Book of the Month for July 2025

Teachers Who Lead: Practical Strategies for Building Responsive Teams

 

by - Ryan Dunn, Pauline Thompson, John Hattie

Designed for instructional coaches, grade-level leaders, subject coordinators, and team leaders, Teachers Who Lead highlights proven strategies to enhance teaching practices, foster collaboration, and impact student learning on a broader scale.

Drawing from the latest research on teacher leadership, school improvement, and real-world experiences, this practical guide emphasizes the essential skills and mindsets required to bridge teaching excellence and schoolwide leadership efforts. Key features include

  • Diagnostic tools to address complex educational challenges
  • Strategies to create shared high-quality resources that reduce workload and promote consistency
  • Collaborative leadership techniques to strengthen team dynamics and foster collective teacher efficacy
  • Real-world success stories offering insights into what works in educational leadership
  • Reflection questions to apply the book’s ideas in your unique school context

Book of the Month

October 2026

The Act of Leadership: A Playbook for Leading with Humility, Clarity and Purpose

by - Dan Haesler

In The Act of Leadership, acclaimed leadership and performance coach Dan Haesler shares the insights, techniques and habits you need to thrive, professionally and personally.

Previous Reads

September 2026

Leading Adult Learning: Building Capacity in Individuals, Teams, and Systems

by - Eleanor Drago-Severson

In our highly complex, ever-shifting world, building human capacity remains one of the most powerful responsibilities―and transformative opportunities―of educational leaders. Grounded in more than thirty years of research and the understanding that adults make sense of their work and experiences in diverse ways, this new, fully revised and expanded edition of Leading Adult Learning helps...

August 2026

Meeting Wise: Making the Most of Collaborative Time for Educators

by - Kathryn Parker Boudett, Elizabeth A. City

This book, by two editors of Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning, attempts to bring about a fundamental shift in how educators think about the meetings we attend.

July 2026

July Book of the Month

Never Underestimate Your Teachers: Instructional Leadership for Excellence in Every Classroom

by - Robyn R. Jackson

In this book for school leaders, Jackson presents a new model for understanding teaching as a combination of skill and will and explains the best ways to support individual teachers' ongoing professional development.