For Teachers, Counselors, Young Adults - This is the book we didn't have as we floundered through our early adult life! "What am I doing in Life?" "Who am I?" "Where am I going?" Assists in decisions about goals, life-styles, questions to ask GuidanceCounselors, investigating interesting courses and returning to school - "SPIN-IN" not "Drop-Out"

For Teachers/Group Leaders - 80 activities to develop Motivation and Self-Esteem. Getting Motivated - Being Me! Includes exercises, simulations, and Socratic-type questions for developing decision-making. Used by dozens of thousands of young adults (Middle School to College) across the United States. NOW INCLUDES LEADER'S MANUAL!

For Teachers/Group Leaders - Life is made up of choices. So many things (and people) to consider. We often end up doing things we are not so sure are really "right" for us. I Can Manage Life provides over 90 helpful real-life activities to: 1. Understand Yourself, 2. Relate to Others, 3. Interact with Society and the World. NOW INCLUDES LEADER'S MANUAL.

Children in today's world are inundated with information about who to be, what to do and how to live. But what if there was a way to teach children how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive influence on the world around them? The Leader in Meis that programme. It's based on a hugely successful initiative carried out at the A.B. Combs Elementary School in North Carolina. To hear the parents of A. B Combs talk about the school is to be amazed. In 1999, the school debuted a programme that taught The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleto a pilot group of students. The parents reported an incredible change in their children, who blossomed under the programme. By the end of the following year the average end-of-grade scores had leapt from 84 to 94. This book will launch the message onto a much larger platform. Stephen R. Covey takes the 7 Habits, that have already changed the lives of millions of people, and shows how children can use them as they develop. Those habits -- be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek to understand and then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw -- are critical skills to learn at a young age and bring incredible results, proving that it's never too early to teach someone how to live well.

Ms.T.Ranjani, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, K.S.R College of Arts and Science for Women, Tiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India Mrs.N.Indra, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, K.S.R College of Arts and Science for Women, Tiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India Mrs.A.Saranya, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, K.S.R College of Arts and Science for Women, Tiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India Ms.Poovizhi Selvi, Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, K.S.R College of Arts and Science for Women, Tiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India

Continuing professional development can be a powerful force in any school improvement programme, leading to better student outcomes and making recruitment and staff retention easier. A School Leader’s Guide to Leading Professional Development provides an effective and evidence-based approach to creating a culture of continuous learning in schools. Covering all aspects of CPD including teacher quality, what CPD looks like and how it should develop over time, creating an inspirational culture, CPD design, coaching, and much more, the chapters encourage readers to reflect on how they are currently using CPD and how this could be improved. Appendices provide templates and charts to use in the planning of CPD sessions, as well as questions to guide sessions and evaluations with participants on an individual and whole-school level. Based on the author's experience of implementing CPD programmes as a school leader, well-regarded trainer, and now the head of a leading international educational consultancy, this is essential reading for school leaders wanting to create a ‘culture of learning’ in their school and among their teachers.

How are you supposed to teach students how to make important decisions about their faith? If you are a youth minister or youth leader who has struggled with teaching your students about important topics such as baptism, communion, or repentance, you are not alone. If you are worried about teaching these topics in a way they understand, you are not the first. That's why with the help of the books in the Are You Ready series, you will: - View an overview of all three teen bible studies in the series: Are You Ready to Be Baptized, Are You Ready to Take Communion, and Are You Ready to Repent (Again) - Discover the similarities between these studies and different options for how to utilize them with your group - Walk through the full teaching scripts for classes through all three studies and discussion questions for follow-up meetings with each student - Access to downloadable versions of the teaching materials, including editable teaching scripts, discussion guides, and even completed slideshows Whether you need to teach one or one hundred students, you will hopefully be equipped with the tools you need to help students discover when they are ready to make their faith their own.

Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

Compared to boys, adolescent girls face an increased risk of depression and repeated recurrences throughout adulthood. This unique volume presents a comprehensive multidisciplinary framework for understanding how girls become vulnerable to mood disorders and how that vulnerability might be reduced. The contributors are leading scholars at the cutting edge of theory, research, intervention, and policy. The chapters cover new developments in the science of depression—from genes to biological, psychological, and social processes—and explore how the research is being translated into innovative prevention efforts.

A comprehensive book of “need-to-know” insights for busy leaders Being a great leader means getting the fundamentals right. It also means consistently doing the “little things” that make a positive difference in the lives of employees, customers, and other stakeholders. The Busy Leader’s Handbook: How to Lead People and Places That Thrive is a practical, easy-to-use book filled with gentle reminders of what we should be doing every day—especially when work is at its most intense. The Handbook is packed with proven best practices, tools, tips, and tactics for engaging employees, revitalizing cultures, delighting customers, and building high-performance companies. Short, succinct, and accessible, each chapter is “stand-alone,” offering helpful advice for meeting common business challenges. Plus, the strategies, approaches, and tactics are designed to be put into action immediately. Best-selling author, businessman, visionary, and entrepreneur Quint Studer draws on his 30-plus years of experience in helping organizations of all sizes and leaders at every level reach peak performance. Comprehensive in scope, his book overflows with insights and practical advice to help you make smart leadership decisions. For example: Why putting the right foundational structures in place early on creates clarity and heads off problems that cause businesses to struggle and fail The importance of followership: why being a good leader requires that you first be a good follower Why we tend to run from self-disruption and a sense of being unsettled (and how to learn to embrace them instead) Why leaders should seek consent, not consensus How to engage employees and create a positive workplace culture How to help employees find meaning and purpose in their work How to conduct difficult conversations and resolve conflicts—and why having these skills (or not) can make or break you as a leader Advice for attracting and hiring the best talent, retaining them over time, and dealing with the low performers who drive them away Why mentoring is so powerful and how to encourage it inside your company Tips and tactics for seeing the world through your customer’s eyes How to reduce customer anxiety (and encourage them to buy) with the right words at the right times for the right reasons The Busy Leader’s Handbook functions as a desk reference and pocket guide for anyone in a leadership position. It’s also a great training tool for onboarding new leaders. Whether you work for a start-up, a small or mid-size business, or a large corporation, this book will change how you think, inspire you to do your job better—and help your organization thrive.