Meet the Authors

Each year, we are pleased to welcome many talented authors to the BOOST Conference. Attendees will have an opportunity to pre-purchase keynote speaker books at the time of online registration and have them signed in the exhibit hall during the conference. Due to high demand, we are oftentimes unable to guarantee the availability of books on-site. Additional authors will be selling their books at their booths through the conference. 

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Wednesday, April 26

9:45AM-10:15AM

Principal Wayman
CEO, Principal Wayman Consulting, Founder of CurrentlyTrending, Speaker and Author, Philadelphia, PA

Lead Fearlessly, Love Hard
Finding Your Purpose and Putting It to Work

Lead Fearlessly, Love Hard offers real, actionable advice for those seeking to change the education system from within. While countless books, articles, and speeches decry the challenges disadvantaged students in low-performing schools face, no one has offered a clear path forward through these challenges—until now.

Author Linda Cliatt-Wayman, principal of Strawberry Mansion High School in Philadelphia, grew up in the same North Philadelphia neighborhood where she now leads and fought every single day for the chance to become a part of the solution. Today, she is a turnaround principal and popular TED Talk speaker who helps children living in poverty achieve more than they ever thought possible. In Lead Fearlessly, Love Hard, she provides hope, optimism, and a call to action to help all students reach their true potential. Steadfast leadership and clear principles can overcome almost anything, and this book shows you how to focus your passion, apply your skills, and lead your students down the path to a better future.

• Discover and develop the leader within
• Take responsibility and move forward every day
• Give each student the critical interaction they crave
• Be a force for real, positive change in neighborhood schools

Highlighting the intersection of strong visionary and strategic thinking with on-the-ground, day-to-day implementation, this narrative-driven guide tells the stories of real students and educators to show how clear principles and strong guidance can turn around schools—and the students they serve.  
Booth 0101 & 0105

1:30PM-2:30PM

AnnMarie Baines
Founder and Executive Director, The Practice Space, El Cerrito, CA 

Amplify Student Voices: Equitable Practices to Build Confidence in the Classroom 

In a world where public speaking often determines whose needs are addressed and whose values prevail, how can we create brave classroom spaces where young people can effectively express their thoughts and advocate for themselves and others? Amplify Student Voices introduces Expression-Driven Teaching to show how centering youth voices and expression in the classroom meets both academic and social and emotional learning goals. This book features extensive first-person accounts from young people whose insights inform and supplement the authors’ practical recommendations and how-tos for incorporating various forms of public speaking— storytelling, debate, poetry, presentation, and self-advocacy— into everyday instruction at all grade levels and across subject areas. Both informative and inspiring, Amplify Student Voices challenges traditional notions of “good” public speaking, broadens its definition, and demonstrates how to engage learners to create a world that is more inclusive and just.
Booth TBD

Thursday, April 27

12:00PM-1:00PM 

Sheryl Evans Davis
Executive Director, San Francisco Human Rights Commission, San Francisco, CA 

Free to Sing
In this story, a little girl shares how her mother encourages her to sing. The little girl shares what she likes doing and even though her sister doesn’t enjoy her singing, her mother continues to encourage her to sing. She sings to her little brother and in doing so reflects on how the Black community has used music to make a difference. Along the way, she highlights how songs have been used in the Black experience. From slavery to civil rights, entertainment to healing, there is magic in the Black music experience. 

The book is intended for children 4 - 8 years old. The themes of the book promote childhood development, identity, and self-esteem. This story will encourage young people to be true to themselves and not be afraid to do things they enjoy, the things that bring them joy. Free to Sing is a celebration of diversity, as well as an homage to family and community engagement and activism.
Front Porch 2

Dee Hankins
Inspirational Speaker, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Booth 0101 & 0105

Stu Semigran
President and Co-Founder, EduCare Foundation, Van Nuys, CA 

Heartset® Education: A Way of Living and Learning 

In Heartset® Education: A Way of Living and Learning, Stu Semigran, an educator and master teacher of the heart - who has supported over 400,000 young people through his leadership of EduCare Foundation - shows us how we can shift our thinking and relationships to foster positive outcomes. Stu’s book provides us with simple and elegant practices to reshape the way we interact with young people and support them in developing a kind and self-affirming heartset. Students need to have their minds ready to learn. However, to become active learners, they also need a new heartset. The heart and mind go hand in hand. With Heartset Education, you will learn the essential life skills that can bring your home or classroom atmosphere alive. As an environment of empathy and caring builds, young people discover new passions and achieve outcomes that astound us. Heartset® Education guides educators and parents in building this future of resiliency and promise for our children.
Booth TBD

2:30PM-3:30PM

Meet the Authors contact

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