How School Leaders Contribute to Student Success

1. Introduction; Kenneth Leithwood, Jingping Sun and Katina Pollock. - Section One: The Nature of Successful Leadership. - Section introduction. - 2. A Model of Successful School Leadership from the International Successful School Principalship Project; David Gurr. - 3. The Ontario Leadership Framework; Kenneth Leithwood. - Section Two: The Rational Path. - Section introduction. - 4. Leadership and Learning: Conceptualizing Relations between School Administrative Practice and Instructional Practice; James Spillane. - 5. Effects of Distributed Leadership on School Academic Press and Student Achievement; John Malloy and Kenneth Leithwood. - 6. Towards Sustaining Levels of Reflective Learning: How Do Transformational Leadership, Task Interdependence, and Self-Efficacy Shape Teacher Learning in Schools? ; Arnoud Oude Groote Beverborg, Peter J. C. Sleegers, Maaike D. Endedijk and Klaas van Veen. - Section Three: The Emotional Path. - Section introduction. - 7. Leadership Effectson Student Learning Mediated by Teacher Emotions; Jingping Sun and Kenneth Leithwood. - 8. Principals, Trust, and Cultivating Vibrant Schools; Megan Tschannen-Moran and Christopher R. Gareis. - 9. Generation X School Leaders as Agents of Care: Leader and Teacher Perspectives from Toronto, New York City and London; Karen Edge. - Section Four: The Organizational Path. - Section introduction. - 10. Complexity and Volume: An Inquiry into Factors that Drive Principals Work; Katina Pollock, Fei Wang and David Cameron Hauseman. - 11. Creating Communities of Professionalism: Addressing Cultural and Structural Barriers; Joseph Murphy. - 12. Effects of Principal Professional Orientation towards Leadership, Professional Teacher Behavior, and School Academic Optimism on School Reading Achievement; Roxanne Mitchell and John Tarter. - 13. Leading Teacher Learning in China: A Mixed Methods Study of Successful School Leadership; Shengnan Liu and Philip Hallinger. - Section Five: The Family Path. - Section introduction. - 14. Effects of Family Educational Cultures on Student Success at School: Directions for Leadership; William Jeynes. - 15. Changing the Educational Culture of the Home to Increase Student Success at School; Kenneth Leithwood and Penny Patrician. - 16. Conclusion; Kenneth Leithwood, Jingping Sun and Katina Pollock. - References by Section introduction and Chapter.