Leadership Development on a Large Scale: Lessons for Long-Term Success

About Kenneth Leithwood

Dr. Leithwood is Emeritus Professor at OISE/University of Toronto. His research and writing is about school leadership educational policy and organizational change. He has published extensively on these topics. For example he is the senior editor of both the first and second International Handbooks on Educational Leadership and Administration (Kluwer Publishers 1996 2003). His most recent books include How School Leaders Contribute to Student Success (2017 Springer) Linking Leadership to Student Learning (2012 Jossey Bass) Leading School Turnaround (2010 Jossey Bass) Distributed leadership: The state of the evidence (2009 Routledge) Leading with Teachers Emotions in Mind (2008 Corwin) Making Schools Smarter (Corwin 3rd edition 2006) and Teaching for Deep Understanding (Corwin 2006). Among his awards Professor Leithwood is the inaugural recipient of the University of Torontos Impact on Public Policy award AERA (Division A) 2011 Outstanding Leadership Researcher Award the 2012 Roald F.  Campbell Lifetime Achievement Award from the University Council for Educational Administration and the Ontario Principal Councils Outstanding Contributions to Education Award for 2016. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. With colleagues he has completed one of the largest studies of its kind about how state district and school-level leadership influences student learning.