with
Kim Gameroz
BE INTENTIONAL SO OTHERS NOTICE | TEACH THE SKILLS. CHANGE THE SYSTEM | REAL KIDS. REAL CLASSROOMS. REAL CHANGE | JOIN THE HERD. RUN INTO THE STORM | THE BISON REVOLUTION STARTS WITH YOU
What If the Answer Wasn’t Another Program—But a Shift in How You See Everything?
Becoming the BISON is the book you wish someone had handed you on day one.
It’s not another binder full of lesson plans you’ll never use. It’s not a curriculum that requires more time, more money, or more energy you don’t have.
It’s the missing framework. The one that helps you understand what’s really happening in your classroom—and what to do about it—so you can finally stop putting out fires and start building something that lasts.
This is the social emotional solution that makes sense.
That works with real kids in real classrooms.
That saves you instead of draining you.
WHAT'S WAITING
FOR YOU INSIDE
This Book Is Your Lifeline If…
✔ You’re a teacher who’s exhausted from managing behavior and ready to teach skills that actually change lives.
✔ You’re an administrator searching for a sustainable, schoolwide approach to SEL that your team will actually embrace.
✔ You’re a parent desperate to understand why your child struggles—and how to support them in partnership with their teacher.
✔ You’re anyone who’s looked around education lately and thought, “There has to be a better way.”
✔ If you’ve ever felt like you’re drowning and no one’s throwing you a rope—this is it.
Understand the “Why”
Understand the “why” behind every behavior so you stop taking it personally and start responding with clarity. You’ll finally get what’s happening in their developing brains—and why punishment alone will never be enough.
Teach the Missing Skills
Teach the skills they’re missing instead of expecting kids to magically know how to manage emotions, resolve conflict, or ask for help. You’ll learn how to explicitly teach regulation, empathy, and resilience the same way you teach reading.
Adopt the BISON Mentality
Adopt the BISON mentality: “Be Intentional So Others Notice”—your new compass for every decision, interaction, and moment of chaos. When you lead with intention, everything changes.
Simplify What You Already Do
Create routines and systems that do the heavy lifting so you’re not reinventing the wheel every day. You’ll discover how to embed social emotional learning into what you’re already doing—without adding one more thing to your plate.
Protect Your Energy
Build boundaries that protect your energy while staying connected to your students. You’ll learn how to love them fiercely without burning out in the process.
Find Your Herd
Find your herd and realize you were never meant to do this alone. You’ll understand how to build a community of educators and parents who run into the storm with you—not away from it.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kim Gameroz
Kim Gameroz has spent nearly two decades in classrooms, leadership meetings, and crisis moments asking one question: What if the answer isn’t another program, but a shift in how we see everything?
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She’s the creator of SELebrate Good Times and Teaching Inside Out, founder of VibeEDU, a movement and conference redefining what professional learning should feel like, and host of the Unleashing the BISON podcast. Through her growing community of educators, Kim is helping schools across the country rebuild from the inside out with connection, courage, and a whole lot of heart.
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Becoming the BISON isn’t just Kim’s book—it’s a movement. After years of watching incredible teachers burn out trying to hold it all together, Kim knew we couldn’t wait for someone else to fix education. So she stopped waiting. She built spaces where real conversations could happen—where educators could talk about what’s hard, what’s working, and what’s next.
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This book is the heartbeat of that work. It’s for every educator who’s ever said, “There has to be a better way.” It’s a reminder that we already have everything we need to change the system from the inside out, together.
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Because the kind of leadership education needs isn’t waiting for permission. It’s already here.
THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SOLUTION EDUCATION IS WAITING FOR
The BISON Revolution Starts With YOU