Book Review: Inviting Educational Leadership

Inviting Educational Leadership: Fulfilling Potentialand Applying Ethics to the Education Process is written by John M. Novak. “S chools can either be part of the solution or partof the problem.” If schools are to be a part of the former, then theyneed to be unconditionally invitational. Invitational Education isthe theory that informs his book Inviting Educational Leadership:Fulfilling Potential and Applying Ethics to the Education Process.If educational leadership is to be truly successful, leadership willacknowledge that there are specific invitational ideals required asfounding principles. There are five core invitational principleswhich underscore the notion that education is fundamentally animaginative act of hope aimed at inviting all stakeholders to continuouslysavour, understand, and better their expectations.