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CV – Jim Brandon

CURRICULUM VITAE

August 31, 2016 Jim Brandon, Associate Professor, University of Calgary

Education Tower, 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4

403.220.3048 [email protected]

EDUCATION 2005 Doctor of Philosophy, Educational Leadership

University of Calgary Dissertation: A Standards-Based Assessment of Alberta’s Teacher Growth, Supervision and Evaluation Policy

1988 Master of Education, Educational Leadership University of Victoria

1972 Bachelor of Education, Secondary Social Studies University of Calgary

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION 1971 Permanent Professional Teaching Certificate (Alberta) CURRENT POSITION 2016 July to present

Associate Dean, Professional and Community Engagement and Associate Professor Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary

PREVIOUS POSITIONS AND RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2011 – 2016

Director of Professional Programs and Assistant Professor Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary

2009 – 2011 Director of Leadership Capacity Building, College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS), Edmonton, Alberta

2008 – 2011

Sessional Instructor, University of Calgary

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2003 – 2009 Deputy Superintendent, Foothills School Division, High River, Alberta

1989 – 2003 Associate Superintendent: Learning Services, Foothills School Division

1986 – 1989 Deputy Superintendent, Spirit River School Division, Spirit River, Alberta

1977 – 1986 Principal, Spirit River Elementary School, Spirit River School Division

1974 – 1977 Vice-Principal, Rycroft Junior High School, Spirit River School Division

1973 – 1974 Teacher, Rycroft Junior High School; Spirit River School Division

1971 – 1972 Substitute Teacher, Calgary Board of Education (while completing BEd)

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS 2014 Service Excellence Award, Werklund School of Education, University of

Calgary

2009 Alberta Distinguished Service Award (Superintendent of the Year), Canadian Association of School System Administrators

2007 – 2008 President, College of Alberta School Superintendents

2002 – 2006 Zone Director, College of Alberta School Superintendents

2000 – 2002 Calgary Zone Chair, College of Alberta School Superintendents

1999 Kappan Leadership Award, Calgary Chapter, Phi Delta Kappa

1997 – 1998 Calgary Chapter President, Phi Delta Kappa

1994 – 1996 Vice-President, Calgary Regional Consortium for Professional Development

1993 Founding Board Member, Center for Leadership and Learning, University of Calgary

1985 Administrator of the Year, Peace Area Regional Council on School Administration

1982 Citizen of the Year, Spirit River, Alberta


SCHOLARLY EXPERTISE

My scholarly interests and expertise are located at the nexus of research, theory, and educational leadership practice that aims to improve teaching and learning. Several of my research efforts have been designed to deepen and mobilize both practical and research knowledge that links theory with systematic inquiry in the field. My two books, a number of recent papers, and several research reports focus on school and system leadership in the Canadian context. Commissioned research reports and papers have been completed for Alberta Education, the Alberta Association of Deans of Education (AADE), the Alberta School Councils’ Association (ASCA), the Alberta Association of Public Charter Schools (TAAPCS), the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA), the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS), and the Alberta Distance Learning Centre (ADLC). In addition to serving as a speaker or facilitator for the each of these education partners, I have also made scholarly contributions to the Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA), the Association of School Business Officials of Alberta (ASBOA), and the Association of Independent Schools and Colleges of Alberta (AISCA). I have been working with these and other education partners to develop a critical, systematic, and research informed knowledge base within the larger field of educational leadership. My scholarly expertise is firmly directed toward the development of leadership and teaching practices and policies designed to enhance the engagement, learning, and well being of all students.

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY AND PUBLISHING BOOKS – PROFESSIONAL Brandon, J., Hanna, P., Morrow, R., Rhyason, K. & Schmold, S. (2013). The Alberta framework

for school system success. Edmonton, AB: Henday Publishing. Brandon, J., Hanna, P., & Rhyason, K. (Eds.) (2013). Vision in action: Seven approaches to

school system success. Edmonton, AB: Henday Publishing. BOOK CHAPTERS – REFEREED Brandon, J. (2015). Excellent teachers for northern and remote Alberta schools. In N. Maynes, &

B.E. Hatt (Eds.), The complexity of hiring, supporting, and retaining new teachers across Canada (pp. 150-168). Canadian Association for Teacher Education / Association canadienne pour la formation à l’enseignement.

