K-12 Leadership
Educational Leadership in the Department of Educational
Leadership
and Policy Analysis
The Department of Educational Leadership
and Policy
Analysis offers degrees in K-12 Educational Leadership at the
Master's
and Doctoral levels. Recent graduates of the program are faculty
members,
district and school administrators. The program focuses on
providing students
with a knowledge base in educational leadership, organizational
theory,
planning and evaluation, learning and diversity, with a
foundation in
both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis faculty
members
with a K-12 leadership emphasis include:
Eric Camburn - whose research focuses on urban public schools and their
improvement.
His current research centers around understanding efforts to
improve instruction
in urban schools. Camburn’s current work also focuses on the
measurement
of instruction and leadership practice. Much of Camburn’s
research
involves the use of multi-level statistical models, but he has
also conducted
a number of mixed-method investigations.
Colleen Capper,
whose work on leadership and spirituality and leadership for
diverse learners
draws from theoretical methodologies such as functional,
critical, and
post-modern theories to identify methods and approaches to
developing
learning organizations that address the needs of students with a
variety
of cultural backgrounds and learning needs.
M. Bruce King, whose work concentrates on school and
instructional reform (especially authentic pedagogy and achievement),
instructional leadership, and organizational development. He
coordinates outreach efforts for the ELPA including partnership
development between the department and schools and districts.
Julie Mead,
whose legal scholarship focuses the ways in which school law
shapes and
limits schools' abilities to serve students from diverse
backgrounds, and
those with special learning needs. Specifically, she has
examined the
impact of choice and charter school laws on students with
disabilities
and students of color.
Rich Halverson,
whose work examines the ways in which principals use particular
artifacts
(such as specific policies, structures, or other mechanisms) to
enhance
the school's capacity to improve student learning. Specifically,
he has
examined the ways in which principals make sense of particular
interventions,
and use those interventions as tools to shape practice in their
schools.
Examples include a "breakfast club" and knowledge and
skills-based
teacher evaluation system.
Peter M. Miller, who research is community-based educational leadership: leadership theory; education in contexts of homelessness: social capital; school-community collaboration.
Allan Odden, whose
scholarship in educational finance and teacher compensation
focuses on
effectively reallocating resources in schools, and on developing
knowledge
and skills-based teacher pay and evaluation systems.
Geoffrey Borman,
whose research applies state-of-the-art quantitative methods to
evaluating
educational interventions designed to improve the achievement of
disadvantaged
student populations. His work also examines ways in which school
districts
can better use data for decision-making in schools.
Carolyn Kelley,
whose scholarship focuses on the nexus between educational
policy and
organizational theory. Her current research focuses on the
efficacy and
impact of National Board Certification and knowledge and
skills-based
teacher evaluation and pay systems on teacher professional
growth, the
school organization, and student learning.
Examples of Recent Dissertations:
Jay P. Scribner. This dissertation received the AERA
Dissertation of
the Year Award. Current Position: Associate Professor,
University of Missouri-Columbia.
Rose Ylamaki. A Grounded Theory of Collaborative Actions: A Multi-Case Study of the Successful Implementation of Literacy Reform. Current Position:
Assistant
Professor
Todd Bloom. Principal
Behaviors Associated with the Implementation
of State Academic Standards. Current Position: School
Improvement
Consultant, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.
For more information on how to apply, contact the Student Services Coordinator
Shari Smith directly at ssmith@education.wisc.edu and see the Admissions section.