The Purposeful Principal: Practices for Leading Joyful, Successful Schools (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781071924556)

Jamie Almanzán is a facilitator, teacher, curriculum developer and leadership coach currently working as an Equity Leadership Coach and the owner of The Equity Collaborative in Oakland, California. Prior to leading The Equity Collaborative, he held the position of Senior Coach at the National Equity Project. He has also held the position of Director of Learning and Teaching at Pacific Educational Group in San Francisco. He has focused his career on working with school and district teams to create more equitable learning environments. His goal is to incorporate observation, collaboration, and changing instruction to best meet the needs of underserved populations, particularly African American and Latino students. He is involved in systemic school reform initiatives and is responsible for the development and facilitation of leadership seminars for state, regional, and district teams across the country. He leads professional learning and coaches in a wide range of schools and districts in California and nationally.

Graig Meyer is a social worker, educator, and youth development specialist working as an Equity Leadership Coach and partner in The Equity Collaborative. He has 16 years of experience leading equity work in public schools. Additionally, he was the director of the nationally recognized Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate program. He also served as the Director of Student Equity and Volunteer Services for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro (NC) City Schools. He was one of the co-creators of the Students' Six: Strategies for Culturally Proficient Classroom Practice, which has been nationally recognized for its innovative use of student voice to train teachers in research-based best practice. Additionally, he works with school districts and nonprofits nationally from his base in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is also a member of the North Carolina General Assembly.

Aaron Johnson has 20 years of experience in public education and has served as a classroom teacher, principal, director of instruction, and assistant superintendent, with a commitment to equity in public school environments. He most recently served as the assistant superintendent for diversity, equity, and inclusion in a public school district. He has presented at several local, regional, and national conferences, with an emphasis on developing literacy for African American students in schools. He is the author of A Walk in Their Kicks: Literacy, Identity, and the Schooling of Young Black Males, published by Teachers College Press. He is the creator of the Black Male Literacy Paradigm, which is a framework used by schools to engage Black youth in school literacy practices. Aaron is also active in the Detroit area and started the nonprofit The American Literacy Society, whose vision is to engage citizens in literacy to participate in the democratic process.