Brandon, J. & Quarin-Wright, M. (2011). Student assessment policy and practice in Alberta: An

assessment of learning. In C. Webber & J. Lupart (Eds.) Leading Assessment (pp. 59-87). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Press.

Burger, J., Brandon, J., Garneau, B., Gonnet, C., & Nadirova, A. (2011). Internal and external

accountability: Building evidence-informed leadership capacity at all system levels. In J.


MacBeath & T. Townsend (Eds.), Handbook of Leadership for Learning. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Press.

BOOK CHAPTERS – PROFESSIONAL Brandon, J., & Hanna, P. (2013). Alberta ways: Multiple approaches to school system success. In

J. Brandon, P. Hanna, & K. Rhyason (Eds.), Vision in action: Seven approaches to school system success, (pp. 1-14). Edmonton, AB: Henday Publishing.

Brandon, J., Hanna, P., & Rhyason, K. (2013). Concluding thoughts: Leadership research in

action. In J. Brandon, P. Hanna, & K. Rhyason (Eds.), Vision in action: Seven approaches to school system success, (pp. 293-303). Edmonton, AB: Henday Publishing.

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS Brandon, J., Donlevy, K., Hanna, P., Gereluk, D., Patterson, P., & Rhyason, K., (January 2014).

An adaptive superintendent induction program, Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2(1), 155-164.

Burger, J., Aitken, A., Brandon, J., Klinck, P., McKinnon, G., & Mutch, S. (2001). The next

generation of basic education accountability in Alberta, Canada: A policy dialogue. International electronic journal for leadership in learning, 5(19).

Couvier, S., Brandon, J., & Prasow, C. (2008). Inhabiting a welcoming new landscape: A first

year teacher’s voyage of discovery. Journal of educational thought, 42(3), 261-276. Donlevy, J. K., Gereluk, D., Brandon, J., & Patterson, P. (2012). Money, law, and religion: Non-

Catholic students in Saskatchewan's Catholic separate schools - the Theodore case. Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, 22(2), 61-85.

Donlevy, J. K., Gereluk, D., Brandon, J., & Patterson, P. (2013). Current challenges to Catholic

education in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta. Journal of Religious Education, 61(1), 22-31.

Donlevy, J. K., Brandon, J., Gereluk, D., & Patterson, P. (2014). Freedom of conscience and

Catholic schools, Interchange, 24,(1), 241-255. Donlevy, J. K., Brandon, J., Gereluk, D., & Patterson, P. (2014, November). Canada’s

constitutionally protected Catholic schools and gay-straight alliance clubs, Education and Law Journal, 44,(3), 241-63.

Gereluk, D., Farrell, M., Donlevy, J. K., Patterson, P., Brandon, J. (2015). Parental rights,

teachers’ professional autonomy, and contested pedagogy under the Alberta Human Rights Act. Critical Education, 6(2), 1-19.


Leinweber, K., Donlevy, J. K., Gereluk, D., Patterson, P., & Brandon, J. (2012). Moral

Education Polices in Five Canadian Provinces: Seeking Clarity, Consistency and Coherency, Interchange, 43(1), 25-42.

Preciado Babb, A.P, Saar, C., Friesen, S, & Brandon, J., (January 2015). Engaging high school

students in an engineering thermodynamics project, International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy 5(1), 12-19.

Preciado Babb, A.P, Saar, C., Marcotte, C., Brandon, J., & Friesen, S. (2013, July). Using mobile

technology for fostering intellectual engagement, International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies, 7(3), 46-53.

ARTICLES IN PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS Brandon, J. (2006, Spring). Supervision as varied and informed instructional support.

