You finally landed that job in a school. It’s supposed to be everything you anticipated. However, after the first few days, you realize you’re entirely lost. It feels as though you’re swimming upstream against a strong current. You come home after work and feel like crying. You’re caught in a hopeless maze.

You thought schools were about the three R’s. But you find reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic have been replaced by rules, routines, and relationships. And, another R looms over your head—namely—responsibility.

In EduKate Me, author and former school administrator Ed Yergalonis helps you navigate your career journey. He focuses on the unwritten rules for survival in your school, the things no one told you and probably never will. He teaches you his Ten Commandments of working in a school, such as, working in a school is all about relationships and politics are everywhere.

Whether you’re a new teacher, paraprofessional, secretary, custodian, or safety officer, EduKateMe offers guidance in succeeding at your job and representing your school with positivity.

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You have just been appointed as the principal of the school. Your enthusiasm bubbles over until you are faced with your first crisis. Then you stop and pause and realize that no one ever told you how to handle these things. This book will help you navigate your journey. It will help you deal with the realities of your new life, that of a school principal.

You quickly learn that this is not what you signed up for. You wanted to be an instructional leader and yet you find that you spend no time on that part of your job. You are doing everything but what you had hoped for. In your sleepless nights you ask yourself over and over again, “why didn’t anyone tell me about this?” This book will help you answer this question.

The author skillfully uses a set of commandments to help explain the realities of being a principal. It will be your survival guide.

The commandments include topics such as:

• Thou shalt always tell the truth, yet people do not want to hear the truth.
• Thou shalt understand the importance of mental help because you will be dealing with it.
• Honor the politics of your school because you must understand that politics are everywhere.
• Thou shalt strive for excellence, yet most people are very happy with mediocrity.

EduKate Me II is a must read for all new principals and those that aspire to be a principal. The book and the author’s commandments will quickly become the “bible” for your success.

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You go from playing with friends in the backyard to playing under your school’s Friday night lights. Life has a way of just flying by. Your life is all about choices. Hopefully, you will always have enough information in front of you to make good choices. Hopefully, you know yourself. Along the way, you will make good choices and bad choices. No matter what, they will be your choices.

Your scholastic athletic career is quickly ending. You believe that you have what it takes to play at the next level and are determined to do so. College coaches started talking to you and recruiting you several years ago. The recruiting process has been both overwhelming and exhilarating. It is now decision time. Whether you go to a big school, a small school, a school in the country or a school in a major city, may be relatively simple and perhaps superficial choices.

After reading this book and internalizing some rules outlined on these pages, you will be able to dig deep inside of yourself to figure out your best possible next step. Your game plan for life is unfolding. You need to think about the following questions:

Are you ready to compete on the next level with the best attitude and effort?
Can you keep your ego in check?
Can you accept feedback like a champion?
How tied are you to home?
How tied are you to a hometown boyfriend or girlfriend?
Are you prepared to spend some time on the bench?
Are you mentally up to the challenge?
Do you understand that your scholarship is a job?
Most student athletes never give these items much thought. Will you?

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You were always the best in the neighborhood. Sports just came easy for you and you loved it. Somewhere along the way, maybe in middle school, you started to believe that you could one day play in college, and I am sure you dreamed of playing professionally. It is never too early to start to prepare for your journey because believe it or not, the classes you take in your freshman year in high school start to matter.

If this sounds like you, this book is important. It does not matter what sport you play, nor does it matter if you are a male or a female. The requirements are the same. You must learn how to navigate the NCAA eligibility process and know the questions to ask when you begin to get recruited by a college. One cannot suddenly wake up as a senior in high school and expect to be ready to make the leap into college athletics. Getting ready to become a college student-athlete is a process. And let us not forget that the term is student-athlete. You need to be student first and a college degree is a must.

If you are serious about playing at the next level, this book is for you. Even if you see yourself as the future NIL superstar, this book is for you.

This book is a workbook. It is meant to be personal. It is meant to be written in, and it is meant to chronicle your journey from a high school athlete to that of a college student-athlete.