| Bruce G. Barnett University of Texas at San Antonio |
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Bruce is a Professor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department at the University of Texas at San Antonio, having held similar faculty positions at Indiana University and the University of Northern Colorado. Prior to entering higher education in 1987, he worked at the Far West Educational Laboratory, conducting research and implementing leadership development programs, most notably, Peer-Assisted Leadership, a peer-shadowing program for experienced principals.
His involvement in developing and delivering master's degree and principal certification programs for aspiring school leaders is reflected in Bruce's publication record. In particular, his research interests include the use of cohorts in leadership preparation, mentoring and coaching programs for school leaders, leadership for school improvement, and the realities of beginning principals. Bruce's work in these areas appears in a variety of books, book chapters, and journals, including Educational Administration Quarterly, Journal of School Leadership, Journal of Educational Administration, Educational Leadership and Administration, and Leading and Managing.
About 10 years ago, he became involved in international leadership preparation and development programs. In 1999, he and his family spent a sabbatical working at the Australian Principals Center, developing the SAGE Mentoring Program, which has prepared over 1000 school administrators to serve as mentors for new principals. This association with his Australian colleagues resulted in several books by Hawker Brownlow Education on school improvement, reflection, culture, and change as well as articles, book chapters, and conference papers dealing with international mentoring and coaching programs for school leaders. He also has made repeated trips to England to work with students in master's degree programs affiliated with the International Institute for Educational Leadership at the University of Lincoln and the Centre for Educational Studies at the University of Hull. Besides conducting workshops on reflection, mentoring, high performing work teams, and school improvement in Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, and New Zealand, Bruce has organized several tours of American schools and universities for Australian school leaders.
Presently, Bruce is co-conducting research on the impact of professional development programs on aspiring, beginning, and experienced school leaders. He is coordinating research projects in Australia dealing with two leadership development programs in Victoria: (1) Journey Into Leadership, a year-long program for teachers aspiring to the principalship and (2) Coaching for Enhancing the Capabilities of Experienced Principals. In addition, he is consulting with the Chicago Public Schools to ascertain how first-year principals' actions and thinking are affected by their coaching experiences. His future goals are to: (1) expand a network of colleagues who are interested in researching international educational leadership programs and (2) write a book on coaching for educational leaders with his Australian colleagues.