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Turning the Page: A Memoir
In this powerful memoir, Manny Scott shares his against-the-odds story of immeasurable courage, strength, and determination to overcome extreme adversity. This book will not only leave readers awed and inspired, but also moved toward change. No one who experiences Manny’s story will ever be the same.
Teacher Secrets
Reflecting on how educators helped him overcome his challenging background of growing up in poverty amidst gang violence in an unstable home with abuse, alcoholism, and drug addiction; thinking critically about his dissertation research on Intercultural Competence; and, examining his 20+ years of working with students in 49 states over the last 20+ years, Manny Scott teaches you 40 secrets—principles and strategies—to reach, teach, and empower even your most underperforming students in a diverse, digital world.
Even on Your Worst Day You Can Be a Student's Best Hope
With all that is already on educators’ plates, what can an individual teacher do to help traumatized children believe in themselves, succeed in school, and graduate prepared for work and life? Here, you’ll find answers. Manny Scott shares the little things you can do to prepare yourself for the hard work of making a difference and offers advice for bridging cultural divides, earning students’ trust, and equipping them to take responsibility for their own success.
Your Next Chapter
Do you want more out of life? More money? More success? More significance? More fulfillment? Is it NEVER too late to turn the page and create new, more fulfilling chapters in your life.
Speak! How to Make a Difference and a Living as a Professional Speaker
Do you have a story that needs to be told? Wisdom that needs to be shared? A message that needs to be heard? Do you want to learn how to summon the English language and send it forth into battle, but don’t know where to start? If so, this book is for you.
From Fs and Ds to As and Bs
How can you go from Fs and Ds to As and Bs? Manny shares eight proven habits for how students can turn their grades around, one step at a time. Growing up, Manny was a terrible student. He had a bad attitude, missed a lot of school, and earned bad grades. The first semester of his freshman year in high school, he earned 3 Fs, 3 Ds, and C... a 0.6 GPA. But he turned things around and earned As and Bs, went to one of the best colleges in the world, and is now working on his Ph.D. Learn some of the habits he's used to turn things around academically.
Be Salty T-Shirt
You can lead a horse to water but can’t make it drink, right? Wrong! All it takes is a little salt in a horse’s mouth to make it thirsty and make it drink. You, too, have the power to make your students thirsty for education. Be Salty. (Please note that t-shirts do incur shipping costs, unlike the books above.)