KU Center for Research on Learning

KU Center for Research on Learning




Speaker Bio - Michael Fullan

Michael Fullan is Professor Emeritus of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Recognized as a worldwide authority on educational reform, Michael is engaged in training, consulting, and evaluating change projects around the world and his books have been published in many languages. Michael Fullan is currently Special Advisor to the Premier and Minister of Education in Ontario. His book, Leading in a Culture of Change was awarded the 2002 Book of the Year Award by the National Staff Development Council and Breakthrough (with Peter Hill and Carmel Crévola) won the 2006 Book of the Year Award from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. His widely acclaimed books include:

  • What’s Worth Fighting For trilogy (with Andy Hargreaves)
  • Change Forces trilogy
  • Leading in a Culture of Change which was awarded the 2002 Book of the Year Award by the National Staff Development Council
  • The Moral Imperative of School Leadership, March 2003
  • Leadership and Sustainability: System Thinkers in Action, 2005
  • Breakthrough, (with Peter Hill and Carmel Crévola), 2006
  • Learning Places, (with Clif St. Germain), 2006
  • Turnaround Leadership, 2006
  • The New Meaning of Educational Change, 4th Edition, 2007
  • What’s Worth Fighting for in the Principalship? 2nd Edition, 2008
  • The Six Secrets of Change, 2008




Description

For more than two decades, Michael Fullan has been studying educational change. As a consultant and leader of numerous change initiatives globally, he studied firsthand what works when leading change. In the presentation, Michael will offer a detailed overview of several themes and strategies described in his most recent publications. Participants will gain insight into the essential ideas they need to know to be change savvy and better able to move their schools toward better learning for all.