<link href="../Styles/Style0001.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:4dc56a63-10ef-4d38-a202-9fc24f429772" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <h1>About the Authors<br/></h1> <p class="img"><img alt="shelley-burgess" class="vh15" src="../Images/shelley-burgess.png"/></p> <p><strong>Shelley Burgess </strong>has served as an award-winning teacher, principal, Director of Student Achievement, and Assistant Superintendent of Educational Leadership. Her highly respected work focuses on building leadership capacity through coaching, collaboration, and building a positive culture of change which leads to dramatic improvements in teaching and learning. She now works as a full-time partner in Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc. and is the coauthor of <i>P is for PIRATE: Inspirational ABC’s for Educators</i>.</p> <p class="img"><img alt="beth-houf" class="vh15" src="../Images/beth-houf.png"/></p> <p><strong>Beth Houf </strong>is the proud principal at Fulton Middle School in central Missouri. She is passionate about developing schools that encourage high levels of learning and empowerment for all. In addition to her role as principal, she also serves as a facilitator for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Leadership Academy, providing monthly training to state educational leaders. Beth was named a Missouri Exemplary New Principal in 2011 and the Missouri National Distinguished Principal for 2016.</p> <p/> <p> </p> </body> </html>