whitaker's hands-off, DIY coaching approach. Get Why Am I? to find the meaning and purpose of your life, and cut your own path to success and fulfillment.

In this groundbreaking book, education experts Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker offer tools, strategies, and advice for defining, assessing, and ultimately transforming your school's culture into one that is positive, forward-looking, and actively working to enrich students' lives.

The secret of effective leadership can elude even the best principals. In The Secret Solution, How One Principal Discovered the Path to Success, a principal travels a journey through four distinct leadership styles as he works to transform a school.

Are You Ready to Take the First Step Toward Excellence?What does it take to be the very best teacher—or the very best leader? What sets excellent educators apart from their peers? And how can you join their ranks? In their work leading up to Start. Right. Now. Todd Whitaker, Jeff Zoul, and Jimmy Casas studied educators from across the nation and discovered four key behaviors of excellence:Excellent Leaders and Teachers...Know the WayFrom their content to best practices, these educators know their stuff.Show the WayCasting a bright vision for the future, these educators see possibilities where others see problems.Go the WayLeading by example is a way of life for the very best.and Grow Each DayA focus on personal and professional development helps these educators succeed.Wherever you are on your journey as an educator, choose to become even greater still—our kids are worth it.Start. Right. Now.