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 Effects on 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.