Michael Fullan
Award-Winning Author and International Education Reform Researcher on leadership and 'collaborative competition'
International education researcher and author Michael Fullan visited Houston Aug. 27-28, 2009, for a private workshop with aspiring principals from Houston A+ Challenge's Regional Principal Leadership Academy.
Dr. Fullan is 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.
In this video, Michael Fullan answers A+'s questions:
- What is 'collaborative competition' and how can it transform public education?
- What kind of leadership, both at the district level and at the school level, does it take for collaborative competition to succeed?
- What do you see as the role of an organization such as Houston A+ Challenge, which has a mission to bring schools and districts together for collaborative purposes?
- What are you talking about in your workshop today with aspiring principals from the Houston A+ Challenge leadership academy?