Supervision and instructional leadership newsletter, 9-11. Brandon, J. (2008, June). Variations of informed instructional support. The school improvement

scoop, 4(3), 6-7. Brandon, J. (2010, November). Moving and improving in Alberta: Leadership research in

action, The Canadian Association for Study of Educational Administration Newsletter, 6. Brandon, J. (2014, March 14). Let’s strengthen education through evidence, not fads. The

Calgary Herald. Brandon, J. (2014, Spring). Leading learning together: Activating evidence informed collective

wisdom, The ATA Magazine, 94(3), 11-14. Brandon, J. (2016, Spring, Web Exclusive). District leadership for democratic governance:

Policy interdependence and tri-level engagement, Education Canada, 56(1). http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/issue/Spring2016/category/Web-Exclusives Brandon, J., McKinnon, G., & Bischoff, D. (2014, Spring). Engaged leadership learning, The

CASS Connection, 10(1), 18-21. PAPERS PUBLISHED IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS – REFEREED Brandon, J., & Saar, C., (2014). Nurturing excellence in instruction and leadership. In P.

Preciado Babb (Ed.). Proceedings of the IDEAS: Rising to Challenge Conference, pp. 7-14. Calgary, Canada: Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary.

http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/issue/Spring2016/category/Web-Exclusives


Brandon, J., Saar, C., & Friesen, S. (2016). NEIL leading and learning cycles. In M. A. Takeuchi, A. P. Preciado Babb, & J. Lock (Eds.). Proceedings of the IDEAS: Designing for Innovation, pp. 141-151. Calgary, Canada: University of Calgary.

Brandon, J., Saar, C., Friesen, S., Babb, P., & Alonso, G. (2014). Supporting pedagogical

leadership in Area III. In P. Preciado Babb (Ed.). Proceedings of the IDEAS: Rising to Challenge Conference, pp. 15-24. Calgary, Canada: Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary.

Brandon, J., Saar, C., Friesen, S., Brown, B., & Yee, D. (2016). Pedagogical leadership teams:

Magnifying and spreading impact. In M. A. Takeuchi, A. P. Preciado Babb, & J. Lock (Eds.). Proceedings of the IDEAS: Designing for Innovation, pp. 152-161. Calgary, Canada: University of Calgary.

Donlevy, J. K., Brandon, J., Gereluk, D., & Patterson, P. (2014, May). School trustees acting

badly and freedom of expression under the charter, Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law in Education Conference Proceedings, 1-24.

PAPERS PRESENTED AT REFEREED CONFERENCES . Bass, G., Gereluk, D., Friesen, S., & Brandon, (2016, April). The effectiveness of enabling

transformational change across a school district. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Bell, S., & Brandon, J. (2015, June). Learning to lead: Using collaborative self-study to develop

educational leadership. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON.

Brandon, J. (2002, April). Supervision in restructured Alberta. Paper presented at the American

Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Brandon, J. (2004, July). From very good to great: Improving Alberta’s teaching quality

standard. Paper presented at the Centre for Leadership in Learning Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

Brandon, J. (2006, April). Engaging supervision: Exemplary principals at work. Paper presented

at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.

Brandon, J. (2008, April). Images emerging in practice: Variations of informed instructional

support. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY.


Brandon, J. (2010, November). Supporting the transition: An induction program for superintendents. Paper presented at the CASS Leadership Research in Action Conference, Calgary, AB.

Brandon, J. (2014, October), Learning to lead together: Sharing leadership for student success.

Paper presented at the Learning, Leadership, and Practice Conference, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB.

Brandon, J., & Celli, B. (2014, April). Supporting transformation through reflective

professionalism. Paper presented at College of Alberta School Superintendents/ Alberta Education Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB.

Brandon, J., Hanna, P., & Rhyason, K. (2012, April). Sustaining the superintendency through

adaptive induction programming. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.

Brandon, J., Friesen, S., da Costa, J., Gunn, T., Hull, J., Nickel, J., & Potvin, B. (2013, June). A

framework of effective Teaching for Learning. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Victoria, BC.

