“The CAP method helps students to move beyond themselves, engage with others, learn at their own pace, and show what they can do, rather than obsess over what they can’t.”— p.19 You would be interested in this book if… You are designing or leading programming that blends academic depth with student agency, purpose, and connection…
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“Deep down I knew that I was meant to be with him — I wasn’t meant to be a guide dog” Ike ~ p. 127 Some books make you think. Others make you feel. Jason Dorland’s Ike: The Dog that Saved a Human does both — while also offering a deeply vulnerable invitation into the…
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Book Review: Free Agent Learning by Julie A. Evans Why Student Agency Should Reshape the Way We Structure School “School is no longer the sole repository of knowledge. Students increasingly have the agency and the means to adopt new self-directed, interest-driven behaviours outside of school.”— Julie A. Evans, p.1 “The voyage of discovery is not…
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Hidden Potential by Adam Grant How Rethinking Growth Can Transform Our Classrooms, Our Teams, and Ourselves “The true measure of potential is not how high you reach but how far you came to get there.”— Adam Grant, Hidden Potential As an educator and school leader, I’ve long been preoccupied with the question of how we…
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Book Review: First, Break All the Rules by Gallup The Manager’s Role in Unlocking Human Potential “Great managers don’t believe that people can become anything they want to be. They believe that people can become more of who they already are.”— Gallup Organization There are books that reaffirm what you already believe. There are books…
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