The Governance Core: School Boards, Superintendents, and Schools Working Together

About Davis W. CampbellMichael Fullan

Davis Campbell is the former Executive Director of the California School Boards Association and is Chair of the University of California Davis School of Education Advisory Board and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Applied Policy in Education. Campbell has a deep and broad background in public education. He served for 12 years in the California Department of Education serving six of those as Deputy State Superintendent of Public Instruction in charge of all education programs. In 1988 he was appointed Executive Director of the California School Boards Association serving in that capacity until his retirement in 2001. He has also served as an elected trustee on the Yolo County Board of Education. In 2020 Campbell was awarded the 2020 University of California Davis Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Award. Campbell maintains an active consulting practice in effective governance in education as well as nonprofit agencies at both the state and international level. In California in addition to continuing education governance programs with school districts Campbell has provided workshops for nonprofit organizations as well as governance workshops and presentations with cities counties and special districts. Campbells international work includes governance support for American and International schools in Madrid Spain (15 years) Barcelona Spain Lisbon Portugal Paris France Rome and Milan Italy Tunis Tunisia Cairo Egypt and British Columbia Canada. Michael Fullan served as Premier Dalton McGuintys Special Policy Adviser in Ontario from 2003-2013. He received the Order of Canada (OC) in December 2012 and holds five honorary doctorates from universities around the world. His interim autobiography Surreal Change covers his work to 2018. Michael and his colleagues are now working diligently on field-based comprehensive system change in several countries. This work operates under the umbrella of what they call the shared humanity paradigm Equity Engagement Excellence--Deep change that integrates local (school and community) middle (district/regional) and state (policy) entities. Fullans favorite method of learning is to partner with groups that are engaged with change; and to learn together with them. (And then to write another book about the experiences and what was learned). Michael Fullans latest books are:  Nuance (2019) Spirit Work and the Science of Collaboration (with Mark Edwards 2022) The Principal 2.0 (2023) and The Drivers (with Joanne Quinn 2023). For more information on books articles videos podcasts please go to: www.michaelfullan.ca