Leading with Love

By Brea Carelle Kitts

What if the greatest lesson you ever taught wasn't in your curriculum?

After 27 years in the classroom, award-winning educator Brea Kitts has learned that students rarely remember every worksheet, lecture, or test-but they never forget how a teacher made them feel.

In Leading with Love, Brea shares heartfelt, humorous, and sometimes heartbreaking stories from nearly three decades in education. From adopting a former student and helping teenagers through unimaginable loss to surviving embarrassing classroom moments, difficult colleagues, state testing, and the everyday chaos of teaching, she reveals how one simple philosophy has guided every decision she has made:

Lead with love.

Filled with practical advice, real classroom experiences, and honest reflections, Leading with Love reminds educators that relationships matter more than content, compassion is stronger than compliance, and believing in students can change the trajectory of a life.

Whether you're a first-year teacher searching for direction, a veteran educator looking to rediscover your purpose, or anyone who works with young people, this book will encourage you to teach with empathy, celebrate small victories, extend grace to yourself and others, and remember why you chose this profession in the first place.

Teaching is about far more than delivering lessons.

It's about changing lives.

And sometimes, you'll discover that your students change yours, too.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H79N8G8B
• ISBN13: 9798185086650
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"