Understanding the dynamics of trust is an imperative undertaking for educational leaders. In this book, using an ecological perspective of the lifecycle, the authors situate trust as an essential ingredient of school leaders' moral agency and ethical decision making. Based on their 15 years of research on trust in education, the authors describe the nature and dimensions of trust, its importance and imperative, and its fragility and usefulness for school leaders, positioning them as trust brokers in school organizations. The book offers a detailed description of trust's lifecycle stages, namely establishing, maintaining, sustaining, breaking, and restoring, as pertinent to educational settings. It discusses leaders' trust brokering in relation to social capital and psychological contract and interconnected hosting virtues of compassion, hope, and trust. The authors conclude with the role of maturing vision of moral agency, the subjective and objective responsibilities of educational leaders, and the necessary ethical commitments and courage to enact transformative practices in order to provide trustworthy leadership. With its theoretical and empirical basis, this book is an excellent resource for scholars in the fields of education, business, and leadership. It is also a valuable resource as required or supplementary reading for graduate courses in educational administration, leadership, and policy studies. Practitioners in these areas will find valuable insights that they can incorporate into their work.

Featuring voices from academics, practitioners, school system leaders, school administrators, and graduate students from across Canada and abroad, this unique edited collection offers conceptual discussions and empirical examples of leadership for flourishing in a variety of educational contexts. This volume affirms that by fostering positive leadership, striving for well-being, and encouraging flourishing for all, significant benefits and new potentials will be felt throughout the learning communities. Grounded in theoretical approaches of positive leadership, positive psychology, and positive organizational scholarship, the accounts from K-12, post-secondary, and professional contexts explore the impacts and influences of leadership at all levels of education. Editors and chapter authors describe their research findings and first-hand experiences of supporting educators and school leaders in learning how to grow their agentic role for fostering well-being among all members of the community. The book is divided into three sections: stories of school-level flourishing, stories of personal professional flourishing, and stories of the impacts and influences of positive leadership in various educational contexts.Engaging and practical, this book encourages readers to reflect on the topics through discussion questions and to apply the learning to their own educational and organizational settings. This positively oriented volume will be invaluable for students of educational leadership, education administration, and organizational studies in education, in North America and beyond.

This book provides an instrument for anyone wishing to have words of prayer to assist them in their devotion to God.

This book is a devotional aid for those who wish to pray using the words inspired by Matthew's Gospel

This monograph concerns ethical decision making in the public service, with particular attention to examples from educational administration and leadership. Superintendents were interviewed to provide examples of various frames and grounds for ethical decision making.

The purpose of this invitational book is to provide a platform of encouragement to those thirst for the presence of God in their lives. It is hoped that each person who picks this book up and uses it, will continue to flourish in their transforming friendship with Jesus Christ through prayer. This is a simple to use and flexible devotional resource with morning and evening prayers collected from hundreds of scriptures and people of prayer.

This book consists of a collection of essays written by graduate students of public administration (MPA students) at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS). The JSGS is one School with two campuses: The University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan. The essays cover a range of topics and issues but all reflect on public governance and administration.

Rosthern High School is in the Prairie Spirit School Division in Saskatchewan. It is a vibrant and enthusiastic school with much energy and a strong sense of momentum. This book depicts life in the school and its positive sense of living and learning.

Waldheim School in the Prairie Spirit School Division is an energetic, positive and life-giving learning community. As the students and staff have reflected on their journeys, their sweet spots and their memories about how the school has made and is making a difference in their lives and learning - we see that this is a flourishing school. Not perfect but desiring to continue to flourish together.

This book provides readers with an assortment of Christian prayers in a number of different formats.