Education
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I Hate My Job
The Cure For The 9- 5 Syndrome by William Nippard
On average, we spend one third of our lives working. And yet, more than four out of five people hate their jobs. Sure, a job pays the bills, but why can’t it also be fulfilling? Does a job need to be engaging enough, pay enough, or come with enough ...
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The DNA of Executive Protection Site Security
by Tibi J. Roman
An in-depth read in relation to executive protection with a focus on site security, The DNA of Executive Protection - Site Security is essential for anyone new to executive protection or requiring advanced instruction on major event planning. If you ...
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Whole Systems Design
Inquiries in the Knowing Field by Diana Claire Douglas
Whole Systems Design: Inquiries in the Knowing Field is an open invitation and an inspiration for Innovators, System Designers, Leaders, Change Agents, and Constellators—anyone who wishes to live and work from a whole systems perspective. It is for ...
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My Life
Overcoming Classism through Faith and Perseverance by Howard Anglin Palmer
For a boy growing up in Jamaica in the 1940s, going to school was not a given. Colonialism, colourism, and classism created educational barriers for anyone who wasn’t rich or white. But from these early struggles, Howard Palmer devoted his career to ...
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The Reflective Teacher
Holistic Pedagogic Approaches for Early Childhood Educators by Ngozi Elizabeth Uche
A holistic and all-encompassing pedagogic resource, The Reflective Teacher includes everything early childhood educators in day care and preschool settings need, to inform their teaching and caring of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Rooted in ...
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No One Told Me There Would Be Days Like This
A Practical Guide to Teaching by Gordon Farlie
You’ve been hired for your first teaching position—congratulations! Now what? University has taught you the theory of education, and you probably have some practicum experience, but what about all the things you were not taught in university? The ...
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Mrs. Homeschool
by Karen Louise Peters
"I sometimes wonder where I was when I changed my mind." Ainslee’s husband once said, “Physical change is not necessary for spiritual growth, but it’s almost always the impetus for growth.” With that mindset, when a job offer prompts Lyndon and ...
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100 Ways to Kill a Teacher
Cautionary Tales About Public Education in Canada by Margaret Aisicovich
What does it mean to be a cog in the educational system? This compilation of stories from a long and distinguished career in education will help those entering the field—or still in it—to understand the many pitfalls, heartbreaks, and limitations ...
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Leadership: Different & Servant-like
A Framework of Insight That Will Help You “Master” Servant-Leadership by Bruce Ratzlaff and Verna Ratzlaff
In Matthew 20:26, Jesus made this statement: “With you (Jesus followers) it (leadership) will be different (and servant-like).” So, is it? Is your leadership “different” in the ways intended by Jesus? Is your leadership correctly “servant-like?” ...
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Collective Bargaining Preparation Essentials
The Handbook by Hugh J. Finlayson
Something is essential if it is of the utmost importance: basic, indispensable, necessary. This book is just that, essential. Negotiation, in simple terms, is the basic means of getting what you want from others. It is back and forth communication ...
