Highlighting leadership from a social and relational perspective, this book has a particular emphasis on the innovative role that social networks play in systems change. The social systems engaged in this volume cut across a wide array of stakeholder groups, ranging from student learners, pre-service/in-service teachers, administrators, community leaders, and out to organizations and communities that reflect well beyond the education sector, showcasing diverse perspectives from multiple areas and international settings. Bringing together 32 distinguished scholars from Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Taiwan, the UK and the USA, this book explores the use of social networks in education across different contexts and settings, connecting it with leadership practice that works at these settings for change. The contributors also examine online and virtual social behaviors and their connections to face to face networks. Ultimately, the volume showcases that leadership is social influence through examining a variety of social systems through social relationships. In addition to the breadth of studies connecting innovative leadership research to practice in this volume, the contributors also explore a new area of social networks and leadership by examining online and virtual social behaviors and their connections to face to face networks. Ultimately, the selected chapters in this volume make the point that “leadership is social influence” through examining a variety of social systems through social relationships.

Table of Contents:
Series Editors’ Foreword Part I: The Social Leader 1. The Relational Leader: Mapping the Landscape of Leadership and Change Through Social Networks, Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan) and Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA) 2. Organizational Advancement by Learning Together: Leadership for Professional Learning, Kenneth Leithwood (University of Toronto, Canada) Part II: Students, Leadership and Networks 3. Leading Towards Relational Inclusivity for Students Identified as Having Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Christoforos Mamas (University of California, San Diego, USA) and David Trautman (University of California, San Diego, USA) 4. The Impact of Support Networks on the Education and Development of Pre-Service Teachers, Chloe Eddy (University of Southampton, UK) and Christopher Downey (University of Southampton, UK) 5. Strong Ties and Social Boundaries: Social Networks and Program Influence on Preservice Teachers’ Social Justice Teacher Identities, Peter Bjorklund Jr. (University of California, San Diego, USA) Part III: School-wide Networks 6. Teachers’ Interactions about Multilingual Learner Instruction: Considerations for Elementary School Leaders in the United States, Megan Hopkins (University of California, San Diego, USA), Lisa Matsukata (University of California, San Diego, USA), & Tracy M. Sweet (University of Maryland, USA) 7. Teacher Collaboration in Times of Change – Enhancing Existing Research in Norway Through A Social Network Analysis Perspective, Esther T. Canrinus (University of Agder, Norway) and Jo Inge Johansen Frøytlog (University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway) 8. Structures That Support Leader Development and School Improvement: Insights from Mixed Method Research, Darren Bryant (Curtin University, Australia) and Allan Walker (The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) 9. Leadership Landscape: Configuring Social Influence During School Reform, Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan) Part IV: System-wide Leadership Networks 10. Competition to Cross-School Collaboration: A Social Network Perspective of Local System Leadership in England, Sotiria Kanavidou (University of Southampton, UK) and Christopher Downey (University of Southampton, UK) 11. In Pursuit of Community of Learning: Investigating a Cross-School Leadership Team, Joelle Rodway (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada), Rachel Cann (The University of Auckland, New Zealand), and Claire Sinnema (The University of Auckland, New Zealand) 12. The Role of Relationships: Illustrating System-Wide Disruption on Leadership Networks, David Trautman (University of California, San Diego, USA), Anita Caduff (University of California, San Diego, USA), and Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA) 13. Knowledge Brokers as Informal Leaders in a Multi-District Learning Network, Joelle Rodway, Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan), Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA), Mica Pollock (University of California, San Diego, USA), and Susan Yonezawa (University of California, San Diego, USA) Part V: Educational Leadership Beyond Transitional Boundaries 14. An Investigation of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub Through Social Network Analysis, René Bastón (Team 8, USA), Catherine Cramer (Woods Hole Institute, USA), Alan Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA), Florence D. Hudson (Columbia University, USA), Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan), Kathryn Naum (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA), Wren Thompson (University of Washington, USA), Laycca Umer (New York Hall of Science, USA), and Stephen Uzzo (New York Hall of Science; New York Institute of Technology, USA) 15. Bridging the Divide – How Principals Can Broker Information and Resources between Off- & Online Spaces, Martin Rehm (University of Regensburg, Germany), Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA), Peter Bjorklund Jr. (University of California, San Diego, USA), Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan), Miguel del Fresno (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain) Part VI: Conclusions 16. New Directions and Next Steps for Social Network Research and Design of Teachers’ Professional Development: Building Critical Network Literacy, Kira J. Baker-Doyle (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) 17. Where Are We Headed? A Relationally Focused Agenda for Research and Practice in Leadership, Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan) and Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA) Index