Live Your Excellence: Bring Your Best Self to School Every Day

by Jimmy Casas

Invest in excellence—for your students every day, your colleagues year after year, and yourself for a lifetime.Jimmy Casas, veteran educator and author of Culturize, believes that by cultivating a mindset that centers on investing in students, colleagues, and—most of all—themselves, educators can shift schools away from a culture that runs on compliance, blame, and fear. In Live Your Excellence, he shares inspiration, stories, and strategies to help overcome the negative undercurrents that exist in school culture today.Jimmy explains how educators of all stripes can embrace an investment-based approach to everything from collaborative leadership to challenging students to feelings of inadequacy. His insights into navigating the complexities of working in schools will be an invaluable resource for all of the educators who desire—more than anything—to rediscover their own excellence and make a difference.________________________________________What can you do to achieve excellence as an educator and inspire it in your students and staff every single day? In this outstanding book, Jimmy Casas answers that question with refreshing honesty and insight.—Manny Scott, Original Freedom Writer, author, speakerThis book is a gift to any educator who wants to make their school better than it’s ever been.—Dr. Jody Carrington, Author, speaker, game changerThis is a wonderful book filled with great ideas and strategies, but what makes it special are the stories—some will break your heart, some will help you put it back together, and all of them will remind you of the importance of living our best lives and helping others live their best lives too.—Jim Knight, Senior partner, Instructional Coaching Group

Genres: Education

168 pages, Paperback

Published March 11, 2020

Reviews

[Jenny VanWieren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super relatable book for people who work in schools, leader or not!

[Kahliah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great reminder that educators make a difference. Worth the read again.

[Laura Cupp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Provides a great shot in the arm to help get educators mentally ready for a new school year.

[Courtney · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a required book study for every teacher in our school district. It is more geared for administration than elementary teachers.

[Stacy Bolin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent reminders for educators especially during trying times

Jimmy does a great job of tying together all of his years of personal experience in education, along with examples from others to bring insight, reflection and inspiration to teachers and administrators. I reread this book over Winter break to be inspired to return to school as my best self, especially during this year with all of the Covid protocols.

[Jen Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book hit me directly in the heart. Definitely worth the read for everyone, especially educators!

[Christine Fay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trying to live out the tenets of this book every day.

[Julia Gilmour · Rating 3 out of 5]

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