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Amba Press An independent Australian educational publisher, focused on producing contemporary resources for the home and classroom.

Explore the virtues that matter most for navigating today's complexity with 'The Virtuous Leader'. This thoughtful guide...
06/09/2026

Explore the virtues that matter most for navigating today's complexity with 'The Virtuous Leader'. This thoughtful guide examines practical wisdom, love, courage, truthfulness, justice, humility and hope through honest reflection and real-world experience. 📖

Grounded in the rich tradition of Aristotle and Aquinas, this is not a book of quick fixes or leadership slogans. It's an invitation to confront your blind spots and become the leader your community deserves. 💙

Essential reading for leaders seeking genuine, lasting impact rather than surface-level solutions. 🌟

Available now! 🎉 https://ambapress.com.au/products/the-virtuous-leader?srsltid=AfmBOoqrr75U7Dv-Die1Zh0uxYaHSMdcyDFSE3NcdRjSJ74pMbZ9NDaY

Discover what kind of leader you are when no one is watching with 'The Virtuous Leader' by Dr Timothy Wright and Clive L...
04/09/2026

Discover what kind of leader you are when no one is watching with 'The Virtuous Leader' by Dr Timothy Wright and Clive Logan. This compelling book makes a moral case for leadership: competence without character is never enough. 📖

Drawing on decades of experience leading some of Australia's most respected independent schools, these two leaders argue that those who earn lasting trust are those who don't merely hold good values, but live them, consistently and habitually, until virtue becomes reflex. 🎯

Perfect for leaders willing to examine their motivations and commit to the slow, worthwhile work of becoming someone others are proud to follow. 🎓

Order your copy today! 🎉https://ambapress.com.au/products/the-virtuous-leader?srsltid=AfmBOoqrr75U7Dv-Die1Zh0uxYaHSMdcyDFSE3NcdRjSJ74pMbZ9NDaY

We're hosting our first ever Amba Press Community Day on Saturday 17th October, and we can't wait to share what's on!Fir...
03/09/2026

We're hosting our first ever Amba Press Community Day on Saturday 17th October, and we can't wait to share what's on!

First up: our authoring panel!

Hosted by educator and aspiring author Angus Humphries, this session brings together Andrew Fuller, Kelly Irving and Brooke Lyons for a conversation to help anyone in the room who has a book inside them get it out.

🕙 10.00 – 11.00am
📍 Centre for Strategic Education, Abbotsford VIC
💛 Free entry, all welcome

Whether you're a published author or just thinking about writing your first book, this session is packed with insight and inspiration.

Meet Kelly Oldfield, the behaviour and wellbeing advisor behind 'Behaviour Is Not the Whole Story' 👋A behaviour, wellbei...
02/09/2026

Meet Kelly Oldfield, the behaviour and wellbeing advisor behind 'Behaviour Is Not the Whole Story' 👋

A behaviour, wellbeing and practice systems advisor who works alongside educators, leaders and teams across early years, school, OSHC and broader care settings, Kelly combines a Bachelor of Behavioural Studies and Graduate Diploma of Psychology Advanced with extensive hands-on experience. 🎓

Her passion for behaviour support that helps young people thrive while creating workplaces where educators feel capable and supported shines through this practical guide. 📖

Get your copy now! 🎉
https://ambapress.com.au/products/behaviour-is-not-the-whole-story?srsltid=AfmBOorADylMM9W1mXp8obH0sOx_YrEz6NaBo_SN07mQfml05AqkEdpT

Move beyond quick fixes and one-size-fits-all strategies with 'Behaviour Is Not the Whole Story'. Packed with practical ...
30/08/2026

Move beyond quick fixes and one-size-fits-all strategies with 'Behaviour Is Not the Whole Story'. Packed with practical tools including reflection prompts, practice scenarios and ready-to-use frameworks, this thoughtful guide helps you ask better questions and build stronger systems. 📖

This is a realistic guide for people who understand that stronger outcomes for young people come from strengthening the adults, environments and systems around them. 💙

Essential reading for creating settings where young people can genuinely thrive. 🌟

Available now! 🎉 https://ambapress.com.au/products/behaviour-is-not-the-whole-story?srsltid=AfmBOorADylMM9W1mXp8obH0sOx_YrEz6NaBo_SN07mQfml05AqkEdpT

Introducing the 'Driving School Improvement Workbook' ✨We are so excited about this one – and we will have more details ...
29/08/2026

Introducing the 'Driving School Improvement Workbook' ✨

We are so excited about this one – and we will have more details about the launch very soon. Watch this space. 👀

