Books

Sustaining Change In Schools - How to Overcome Differences and Focus on Quality

Do you believe that students learn more from what we as adults do than from what we say? If so, do you struggle to align day-to-day educational practices with your community's stated goals for learning? You may be surprised at how many successful programs and services already exist in your school district just waiting to be identified.

Central office administrators, school board members, principals, and teacher leaders will find the five practical steps presented in this book useful in creating and sustaining quality schools.

 

The Real Colors Homeowner's Guide

Do you find that in spite of a healthy ego, you sometimes come up just short of the finish line in friendship or work situations? Do you ever find yourself slightly out of step with those around you? Do you feel uneasy in a crowd, awkward in one-on-one conversations, or somehow at a loss for words under pressure? How well do you know yourself - your strengths and your liabilities? We all have days where everything seems to click as well as days where nothing seems right. But often we don't know why.

The Real Colors Homeowner's Guide is designed to help you discover more about yourself - what makes you feel comfortable or uncomfortable, what causes you to feel the way you do in various situations. While you are a unique individual, there are some behaviors and values that you seem to repeat on a regular basis. There may be certain words, phrases, or actions that bring you joy and others that bring on fear or anger. Sometimes you may know exactly what triggered these reactions, and other times they remain a mystery.

You are guided through an inventory of the "stuff" that you have collected in your home - some of it that you chose and some that parents and other adults may have pushed on you throughout your childhood and adolescent years. You will learn how to clean house, to use all of the rooms available to you, and to fill your rooms with the "stuff" that makes you happy.

 

Real Relationships

Do you sometimes find it difficult to relate to people at work or in social situations? Do you feel more comfortable in a crowd than in one-on-one encounters? Do you and your spouse or significant other find yourselves wondering how you can be so much in love yet so angry or unhappy with one another? All of us experience times when things don't go our way, but you can build more wins into your life. And they don't have to come at other people's expense.

The Real Relationships book is designed to take your Real Colors experience to the next level. When you understand some of the factors that make you tick as well as those that motivate other people, you are ready to apply this knowledge to building more meaningful relationships in your day-to-day life.

 

Real Parenting

Are you looking for ideas that will deepen your parent-child relationship? Are you approaching parenting for the first time or simply entering a new phase of the parenting experience? Are you concerned about the direction of your relationship with your children?

If you have read the Homeowner's Guide or Real Relationships, you know that the Four Ps do not offer a quick fix. They simply offer a way for you to step back from the sometimes confusing events of your day-to-day life so that you can assess where you are, how you got here, and where you want to be tomorrow. The Real Parenting book allows you to take a look at the Four Ps from a slightly different perspective - that of the parent-child relationship.

 

 

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