A long-awaited companion to the wildly popular HEART!, SOUL! empowers educators take another giant leap toward fulfilling their professional promise. Refreshing and uplifting, this resource leads readers on a deeply rewarding journey toward discovering their soul story--the pursuit of their moral good in order to create good in others. It also includes dozens of stories from real educators, as well as ample space for journaling and self-reflection. Use this resource to examine and reflect with provided journaling spaces: Become more confident, joyful, whole, and healthy in your professional life. Explore the four actions of SOUL--searching, overcoming, unifying, and living--that will help you sustain a fulfilling professional life. Learn the concept of a soul story, diving into what it is and why it should matter deeply to all educators. Understand your own soul story, and reflect on how you can use it to create good in others. Learn how to overcome challenges and obstacles that hinder you from fulfilling your soul story. Discover how to create a positive school culture focused on meaningful relationships and collaboration. Follow the discussion of SOUL! on Twitter by using the hashtag #heartandsoul4Ed Contents: Table of Contents About the Author Foreword A Note to Readers Introduction Part 1: Developing Your Soul Story Chapter 1: The Soul Asks, Now What? Chapter 2: A Perfect Pair: Heart and Soul Chapter 3: In Loco Parentis Chapter 4: In the Name of Social Justice Chapter 5: The Second Mountain Chapter 6: No Compassion, No Soul Chapter 7: The Soul Story Whisperers Final Thoughts: The PLC Life is a Seeking-System Life Part 2: Developing Your SOUL Story Chapter 8: Lost and Overwhelmed Chapter 9: The Shallows Chapter 10: SASHET Chapter 11: Anger Never Wins Chapter 12: Good Enough, For Now Chapter 13: The Road Less Hardened Chapter 14: A Season for Obstacles Final Thoughts: Hatred Corrodes Your Container Part 3: Developing Your SOUL Story Chapter 15: E Pluribus Unum: Thriving in Community Chapter 16: Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Belonging Chapter 17: Beyond Collaboration: Intimacy Chapter 18: Beyond Collegiality: Vulnerability Chapter 19: Beyond Tolerance: Validation Chapter 20: Beyond School: Community Engagement Chapter 21: The Quietude Quest Final Thoughts: Semper Fidelis Part 4: Developing Your SOUL Story Chapter 22: The Date Always Arrives Chapter 23: Carpe Diem Chapter 24: Mirror, Mirror Chapter 25: Soul Story Courage Chapter 26: Joy, Gratitude, and Grace Chapter 27: One More Trip Around the Sun Final Thoughts: Social Justice Is the PLC Life Epilogue Finding Our Slack Tide Acknowledgments Notes

With foreword by Michael Fullan Within 100 days, schools have dramatically increased student achievement, transformed faculty morale and school culture, reduced discipline issues, and much more. Begin leading focused, meaningful change in your own school with the support of 100-Day Leaders by Douglas Reeves and Robert Eaker. Using this book to guide your school improvement plan, you will learn how to achieve a series of short-term wins that combine to form long-term success. Begin a 100-day action plan for educational leadership to effect significant school improvement: Become familiar with the 100-day leadership plan and the six stages of implementation. Understand the importance of a collaborative culture in creating strong leadership in schools. Develop an understanding of high-leverage leadership techniques and strategic planning. Study the personality traits and leadership qualities that support successful change management and school improvement. Access reproducible rubrics that can be used to measure progress of the 100-day leadership action plan and your school leadership development. Contents: Acknowledgments About the Authors Foreword Introduction: Why One Hundred Days? Part 1: Exploring 100-Day Leadership Chapter 1: Why Before How Chapter 2: The Six Steps of 100-Day Leadership Chapter 3: The 100-Day Leader in Action Part 2: Creating the Environment for Success Chapter 4: A Strong Foundation Chapter 5: How to Begin From Within Appendix References and Resources Index