Brandon, J., Friesen, S., Saar, C., Babb, P., & Alonso, G. (2014, June). Pedagogical leadership

in Area III. Paper presented at the Joint Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration and the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management, Fredericton, NB.

Brandon, J., & Hanna, P. (2014, April). Inspired partnerships: School council contributions to

student success in Alberta. Paper presented at College of Alberta School Superintendents Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB.

Brandon, J., Hanna, P., & Negropontes, D. (2014, April). Superintendents who lead learning.

Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Brandon, J., Hanna, P., & Negropontes, D. (2015, June). Superintendents who lead learning.

Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON.

Brandon, J., Hanna, P., & Negropontes, D. (2016, April). Superintendents who lead learning:

Final report. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Brandon, J., Hanna, P., & Rhyason, K. (2012, April). Sustaining the superintendency through

adaptive induction programming. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.


Brandon, J., Morrow, R., Rhyason, K., & Schmold, S. (2010, April). Building superintendent capacity for school system success. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Brandon, J., Morrow, R., Rhyason, K., & Schmold, S. (2010, June). An evidence based

framework for school system success. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Montreal, PQ.

Brandon, J., Morrow, R., Rhyason, K. & Schmold, S. (2010, April). Building superintendent

capacity for school system success. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Brandon, J. & Saar, C. (2013, May). Pedagogical leadership: Generating feedback to support

effective teaching. Paper presented at the Innovators, Designers, and Researchers: Leading a New Knowledge Network Conference, Calgary, AB.

Brandon, J. & Saar, C. (2014, May). Nurturing excellence in instruction and leadership. Paper

presented at the IDEAS 2014: Rising to the Challenge Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

Brandon, J., Saar, C., & Friesen, S. (2014, April). Leadership learning in Area III. Paper

presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Brandon, J., Saar, C., Friesen, S., Babb, P., & Alonso, G. (2014, May). Supporting pedagogical

leadership in Area III. Paper presented at the IDEAS 2014: Rising to the Challenge Conference, Calgary, AB.

Brooks, C., & Brandon, J. (2012, April). Transformational change: A complex systems

approach to building district leadership capacity. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.

Burger, J., Brandon, J., Garneau, B., Gonnet, C., & Nadirova, A. (2011, January). Internal and

external accountability: Building evidence-informed leadership capacity at all system levels. Paper presented at the Hawaiian International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.

Burger, J., Aitken, A., Brandon, J., Klinck, P., McKinnon, G., & Mutch, S. (2001, April). In

pursuit of the next generation of basic education accountability in Alberta. Paper presented at the American Education Research Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Butterfield, P., Friesen, S., & Brandon, J. (2015, June). Instructional leadership in Alberta public

charter schools. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON.


Celli, J. & Brandon, J. (2013, January). Transforming education through reflective professionalism. Paper presented at the Hawai International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.

Couvier, S., Brandon, J. & Prasow, C. (2006, May). Inhabiting a welcoming new landscape: A

first year teacher’s voyage of discovery. Paper presented at the International Conference on Teacher Education, Calgary, AB.

Donlevy, J., Brandon, J., Gereluk, D, & Patterson, P. (2014, April). School trustees acting badly

and freedom of expression under the Charter. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law and Education Annual Meeting, Charlottetown, PEI.

Donlevy, J., Brandon, J., Gereluk, D, & Patterson, P. (2015, April). Student safety and the

fiduciary duty of school boards. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law and Education Annual Meeting, Kelowna, BC.

Jones, D., & Brandon, J. (2014, June). Self realized leadership: The gratitude component. Paper

presented at the Joint Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration and the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management, Fredericton, NB.

Lock, J., & Brandon, J. (2013, June). Building online capacity in teacher education: learning

from research. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Victoria, BC.

Murray, C., & Brandon, J. (2015, June). High school principals’ understanding of instructional

leadership: An emerging theory. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON.

Nippard, R., Brandon, J., Donlevy, J.K., Gereluk, D., & Patterson, P. (2014, April).

