The Energy Bus for Schools: 7 Ways to Improve your School Culture, Remove Negativity, Energize Your Teachers, and Empower Your Students

by Jon Gordon, Jim Van Allan

Drive Your School Culture to Success with The Energy Bus! Transform your school culture into a thriving and positive environment. In The Energy Bus for 7 Ways to Improve Your School Culture, Remove Negativity, Energize Your Teachers, and Empower Your Students , bestselling author Jon Gordon and education leader Dr. Jim Van Allan provide concrete strategies and powerful stories to help build a positive school culture. This book shares a unique approach and proven practices for reimagining schools and districts as collaborative places where students and staff create their culture and develop as leaders together. The authors provide the blueprint and framework to create a positive campus culture This book is intended for superintendents, district and school leadership, teachers, counselors, and coaches who are looking to leave a positive legacy and impact everyone on campus. Join the movement with other visionary educators who have already transformed their schools into dynamic centers of learning and growth.

Genres: Leadership

192 pages, Hardcover

Published March 6, 2024

About the author

Jon Gordon is an American business consultant and author on the topics of leadership, culture, sales, and teamwork.

Jon Gordon's best-selling books and talks have inspired readers and audiences around the world. His principles have been put to the test by numerous NFL, NBA, and college coaches and teams, Fortune 500 companies, school districts, hospitals and non-profits. He is the author of The Wall Street Journal bestseller The Energy Bus, The No Complaining Rule, Training Camp, The Shark and The Goldfish, Soup, The Seed and his latest The Positive Dog. Jon and his tips have been featured on The Today Show, CNN, Fox and Friends and in numerous magazines and newspapers. His clients include The Atlanta Falcons, Campbell Soup, Wells Fargo, State Farm, Novartis, Bayer and more.

Jon is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a Masters in Teaching from Emory University. He and his training/consulting company are passionate about developing positive leaders, organizations and teams.

When he's not running through airports or speaking, you can find him playing tennis or lacrosse with his wife and two "high energy" children.

You can find him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jongordonpage

Reviews

[Sydnee Miller]

Lol this was just an add for their other book, waste of time imo

[Cristian Marrero · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am a fan of Jon Gordon. I have read all his books. Great little ideas everywhere.
Pass on this book. This is a complete waste unfortunately. This is basically a promotional book to sell his services. He could've made this book into a 25 minute info-commercial to push his years of ideas faster to all the schools globally.

[Andrew Lister · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was better than the first book in some ways. As an educator, I found some things actually useful this time around. That said, the opening and closing feel like more fluff than substance. I think some of the more concrete ideas for how schools can root out negativity and create a positive culture were good. There are good ideas here within a topic that is noble. It still just feels a bit thin and looking to make money.

[Abby Fong · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book had zero substance. It was basically a shout out to the people who supported him with no tangible ideas or evidence whatsoever. It was also very poorly written — poor syntax and weak vocabulary abound. Save yourself the eye roll and skip this one.

[Brendan McGoldrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you’ve read the Energy Bus, this doesn’t necessarily bring anything new except for stories from schools and educators that Dr. Van Allen and Jon Gordon have worked with, and it definitely lays the sales pitch on thick, but I’ve seen the benefits of being an Energy Bus driver in my own career, and as a teacher/coach who is looking to up the positivity in a negative space, I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

[Gayle DuBois · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Energy Bus is one of my favorite books. This book probably will not make sense if you haven’t read The Energy Bus; as it gives examples of how the strategies from it can be implemented in a school setting.

[Whitney Gilliam · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is just a promotional to get you to purchase their program. It was filled with fluff and had only a few ideas worth implementing. I don’t have a problem with the 7 ideals to improve your school - but there was nothing original or substantial here. It was a large waste of time.

[Melinda · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was NOT as good as the original. It was more of a book of examples of what is being done in schools.

[Eric Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very Practical

This book is practical for every organization. The principles work when the system is put in place and you gain buy-in from your employees.

[Jennifer Moore · Rating 2 out of 5]

Terrible. I loved the original book and it was so full of actionable things to make your job better. This was a whole lotta nothing. We need specifics not so many generalities. Pass.

[Tom Ratterman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Personally, I loved the stories and examples shared on the impact the Energy Bus has had on the schools involved with the program.