Books by Anthony Kim
Anthony Kim’s books offer practical frameworks and actionable insights to help educators, leaders, and teams navigate the complexities of modern education. With strategies rooted in innovation and collaboration, these resources provide the tools needed to create meaningful, lasting change in schools and districts.
The New School Rules: 6 Vital Practices for Thriving and Responsive Schools
In The New School Rules, Anthony Kim outlines six essential rules that challenge traditional processes and foster more resonsive, innovative schools and districts. This book equips education leaders with tools to adapt quickly, navigate uncertainty, and build systems that thrive in today’s ever-changing environment.
The 6 New School Rules:
- Plan for Change, Not Perfection: Embrace flexible planning and adapt as conditions evolve, rather than trying to create a flawless plan.
- Build Trust and Allow Authority to Spread: Distribute decision-making power to build trust and empower teams at all levels.
- Define the Work Before You Divide the Work: Ensure clarity in roles, expectations, and processes before delegating tasks.
- Make Decisions with Shared Agreement: Use structured processes for collective decision-making to align goals and minimize conflict.
- Measure the Impact Before Adding More Work: Prioritize evaluating progress and outcomes before layering additional initiatives.
- Match the Message to the Moment: Adjust communication styles and methods based on the context, urgency, and audience needs.
What You’ll Learn:
- How to rethink outdated processes that slow progress in schools and districts.
- Proven strategies for creating systems that are adaptive, collaborative, and aligned.
- Tools to foster trust, streamline decision-making, and implement meaningful change.
Perfect For:
- Superintendents
- Principals
- District leaders
- Education professionals seeking to build
responsive and high-performing organizations
The New Team Habits: A Guide to the New School Rules
Anthony Kim, Keara Mascarenaz and Kawai Laibuild on the principles of The New School Rules in The New Team Habits, providing teams with a hands-on guide to improve how they work together. The book introduces three core habits that help education teams communicate effectively, collaborate with purpose, and align on goals, fostering a culture of trust and accountability.
The 3 New Team Habits:
- Habit of Meetings: Rethink and structure meetings to promote collaboration, alignment, and shared learning.
- Habit of Learning: Create a team culture of continuous learning, reflection, and growth to adapt to challenges and opportunities.
- Habit of Roles: Clarify team roles and responsibilities to ensure alignment and focus on shared goals.
What You’ll Learn:
- How to run productive and purposeful meetings that improve team collaboration.
- Strategies for embedding continuous learning into team dynamics.
- Tools for clarifying roles and aligning team priorities to drive results.
- Exercises and activities designed to reinforce habits that build trust and cohesion.
Perfect For:
- School and district teams
- Department leaders
- Organizations looking to improve communication, collaboration, and accountability across groups
The Personalized Learning Playbook: Why the Time Is Now
The Personalized Learning Playbook is Anthony Kim’s essential guide to creating student-centered learning environments that empower students to take ownership of their education. The book provides a step-by-step framework for implementing personalized learning strategies, showing educators how to foster engagement, meet diverse needs, and prepare students for the future.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why personalized learning matters: Explore the benefits of personalized learning for today’s students and its potential to transform educational outcomes.
- How to get started: A detailed guide to creating a personalized learning environment, including specific strategies for classroom implementation.
- Scaling for success: Learn how to expand personalized learning across classrooms, schools, and districts to ensure sustainable impact.
- Examples in action: Real-world success stories from schools that have implemented personalized learning, demonstrating its transformative power.
Key Features:
- Practical frameworks for designing personalized learning systems.
- Tools and tips for overcoming common challenges and scaling success.
- Insight into how to align personalized learning with existing curriculum and standards.
Perfect For:
- Teachers
- School leaders
- District administrators who are ready to embrace innovative practices and design classrooms for the needs of today’s learners.
Why These Books Matter
Anthony Kim’s books offer powerful frameworks for tackling some of the biggest challenges in education today. From rethinking school systems and team dynamics to creating personalized learning environments, these resources provide the actionable tools and strategies educators need to create meaningful, lasting change.
Ready to transform your school or district? Dive into these essential resources and take the first step toward innovation and excellence!