Organizational identity formation in a virtual education organization. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Saar, C., & Brandon, J. (2013, May). Improving high school engagement through design based

research. Paper presented at the Innovators, Designers and Researchers: Leading a New Knowledge Network Conference, Calgary, AB.

Spencer, B., Brandon, J., & Couture, J-C. (2015, May). Public assurance: A new discourse for

leading education. Paper presented for discussion at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education.

Stobart, C., & Brandon, J. (2015, April). Practicum facilitator practice in transition. Paper

presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.


Stobart, C., & Brandon, J. (2015, June). Practicum facilitator practice in transition. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON.

Youck-McGowan, L., Brandon, J., Donlevy, J.K., Gereluk, D., & Patterson, P. (2014, April).

Leading through a school closure. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

RESEARCH REPORTS Brandon, J. (2011, August). Formative program assessment report on the 2010 – 2011 pilot

program: Assistant principal growth, supervision and evaluation in Livingston Range School Division. Paper prepared for the Alberta Teachers’ Association, Edmonton, Alberta.

Brandon, J. (2012, February). Designed for learning: An external review of the Alberta Distance

Learning Centre. Report prepared for the Alberta Distance Learning Centre, Barrhead, AB.

Brandon, J. (2012, May). Black Gold principal professional growth model project. A critical

friend’s perspective. Report prepared for the Alberta Teachers’ Association, Edmonton, Alberta.

Brandon, J. (2013, August). The School Leadership Framework Implementation Project: Final

report of the Alberta Association of Public Charter Schools 2012-2013 School Leadership Learning Initiative. Report prepared for the Alberta Education, Edmonton, AB.

Brandon, J. (2013, October). The School Leadership Framework Implementation Project:

Interim report of the Canadian Rockies Public Schools 2013-2014 Nurturing Excellence in Leadership and Learning Initiative. Report prepared for the Alberta Education, Edmonton, AB.

Brandon, J. (2014, September). The School Leadership Framework Implementation Project:

Interim report 2 of the Canadian Rockies Public Schools 2013-2014 Nurturing Excellence in Leadership and Learning Initiative. Report prepared for the Alberta Education, Edmonton, AB.


Final report of the Alberta Association of Public Charter Schools 2013-2014 School Leadership Learning Initiative. Report prepared for the Alberta Education, Edmonton, AB.


Final report of the Alberta Association of Public Charter Schools 2014-2015 School


Leadership Learning Initiative. Report prepared for the Alberta Education, Edmonton, AB.

Brandon, J., Burns, A., Davis, B., Friesen, S., Guo, Y., Ottman, J., Russell-Mayhew, M., Sabbagh, S., Shroeder, M., Wilcox, G., Zhao, X. (2016). The nature of learning and the learner. A Research Report for Alberta Education. 56 pages.

Brandon, J., Friesen, S., da Costa, J., Gunn, T., Hull, J., Nickel, J., & Potvin, B. (2012, March). A

framework of effective teaching for learning. Paper prepared for the Association of Alberta Deans of Education, Edmonton, AB.

Brandon, J., & Hanna, P. (2014, February). Inspired partnerships: School council contributions

to student success in Alberta. Report prepared for the Alberta School Councils’ Association, Edmonton, AB.

Brandon, J., Hanna, P., & Negropontes, D. (2015, November). Superintendents who lead

learning: Lessons from six highly successful school systems. Report prepared for the College of Alberta School Superintendents, Edmonton, AB.

Brandon, J., & Saar, J. (2015, September). The School Leadership Framework Implementation

Project: Interim report 3 of the Canadian Rockies Public Schools 2014-2015 Nurturing Excellence in Leadership and Learning Initiative. Report prepared for the Alberta Education, Edmonton, AB.

Hoppins, B., Brandon, J., & Negropontes, D. (2012, March). Calgary Science School: A charter

school evaluation. Report prepared for Alberta Education, Edmonton, AB.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

2011- 2016 Leading for Knowledge-Building Inclusive Learning Environments,

monthly leadership learning sessions for Calgary Board of Education Area III school leaders, Calgary, Alberta (with Candace Saar and Sharon Friesen).