School improvement is not a theory problem. It is a doing problem. Most school leaders know what good improvement looks like – the challenge is knowing what to actually do on Monday, and then after that. 📋

The practical companion to Pamela Macklin and Vic Zbar's widely used 'Driving School Improvement' book, this workbook helps school leaders apply a proven improvement approach to the specific circumstances of their own school. From evaluating your leadership and building a cohesive team, to diagnosing where your school is at and carrying staff through change, every chapter offers structured tools, pro formas and activities you can use immediately. 🏫

Grounded in more than three decades of school improvement work across Australia and internationally, this workbook is organised around the key stages of whole-school improvement and designed to be dipped into as needed. 🌏

Whether you are a principal leading whole-school change or a leader looking to sharpen your practice, this is the resource that answers the question every school leader eventually asks: so what do I actually do next? 🎒

📘 Publishing 21st October 2026 – pre-order now!

https://ambapress.com.au/collections/coming-soon/products/driving-school-improvement-workbook

Look beyond the visible with 'Behaviour Is Not the Whole Story: A Practical Guide to Behaviour Support Across Education ...
28/08/2026

Look beyond the visible with 'Behaviour Is Not the Whole Story: A Practical Guide to Behaviour Support Across Education and Care' by Kelly Oldfield. When challenging behaviour appears, it draws immediate attention. But what is visible on the surface is rarely the whole story. 📖

Drawing on extensive field-based experience across early years, schools and OSHC settings, Kelly offers a wider lens on behaviour that looks beyond the visible act to the regulation, communication, environment, adult responses and systems that shape it. 🎯

Perfect for educators and leaders seeking to move beyond reactive responses and build behaviour support that is informed, consistent and sustainable. 🎓

Order your copy today! 🎉
https://ambapress.com.au/products/behaviour-is-not-the-whole-story?srsltid=AfmBOorADylMM9W1mXp8obH0sOx_YrEz6NaBo_SN07mQfml05AqkEdpT

Coming Soon: 'Now You Know, Now What?' 🌏The most powerful lessons a student will ever learn can happen inside and outsid...
27/08/2026

Coming Soon: 'Now You Know, Now What?' 🌏

The most powerful lessons a student will ever learn can happen inside and outside of the classroom. But the outside part – the messy, humbling, perspective-shifting part – is where everything changes. ✈️

'Now You Know, Now What?' by Lynne Moten is a warm, practical and deeply experienced guide to service learning and immersion programs – what they are, why they matter, and how to do them with the authenticity and integrity that creates lasting change. Drawing on more than two decades of work locally and globally, Lynne argues that the shift from charity to justice to advocacy is one of the most transformative things a school can offer its students. 🌏

Lynne writes not as an academic but as a practitioner who has taken more than 200 students overseas and built deep, mutual relationships with partner communities across Australia and India. From designing overseas immersions to embedding service learning across the curriculum, this book covers every dimension of the work with honesty, humility and hard-won practical wisdom. 🌱

For anyone who believes that a meaningful education must connect students to the world beyond their privilege – this is the guide they have been waiting for. 💛

Publishing 2nd December 2026. More here: https://ambapress.com.au/collections/coming-soon/products/now-you-know-now-what 👀

🎉 We're throwing open our doors for the first ever Amba Press Community Day!📅 Saturday 17th October 2026 🕤 9.30am – 3.30...
27/08/2026

🎉 We're throwing open our doors for the first ever Amba Press Community Day!

📅 Saturday 17th October 2026
🕤 9.30am – 3.30pm
📍 Centre for Strategic Education, Level 6, 19 Thompson Street, Abbotsford VIC
💛 Free entry, all welcome

A day full of expert panels, book launches and the Educators Book Club live in the afternoon, plus a book shop, morning tea and lunch and plenty of time to chat and connect with the people behind Amba Press.

Whether you're an author, dreaming about writing your first book, a teacher after some inspiration or just love a good book, this one's for you 💛

Bring a friend, bring a colleague, bring anyone curious about educational books, writing or publishing. The more the merrier!

Meet Dr Darren Iselin and Dr Daniel Pampuch, the trusted thought leaders behind 'Grand Designs' 👋With more than three de...
25/08/2026

Meet Dr Darren Iselin and Dr Daniel Pampuch, the trusted thought leaders behind 'Grand Designs' 👋

With more than three decades of combined experience in school leadership, governance, research and national advocacy, these educators work with Christian schools across Australia and internationally. 🎓

Their commitment to helping schools become communities where faith is lived, people flourish and generations are shaped for God's purposes shines through this compelling guide for building schools that endure. 📖

Get your copy now! 🎉

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