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Assistant Professor
Alan
graduated from Clark University with a BA in Psychology,
received
a MS in Counseling from San Diego
State University, and a MA and Ph.D. in Education with
an emphasis in Educational Leadership and Organizations
from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Over
the last 15 years, Alan has held a wide variety of
positions in public education ranging from classroom
teacher to district psychologist to site administrator.
In
addition to his K-12 public education experience,
Alan has most recently been the Program Director
for the Center for Educational Leadership and Effective
Schools at the University of California, Santa Barbara
where he collaboratively supported the delivery of
high quality services and research to 5 school districts
focusing on the rigorous examination of strengths,
building leadership capacity, and facilitating the
potential of systems for transformation.
Alan
has presented
at the local, state, and national level around
conflict mediation, the creation and maintenance
of positive
school cultures, and the impact of current accountability
structures. As a licensed educational psychologist,
he has also provided consultation to school districts
working to build and sustain systemic leadership
capacity, district reform, and implementation of
adult and student
conflict resolution. Alan’s research interests
include the intersection of leadership and trust,
district coherence, strengths based processes, and
partnering
with shareholders for the success of all students. |
