Centre Staff


Full Time

Kenneth A. Leithwood is a Professor of Educational Administration and Head of the Centre.
Dr. Leithwood teaches, consults, and does research on administrator effectiveness, planned
change and personnel as well as program evaluation.

Doris Jantzi is a Senior Research Officer with the Centre,
specializing in research on school improvement procedures and educational policy
development.

Rosanne Steinbach is also a Senior Research Officer, specializing
in administrative problem solving, shared decision making, and team learning.

Vashty Hawkins is the Administrative Assistant, Conference and
Course Coordinator within the Centre, and is also the registrar for the Principal Qualification
Programs.



Associate Members

Paul Begley is Professor and Head of the OISE/UT Centre for the Study of Values and
Leadership (established June 1996).  This centre is affiliated with the University Council for
Educational Administration (UCEA) through a partnership with the University of Virginia.
His current teaching and research interests include: the influence of values and ethics on
school leadership practices, socializing influences experienced by aspiring principals,
international  images of effective school leadership, the ethics and procedures of performance
appraisal,  the administrator's role in school improvement, and state of the art pre-service
and in-service practices for school leadership development (including distance education).

Jim Ryan a Professor of educational administration in the Department of Theory and Policy
Studies.  His research and teaching interests include theory and research, diversity, leadership,
and critical and postmodern approaches to educational administration.



Part Time

Carol Slater is Principal of the OISE/UT Toronto Principal Qualification
Programs and is also Director of Professional Development Programs at the Centre.  She is
also a retired elementary school principal and a keen staff developer with many years of
experience.  Carol is interested in principal training and school improvement procedures.


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