Leadership for Flourishing in Educational Contexts

Dr. Benjamin Kutsyuruba is a Professor of Educational Policy, Leadership, and School Law at Queen's University. Dr. Sabre Cherkowski is a Professor and Director of Graduate programs in Education at UBC Okanagan.Dr. Keith D. Walker is a Professor of Educational Administration at the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan.

• Foreword: Bringing Out Positive Leadership in Uncertain Time - Megan CrawfordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Striving Toward Wellbeing: Creating Conditions and Structures for Flourishing in Education - Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Sabre Cherkowski, and Keith D. WalkerSection 1: Stories of School-level FlourishingChapter 1: Wellness as Foundation for Change: Intersection of Leadership and Trust - Randy Hetherington, Corey Haley, and Bryn SpenceChapter 2: Implementing the Adult Education Strategy in Eastern Ontario: Exemplary Leadership Practices for Mobilizing Coalition and Supporting Wellbeing - Lorraine Godden, Alexandra Youmans, and Eleanor NewmanChapter 3: Authority to Empathy, Leader to Servant: How Positive Leadership Can Mobilize Innovative Practices - Stephen MacGregor, Chris Brown, and Jane FloodChapter 4: Building Bridges for the Whole Child Education and Flourishing School Community: A Case Study of Effective Principal Leadership - Ma. del Carmen EsperChapter 5: Leading with Cultural Proficiency to Cultivate Flourishing Schools - Marco A. Nava, Delia Estrada, and Ileana M. DávalosChapter 6: Positive Leadership Approaches: Principles and Practices for Flourishing Schools - Darcia Roache, Stanley Bruce Thomson, and Jason MarshallChapter 7: Flourishing in the Middle: Accessing the Expertise Within - Cherie Finley, Jake Schmidt, and Victoria HandfordSection 2: Stories of Personal Professional FlourishingChapter 8: Critical Conversations to Enhance Leaders' Perceptions of Professional Efficacy - Sharon Allan, Pamela Adams, and Carmen MombourquetteChapter 9: From Popular Theory to Practical Application: How can Brené Brown's Theories of Courageous Leadership Inform the Fields of International Education, Adult Education, and Online Education? - Jessica Della-Latta and Karen BurkettChapter 10: Sensing, Listening, Interpreting, Responding: Interoception in Educational Leadership - Sarah ShepherdChapter 11: Acculturation Lessons for Educator Flourishing While Sojourning Overseas - Rebecca Stroud StaselChapter 12: Foreign Languages Education: An Unexplored Road to Positive Leadership and Well-Being - Roberto Jiménez-ArroyoSection 3: Stories of the Impacts and Influences of Positive LeadershipChapter 13: Taking an Inventory of Thriving: Ensuring that Graduate and Professional Students Have a Well-stocked Toolkit - Eleftherios Soleas, Heather Coe-Nesbitt, Anoushka Moucessian, and Nadia ArghashChapter 14: Appreciative Inquiry in the Classroom: A New Model for Teacher Development - Marine Miglianico, Nancy Goyette, Philippe Dubreuil, and Alain HuotChapter 15: Collaborative Leadership as an Approach to Promote Wellbeing on Post-secondary Campuses - Vicki Squires and Chad LondonChapter 16: How Positive Leadership Fosters Flourishing Relationships Towards Positive Outcomes: Reflections from Four Master of Education Students - Jason Anthony Singh, Tanjin Ashraf, Erica Cheng, and Joanne LieuChapter 17: The Role of Relational and Positive Leadership within Doctoral Supervision Context - Maha Al Makhamreh and Benjamin KutsyurubaConcluding Thoughts: Momentum for Future Striving - Keith D. Walker, Sabre Cherkowski, and Benjamin KutsyurubaAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors