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.
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.
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.