{"product_id":"be-your-own-hero-educators-guide-workbook","title":"Be Your Own Hero: Educator's Guide \u0026 Workbook","description":"Your students are carrying more than their backpacks. This guide gives you the tools to meet them where they are.\nBe Your Own Hero: Educator's Guide \u0026amp; Workbook is a comprehensive, trauma-informed teaching resource built around the proven H.E.R.O. Framework — designed for teachers, school counselors, TRIO program directors, youth mentors, and anyone working with middle school through college-aged students from underserved communities. Written by multi-award-winning author, national keynote speaker, and educational consultant Schwartzen Précil — who lived the story before he taught it — this guide transforms Be Your Own Hero: Turning Obstacles into Opportunities from a powerful read into an active, workbook-style learning experience your students will carry long after the last page. This guide gives educators a complete, ready-to-use curriculum that includes: Six fully developed units aligned to the H.E.R.O. Framework — each with lesson objectives, discussion questions, facilitation notes, and trauma-informed guidance Student workbook pages built into every unit — reflection prompts, identity mapping activities, resilience timelines, emotional intelligence exercises, and personal mission statement builders A neuroscience addendum on the amygdala hijack — explaining the brain science behind trauma, emotional dysregulation, and why your students respond the way they do A Hero Legacy Capstone Project — a culminating experience where students claim and present their own hero identity in a format of their choosing Pre and post self-assessments, discussion protocols, participation trackers, and a full rubric so you can measure real growth — not just performance The H.E.R.O. Framework teaches students to: H — Hardship: Name and own their story without shame E — Emotional Intelligence: Understand and regulate the emotions driving their decisions R — Resilience: Rise after every setback with tools grounded in neuroscience and lived experience O — Opportunity: Turn their pain into their platform and their story into a blueprint for leading others This guide is built for: Middle school, high school, and college educators working with first-generation and underserved students TRIO Student Support Services, Upward Bound, and college access program coordinators School counselors and social-emotional learning specialists Youth mentors, program directors, and community organization leaders Anyone who believes every student deserves a teacher who takes their story seriously Aligned to CASEL SEL Competencies, Common Core ELA Standards, and 21st Century Learning Skills — this is not a supplement. It is a complete, standalone curriculum resource that meets students where they actually are and pulls them toward who they can actually become. Give your students the framework. Change the trajectory of a classroom. Be the educator who showed them what was possible. Scroll up and add it to your cart today.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0H41BG8SC\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0H41BG8SC.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Precil, Schwartzen Young\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43608279777341,"sku":"BVV.B0H41BG8SC.G","price":22.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0H41BG8SC-0.jpg?v=1789160882","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/be-your-own-hero-educators-guide-workbook","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}