2012-2016 School Leadership Learning Initiative, bi-monthly leadership learning sessions per year for school and system leaders in the Association of Alberta Public Charter Schools, Calgary, and Edmonton, Alberta.

2013-2016 Nurturing Excellence in Instruction and Leadership, monthly leadership learning sessions for Canadian Rockies School Division school and system leaders, Canmore, Alberta (with Candace Saar and Sharon Friesen).

2014- 2015 Collaborative Leadership for Student Success, Three leadership learning sessions for Grande Prairie Public School District school and district Leaders, Grande Prairie, Alberta.


April 26, 2016 Informed Instructional Support: Four Canadian Variations, presentation at the ULead Conference, Canadian Association of School Principals/ Alberta Teachers’ Association, Banff, Alberta.

March 10, 2016 Applying the Five Lessons from Superintendents Who Lead Learning, presentation at Annual Conference, College of Alberta School Superintendents, Edmonton, Alberta.

August 16, 2015

Growth, Supervision, and Evaluation to Improve Teaching, leadership learning session for Almadina Language Charter Academy superintendent and school leaders.

March 12, 2015 Nurturing Excellence in Instruction and in Canadian Rockies School , presentation at the Alberta Education and College of Alberta School Superintendents Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta (with Chris McPhee).

March 16, 2015 Learning to Lead Together: Sharing Leadership for Student Success, presentation at the ULead Conference, Canadian Association of School Principals/ Alberta Teachers’ Association, Banff, Alberta.

November 12, 2014 Nurturing Excellence in Instruction and Leadership, presentation at the Deputy Minister’s Dialogue on Teaching Quality, Alberta Ministry of Education, Edmonton, Alberta.

November 12, 2014 School Leadership Learning Initiative, Alberta Association of Public Charter Schools, presentation at the Deputy Minister’s Dialogue on Teaching Quality, Alberta Ministry of Education, Edmonton, Alberta.

November 6, 2014 Superintendents Who Lead Learning: Lessons from Six Highly Successful School Systems: Preliminary Report, keynote address, Fall Conference, College of Alberta School Superintendents, Calgary, Alberta.

October 18, 2014 Inspired Partnerships: School Council Contributions to Student Success in Alberta, presented to the Calgary Association of Parents and School Councils, Western Canada High School, Calgary, Alberta.

May 14 – 16, 2014 CASS Team Leadership Academy, keynote speaker and facilitator for school superintendency teams, College of Alberta School Superintendents, Banff, Alberta (with Michael Fullan, Andy Hargreaves, and Beatriz Pont).

May 1, 2014 Educational Transformation through Reflective Professionalism, presentation at the Alberta Education and College of Alberta School Superintendents Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta (with Brian Celli).


May 1, 2014 Inspired Partnerships: School Council Contributions to Student Success in Alberta, presentation at the Alberta Education and College of Alberta School Superintendents Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta (with Paulette Hanna).

April 26, 2014 Inspired Partnerships: School Council Contributions to Student Success in Alberta, presented at the Annual Conference of the Alberta School Council Association, Edmonton, Alberta (with Paulette Hanna).

November 25, 2013

Aurora Charter School Board Planning Session, Edmonton, Alberta.

October 24, 2013 Aurora Charter School Planning Session, Calgary, Alberta.

October 16 & 18, 2013

Leading Learning Through the Transformation, leadership learning sessions for school superintendency teams, College of Alberta School Superintendents, Calgary, and Edmonton, Alberta.

October 1, 2013 Competencies for Afghan Teachers, learning session for Afghanistan Teacher Certification and Accreditation Project (TCAP), Calgary, Alberta.

May 6, 2013 Partner Teaching: Celebrating and Reflecting on Research Active Practice, keynote address at the Faculty of Education Partner Teacher Recognition Dinner, Calgary, Alberta.

