HEART! by Timothy D. Kanold is a Solution Tree Bestseller
November 10, 2017 8:00 ET
Bloomington, IN—HEART! Fully Forming Your Professional Life as a Teacher and Leader by Timothy D. Kanold has reached bestseller status, selling more than 10,000 units since its release in March 2017.
In the resource, Kanold writes in a conversational, humorous manner as he offers his own anecdotes and reflections to help readers uncover their professional impact and foster productive classrooms and schools. He also introduces the concept of a heartprint—the distinctive impression that an educator’s heart leaves on students and colleagues during his or her professional career.
“This book is about the very human heart for our work as educators,” explained Kanold. “It is about a happy and healthy humility of spirit combined with a passion for our responsibility to help each and every student and colleague that joins us along our career path.”
The book is divided into five parts, each delving into one of the five essential elements at the heart of the teaching profession:
- Part 1: Happiness—Are you a person of passion, positive impact and perseverance for the education profession?
- Part 2: Engagement—Are you an inspiring person with the day-to-day energy required to be fully engaged in your work life?
- Part 3: Alliances—Are you a person open to influence and shared values, able to become relationally intelligent and collaboratively interdependent with others?
- Part 4: Risk—Are you a person of vision-focused risks for sustainable change, with a growth- and data-driven mindset for learning and life?
- Part 5: Thought—Are you a person with surface and deep knowledge capacity, thought and wisdom?
Scott Carr, a middle-level reconfiguration coordinator at Liberty Public Schools in Missouri, had high praise for the title, stating, “I want to share HEART! with my principal friends to make sure my entire district has the chance to be inspired. This book is a tremendous book study and tool for the PLC toolbox.”
Throughout the book, Kanold provides My Heartprint spaces to write in, where readers can reflect on and journal about their professional journey. Also included are insights and reflections from dozens of researchers and thought leaders from inside and outside of the education profession.
HEART! is available to order at SolutionTree.com.
About the Author
Timothy D. Kanold, PhD, is an award-winning educator, author and consultant. He is former director of mathematics and science and served as superintendent of Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125, a model professional learning community district in Lincolnshire, Illinois.
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