Revised Jan 4, 2012

Reading List:

 Core Readings:

Fullan., M. G. (1993). Change forces: Probing the depths of educational reform. London: Falmer. 1-18.

Hord, S. (1997). Professional Learning Communities: Communities of Continuous Inquiry and Improvement.  

Lambert, L. (1998). Building Leadership Capacity in Schools. Alexandria, VA:    Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Lambert, L. (2000). Framing reform for the millennium: Leadership capacity in schools and districts. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 14, 1-4.

Lambert, L. (Feb, 2005). Leadership for lasting Reform.  Educational Leadership, 62-65 Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

MacNeil, A. & McClanahan, A. (nd). Shared Leadership http://cnx.org/content/m12923/latest/ 

Wheatley, M. (2000). Good-bye command and control. The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership. Jossey-Bass:San Francisco. 339-347.

Williams, R. & . Brien, K. (2009).  Redefining educational leadership for the 21st century. In Thomas Ryan (Ed.), Canadian Educational Leadership Paradigms (pp. 1-42) Calgary, AB: Temeron Books/Detselig.

Elective readings:

Barth, R. (1990). Improving schools from within: Teachers, parents and principals can make the difference. Jossey Bass San Francisco. 122-146.

Brown, D. (1994). Experiencing shared leadership: Teachers' reflections. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Burke, P. (2003). Organizational learning a necessity for sharing and distributing leadership to bring about real change for teachers and students: One principal's story. Paper prepared for the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago. (available as ERIC document ED481091)

Chamley, J., McFarlane, F., Young, R., & Caprio, E. (    ). Overcoming the superprincipal complex: Shared and informed decision making    1-8.

Chirichello, M. (2001). Preparing principals to lead in the new millennium: A response to the leadership crisis in american schools. Paper presented at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement. Toronto.
(available as ERIC document ED453588)

Elder, J. (2000). Support for shared leadership of collaborative action teams through training of teams, local facilitators and development of resource materials. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans. (available as ERIC documnet ED442206)

Fullan, M. (2000). Leadership for the twenty-first century: Breaking the bonds of dependency. In The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership. Jossey-Bass, 156-163.

Holland, N. (2002). Small schools making big changes: The importance of professional communities in school reform. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the National Association of African American Studies. Houston. (available as ERIC document ED477413)

Hord, S. (1998). Creating a professional learning community: Cottonwood creek school. Issues about Change, 6(2), 2-8.

Huffman, J. & Hipp, K. (2000). Creating communities of learners: The interaction of shared leadership, shared vision, and supportive conditions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
(available as ERIC document ED452582)

Huffman, J. (2001). The role of shared vision in creating professional learning communities. Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. Austin. (available as ERIC document ED466028)

Jackson, D. (2000). The school improvement journey: Perspectives on leadership. School Leadership & Management, 20(1), 61-78.

Kirby, C., Wimpelberg, R. & Keaster, R. (     ). Teacher empowerment depends on needs, expectations ofprincipals, schools districts.  89-95.

Lambert, L. (2002). A framework for shared leadership Educational Leadership. 59(8).

Lieberman, A., Saxl, E., & Miles, M. (2000). Teacher leadership: Ideology and practice. In The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership. Jossey-Bass, 348-365.

Little, J. (2000). Assessing the prospects for teacher leadership. In The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership. Jossey-Bass, 390-418.

Marsh, D. (2000). Educational leadership for the twenty-first century: Integrating thre essential perspectives. In The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership. Jossey-Bass, 126-145.

Meyers, B. et al. (1997). Getting better with practice? A longitudinal study of shared leadership. Paper presented at the annual meeting of  the American Educational Research Association, Chicago. (available as ERIC document ED408705)

Portin, B. (1997). Complexity and capacity: A survey of principal role change in Washington State. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration, Orlando. (available as ERIC document ED414624)

Weiss, C. & Cambone, j. (2000). Principals, shared decision making, and school reform. In The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership. Jossey-Bass, 366-389.