May 2, 2013

A Framework of Effective Teaching for Learning, keynote address at the Deputy Minister’s Dialogue on Teaching Quality, Alberta Ministry of Education, Edmonton, Alberta.

April 26, 2013 Inspired Partnerships: School Council Contributions to Student Success in Alberta, presented at the Alberta School Councils Association Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta.

February 27, 2013 A Framework Of Effective Teaching for Learning, keynote address at the Western Canadian Association of Deans of Education, Comox, British Columbia.

October 20, 2012 Educational Leadership the Alberta Way, learning session for the delegation from Thailand at the International Seminar on Dual Language Learning, Curriculum and Leadership.

October 26, 2012 Professional Practice Competencies for School Leaders, leadership learning session, Annual Conference of Alberta Association of Independent Schools and Colleges of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta.


July 26 & 27 2012

Learning to Lead Together, keynote addresses to school leaders, Chilean Ministry of Education, Santiago, Chile.

May 16, 2012 Great School Systems for Teaching and Learning, panel discussion with Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan, Team Leadership Academy, College of Alberta School Superintendents, Banff, Alberta.

November 2011 The Alberta Framework for School System Success, keynote address, Fall Conference, College of Alberta School Superintendents, Calgary, Alberta.

November 2010 Lessons from Alberta: What can practitioners and policy-makers involved in the academies and free schools in England learn from the features and history of Alberta’s education model, Teachers TV Breakfast Seminar, London, England.

November 2010 Building Capacity for System Level Learning Technology Leadership Alberta Technology Leaders in Education Annual Conference, Red Deer, Alberta.

August 2010 Toward the 12th Dimension of the CASS Framework for School System Success, Annual Summer Conferences: Alberta Education, CASS, Association of School Business Officials of Alberta, Jasper, and Canmore, Alberta.

May 2010 Alberta Frameworks for Educational Leadership CASS/Alberta Education Learning Symposium, Red Deer, Alberta.

April 2010 Parental Engagement and School System Success, Keynote and Break Out Sessions, Annual Conference, Alberta School Council Association, Red Deer, Alberta.

March 2010 The CASS Framework – Approaches to Curriculum and Instruction CASS/Alberta Education Learning Symposium, Red Deer, Alberta.

2003 – 2010 Supervision and Evaluation for Beginning Administrators Half Day Learning Sessions – First week of July each year Start Right Annual Conference for New Principals, Olds, Alberta.

October 2009 Moving and Improving 2.0: Building System Leadership Capacity Western Canadian Educational Administrators Conference, Edmonton, Alberta.

November 2008 Moving and Improving: Building System Leadership Capacity Red Deer Public Schools Leadership Conference, Canmore, Alberta.

August 2008 Toward a Framework for School System Success


Annual Summer Conferences: Alberta Education, College of Alberta School Superintendents, Association of School Business Officials of Alberta, Jasper, Canmore and Waterton, Alberta.

June 2008 Moving and Improving: Building System Leadership Capacity Spring General Meeting: Alberta School Boards Association, Red Deer, Alberta.

October 2007 Supervision and Evaluation that Ensures and Improves Quality Teaching Half Day Learning Session Northlands School Division Administrators, Peace River, Alberta.

April 2007 Dialogic Policy Adoption: The Case of Alberta’s Principal Quality Standard, Alberta Education and College of Alberta School Superintendents Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta.

February 2007 Becoming a Leader for Learning Half Day Learning Session for Aspiring School Leaders Christ the Redeemer Catholic School Administrators, Okotoks, Alberta.

January 2006 Understanding Alberta’s Draft Principal Quality Standard Half Day Learning Session Christ the Redeemer Catholic School Administrators, Okotoks, Alberta.

2005 – 2006 Supervision and Evaluation that Ensures and Improves Quality Teaching Seven Day Learning Program Foothills School Division Administrators, High River, Alberta.

November 2004 Principal Growth, Supervision and Evaluation College of Alberta School Superintendents Issues Forum, Calgary, Alberta.

