Benjamin Kutsyuruba

Assistant Professor, Graduate Faculty
Associate Director, Social Program Evaluation Group (SPEG) 

Contact Information
Room: A324
Phone:(613) 533-3049
Email: ben.kutsyuruba@queensu.ca

 

 

Research Interests

• Educational Leadership
• Educational Policy
• Mentorship
• Trust, Moral Agency, and Ethical Decision Making in Education
• Educational Change and Reforms
• Legal Issues in Education
• International Education

Recent Publications

• Klinger, D. A., Kutsyuruba, B., Shulha, L. M., Wade-Woolley, L., & Boulé, S. (2011). An evaluation of the state, changes, and influences of the Ontario’s School Effectiveness Framework (Report to the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat, RFS #592). Toronto, ON: Ontario Ministry of Education.
• Kutsyuruba, B. (in press). Mentorship of beginning teachers: The Canadian context. In R. Yirci (Ed.), Mentoring practices around the world. Ankara, Turkey: Pegem Akademi.
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2011). Teacher collaboration, mentorship, and intergenerational gap in post-Soviet Ukrainian schools. International Journal of Educational Reform, 20(3), 226-255. 
• Walker, K., Kutsyuruba, B., & Noonan, B. (2011). The fragility of trust in the world of school principals. Journal of Educational Administration,49(5), 471-494. doi:10.1108/09578231111159502. 
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2011). Education in the period of post-Soviet transition in Ukraine. Demokratizatsiya: Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization,19(3), 287-309. 
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2011). Mentorship of teachers across the intergenerational gap. In E. Ralph, & K. Walker (Eds.), Adapting Mentorship across the professions. (pp. 157-175). Calgary, AB: Detselig.
• Chin, P., & Kutsyuruba, B. (2011). The potential of Adaptive Mentorship model in teacher education practicum settings. In E. Ralph, & K. Walker (Eds.), Adapting mentorship across the professions. (pp. 361-378). Calgary, AB: Detselig.
• Kutsyuruba, B., Walker, K., & Noonan, B. (2011). Restoring broken trust in the work of school principals. International Studies in Educational Administration, 39(2), 81-95. 
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2011). Potential for teacher collaboration in post-Soviet Ukraine. International Journal of Educational Development, 31(2011), 541-551. doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.12.006
• Kutsyuruba, B., Walker, K., & Noonan, B. (2010). The ecology of trust in the principalship. Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, 21(1), 23-47.
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2010, October). Collaboration and leadership in schools in times of uncertainty and radical change. Paper presented at the International Leadership Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
• Walker, K., Kutsyuruba, B., & Noonan, B. (2010, June). Ecology of trust in the principalship. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2010, June). Teacher collaboration, mentorship, and intergenerational gap in post-Soviet Ukrainian schools. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC.
• Kutsyuruba, B., Walker, K., & Noonan, B. (2010). Restoration of trust in the work of school principals. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
• Kutsyuruba, B., & Kelly-Hussain, A. (2010). Ontario Safe Schools Legislation: The road to progressive discipline. Paper presented at the Fifteenth National Congress of Rural Education, Saskatoon, SK.
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2010, January). Teacher collaboration in times of uncertainty and change. Paper presented at the Hawaiian International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2009).  Supervision and professional development: Instructional leadership for beginning teachers . Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag. 
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2009). Getting off on the right foot: Guiding beginning teachers with instructional supervision and professional development.  The International Journal of Learning, 16 (2), 257-277. 
• Kutsyuruba, B., Walker, K., & Noonan, B. (2009). Importance and fragility of trust in the world of school principals.  Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San-Diego, CA . 
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2009). Collaboration in school organizations in times of uncertainty and radical societal changes.  Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San-Diego, CA . 
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2008).  Teachers’ work in times of uncertainty: Post-Soviet change and teacher collaboration . Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag. 
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2008). Helping beginning teachers to a good start with supervision and professional development.  Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY . 
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2008). Post-Soviet societal changes and the impact on schools and teacher collaboration in Ukraine.  Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY 
• Noonan, B., Walker, K., & Kutsyuruba, B. (2008). Trust in the contemporary principalship.  Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 85 , 1-11. 
• Kutsyuruba, B., & Kemp, S. (2008). Circle of community: Community and Youth Leadership development.  Proceedings of the Thirteenth National Congress of Rural Education, Saskatoon, SK . 
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2008). Collaboration in school organizations in times of societal change: Cultural and micropolitical perspectives.  Proceedings of the International Academy of Management and Business Conference, San Diego, CA . 
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2008, January). Instructional supervision and professional development of beginning teachers: Relationship between supervision and professional development.  SSBA (Saskatchewan School Based Administrators) Newsletter, 37 , 4. 
• Renihan, P. J., Walker, K. D., Noonan, W., & Kutsyuruba, B. (Eds.). (2008).  Organization of public education: Readings on the legal and institutional contexts . Saskatoon, SK: University of Saskatchewan Press. 
• Sackney, L., & Kutsyuruba, B. (2008).  Calendar year review: Prairie Valley School Division #208.  Saskatoon, SK: Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit. 
• Kemp, S., & Kutsyuruba, B. (2007).  Community and Youth Leadership principles, practices, and processes: A review and synthesis of the literature . Saskatoon, SK: Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit. 
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2007). The impact of post-Soviet societal changes on teacher collaboration in Ukrainian schools. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Development of Democracy and Democratic Education in Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine . 
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2007, November). Instructional supervision and professional development of beginning teachers: Supervisory preferences.  SSBA (Saskatchewan School Based Administrators) Newsletter, 36 , 3. 
• Kutsyuruba, B. (2007, February). Saskatchewan update.  RESOLVE (Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse) News, 9 (1), 4. 
• Renihan, P., Kutsyuruba, B., & Ferguson, S. (2006).  Kerrobert Composite High School: A school effectiveness review.  Saskatoon, SK: Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit.