10 Keys to Student Empowerment: Unlocking the Hero in Each Child

Discover how to work alongside your students to unlock their potential.

This powerful book reveals 10 keys to creating a classroom where your students can take ownership of their learning and become heroes in their own lives. You’ll learn how to build relationships, support, strength, willpower, soft skills, service, agency, curiosity, innovation, and productive failure. Each key is illustrated in a narrative format, designed with tips and notes to help you make practical changes immediately.

By the end of the book, you’ll have the foundational pieces you need to create a student-powered classroom where students can learn about themselves, fail forward, and gain courage to face challenges head on.

Cathleen Beachboard (@cathleenbeachbd) has served for over the past decade as an instructional coach, professional developer, and teacher.  She currently serves as an 8th grade English teacher and department chair for her school in Fauquier County, Va. Her students have been featured in local and national news for their acts of service to their community. 


Marynn Dause (@DauseClause) is a National Board Certified Teacher with seven years' experience teaching English Language Arts and related topics. She serves as President Elect of the Virginia Association of Teachers of English; prior to that she served five years on the advisory board for the Virginia Student Councils' Association.