Start your stopwatch NOW…this is going to take less than 3 minutes!! Picture me typing as fast as I talk during a Teach Like a PIRATE program.
So many updates…so little time!!! Here we go!
1. The latest book in the Lead Like a PIRATE Guide Book series is out. Lead Beyond Your Title, by Nili Bartley, smashes the belief that leadership can only come from the top down and shows how you can lead from all levels of the school system. Perfect for anyone who wants to be an influencer but does not sit in the big office!
2. OMG!!! We just released one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen!! 
Educated By Design by Michael Cohen (better know to some as The Tech Rabbi) will help you to experiment, explore, and extract your creative potential. It is a full-on creativity MANIFESTO and has a GORGEOUS layout filled with Michael’s sketchnotes and custom-designed graphics. Learn how to think more like a designer and be inspired to up your creative game. Oh!!!! This is his reaction when he opens and holds his own book for the first time!! Trust me…fun to experience this moment with Michael. You have to watch his unboxing video right below this!
3. Planner and journaling geeks UNITE!!!! If you are into productivity hacks, 
goal-setting, habit tracking, bullet journaling, creative note-taking strategies, and have tried every new planner under the sun (that’s me on that last one!)…we just pre-released a book that will make your inner organizer oh so happy! Creatively Productive, by Lisa Johnson, is one of the most unique books in our line and packed with hard-won advice and practical strategies for both you and our students. I am reading this one for ME. Lisa has all kinds of bonuses if you pre-order before 1/26. Grab the book HERE and head HERE for bonuses once you get it.
4. Self-care is health-care!!! Hey…it’s 2019 and it is NOT cool to burn yourself out
and to try to navigate this intensely stressful and overwhelming profession without learning how to take care of YOU. You will not make it…and if you do make it, other areas of your life and your personal health will suffer. Please take the time to check out Sanctuaries: Self-care Secrets for Stressed-Out Teachers, by Dan Tricarico. In The Zen Teacher, Dan told you why self-care is important…and in Sanctuaries he teaches you exactly how. This one won’t change your pedagogy, but it may save your sanity or even your life.
5. Stop…Hammer Time! Okay, no…but sometimes it is powerful to talk about 
what we should STOP in education and not just what we should START. Jimmy Casas (author of Culturize and co-author of Start. Right. Now.) and Jeff Zoul (Co-author of The Principled Principal and Start. Right. Now.) have come up with 39 places to STOP in Stop. Right. Now. 39 Stops to Making Schools Better. I guarantee you will be shaking your head “Yes!” on many of these…and a few of them will ruffle your feathers!! That’s okay, too! Great discussion starters!
Okay…stop the clock!!! Hopefully, that was 3 minutes…now go back and check out those links! Don’t forget to watch Michael’s “unboxing” video.
Dave
PS: The Lisa Johnson Creatively Productive pre-release is time sensitive….ends upon her book release on 1/26. Grab it HERE!!