Jeffrey Glanz, Ed.D., currently serves as Dean of Graduate Programs and Chair of the Department of Education at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York. He also coordinates the educational leadership program that leads to New York State certification as a principal and assistant principal. Prior to arriving at Wagner, he served as executive assistant to the president of Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Dr. Glanz held faculty status as a tenured professor in the Department of Instruction and Educational Leadership at Kean Universitys College of Education. He was named Graduate Teacher of the Year in 1999 by the Student Graduate Association and was also that years recipient of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Scholarship. He served as an administrator and teacher in the New York City public schools for 20 years. Dr. Glanz has authored, co-authored, and co-edited 13 books and has over 35 peer-reviewed article publications. With Corwin Press he co-authored the best-selling Supervision That Improves Teaching (2nd ed.), Supervision in Practice: Three Steps to Improve Teaching and Learning, authored The Assistant Principals Handbook and Teaching 101: Strategies for the Beginning Teacher, and more recently co-authored Building Learning Communities Through Collaborative Strategies, Learning amp; Leadership Styles. Most recently, Dr. Glanz has authored the What Every Principal Should Know About Leadership: The 7 Book Collection:What Every Principal Should Know About Instructional Leadership,What Every Principal Should Know About Cultural Leadership, What Every Principal Should Know About Ethical and Spiritual Leadership, What Every Principal Should Know About School-Community Leadership, What Every Principal Should Know About Collaborative Leadership, What Every Principal Should Know About Operational Leadership, What Every Principal Should Know About Strategic Leadership.
Consult his web site for additional information: http://www.wagner.edu/faculty/users/jglanz/web/.
Susan Sullivan received her BA from Elmira College, her MAT from The Johns Hopkins University, and her MEd and EdD from Teachers College, Columbia University. She served as an instructor in the Department of Romance Languages of The Johns Hopkins University for 10 years and as a teacher and administrator in Baltimore, Maryland; Rome, Italy; and the New York City area. She is currently Chair of the Department of Education of the College of Staten Island, The City University of New York. She was Coordinator of the Program in Educational Administration and continues to teach graduate courses in supervision of instruction and educational leadership. Her current research interests center on reflective practice, the role of the school district in systemic change, and of course, supervision of instruction and its alternatives. In addition to their staff development book, Supervision in Practice, she and Jeffrey Glanz are writing a book on learning communities for Corwin Press. She has also published in journals such as Journal of School Leadership, Journal of Curriculum and Supervision Development, Education and Urban Society, and Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development Journal.
