Establish collaborative learning communities that foster high academic standards! Today??'s school leaders face a difficult reality: the pressure to meet national standards often eclipses the pursuit of additional academic goals. This groundbreaking text seeks to remedy this conflict by enabling practicing and prospective school leaders to build collaborative, constructive environments that not only help schools achieve national standards, but also help the school community realize high academic standards. Sullivan and Glanz put forth a conceptual framework centered on modeling reflective...

Thank you for taking a look at my book. This is the first volume in the Texas Bigfoot In My Backyard Short Stories Series. This is a follow up book to the original Texas Bigfoot In My Backyard, The First Year. These books are all based on actual events that occured to my family and me while living on a ranch in central Texas. We have lived on what I like to call "The Bigfoot Ranch," for two years now, and continue to live there till this day. We also continue to have activity on a weekly basis, sometimes nightly. So, join me on my journey as I try to explain, describe, and understand the...

This story is about a young woman who desperately needs saving. She finds herself in an extremely abusive situation. She finally leaves, only to have him stalk her through three states. She finds refuge back home in the Piney Woods of East Texas. She believes in God. She believes in Angels, but does she believe in herself? She must confront her past in order to conquer the present. She has blocked out memories from her childhood, memories of the Bigfoot people in the woods and memories of her heritage. Once she accepts her past she can see and understand her situation in a different light....

This is the second book in the Texas Bigfoot In My Backyard Short Stories Series. This book is a continuation of the ongoing activity we have experienced on The Bigfoot Ranch in Texas. It offers a detailed account of unusual activity and interactions as we go along and discover all the aspects of the Bigfoot People who live near our Ranch. We are baffled and amazed. Sometimes we are fearful, but only in the sense that we are new to these ongoing experiences. We hear wood knocking, we experience gifting, and what my kids like to call "borrowing." That means our things seem to go missing. We...

Bigfoot The Last Book Volume One describes the continuing saga experienced by a family in Texas who discovered a clan of Bigfoot People living beyond the woods surrounding their ranch. Learn what happened at the beginning of the third year that left them wanting to flee as all the other previous residents had fled before. What and who did they encounter? Who are they? Where did they come from? What do they want? Why are they here? Why are they hanging out at the ranch? Find out the answers to these questions and many more.

If you've been to the dentist to get x-rays and have had the protective lead vest placed on your chest, you understanding the pleasant feeling it provides. The pressure of the weight can be calming while providing a sense of security. It's the same feeling provided by a weighted blanket and a major reason why they are so popular today. A weighted blanket, scarf, or vest is a powerful tool that can sooth those with sensory processing or autism spectrum disorders that have trouble sleeping by providing the deep pressure they covet. Like a firm hug, they also provide a safe, non-drug therapy for...