MEDIA, INTERVIEWS, AND BROADCASTS 2014, August 28, Back-to-School Advice for Parents: Start the Year on the Right Foot,

a radio interview with Doug Dirks on CBC Calgary.

2014, August 31 Back-to-School Advice for Parents: Start the Year on the Right Foot, a radio interview with Peter Watts on CHQR Calgary.

2014, March 14 Let’s Strengthen Education Through Evidence, Not Fads, article published in The Calgary Herald.

2012, August 14 Support Key for High Schoolers, interview published in the Calgary Sun.


2010, November 12 Atlantic Drift: Now High Performing Alberta Tells Us the Secret’s

of its Success, interview published in the Times Education Supplement, London, England.

CURRENT / COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS 2016 The Nature of Learning and the Learner (with Amy Burns).

Funded by Alberta Education.

$71,000.

2014-2015 High School Leadership in Complex Adaptive Learning Systems (with Sharon Friesen and Michele Jacobsen). Funded by Alberta Education.

$100,000.

2014-2015

Powerful New Ideas Grant (with Brenda Spencer). Funded by the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary.

$2,500.

2014-2015

Research Collaboration Grant (with Brenda Spencer). Funded by the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary.

$5,000.

2011 - 2016 Pedagogical Leadership Practices To Improve Aboriginal Student Success (with Sharon Friesen and Candace Saar). Funded by United Way, Calgary.

$293,760.

2011-2012 Instructional Leadership and Professional Learning. Faculty of Education Starter Grant.

$7,500.

TEACHING

Graduate Thesis and Dissertation Supervision

Doctoral Dissertations Completed

Role Degree Student Title of Thesis Completed External

Examiner PhD Pamela Timanson

University of Alberta

Parking lot learning? An examination of teacher informal learning within a knowledge culture

Spring 2016

External PhD Angelina Popyeni “It is the culture of the school Winter 2016


Examiner Amushigamo University of Johannesburg

that makes students behave the way they do”: A Case Study in Two Namibian Secondary Schools

External Examiner

PhD Dale McIssac University of New Brunswick

Factors Influencing Teachers’ Aspirations to the Principalship in Prince Edward Island Schools

Winter 2015

External Examiner

EdD Randy Hetherington University of Alberta

Decision-Making and the Superintendency

Winter 2014

Supervisor EdD Dennis Parsons

The Impact of the Office of Superintendent of Schools on the Personal Lives of Superintendents

Winter 2016

Supervisor EdD Vance Gaugh

Teaching Practices that Optimize Entrepreneurial Intention

Winter 2016

Supervisor EdD Christine Andrews Stobart

University Associates’ Continuum of Practice: A Case Study

Winter 2016

Supervisor EdD Lori Cooper Leading Professional Learning: A Case Study

Fall 2014

Supervisor EdD Carol Murray High School Principals’ Understanding of Instructional Leadership

Fall 2014

Supervisor EdD Sylvia Bell Using Collaborative Self-study to Develop Educational Leadership

Summer 2014

Supervisor PhD Leta Youck-McGowan

Leading through a School Closure

Summer 2013

Supervisor EdD Eric Nippard Organizational Identity Formation in a Virtual Education Organization: A Case Study

Summer 2013


Supervisor EdD Trevor Adams

A Comparative Research Study on the Congruency of Expectations Towards Leadership Behaviours Held by Instructors and Their Managers in a Canadian College System

Summer 2013

Supervisor EdD Paul Mason Challenges to Instructional Leadership Practices: Superintendent and Principals’ Experiences

Winter 2013

Supervisory Committee

EdD Yvonne Machuk Factors Influencing the Professional Employment of Experienced Internationally Educated Teachers

Summer 2016


EdD Sharon Walker Implementing Change to Practice Based on Alberta Education’s Inspiring Education: A Case Study of Speech-Language Pathologists

Spring 2016


PhD Dustin Louie Preventative Education for Indigenous Girls Vulnerable to the Sex Trade

Spring 2016


EdD Christy Thomas Exploring the Impact of Professional Development Partnerships on Teaching and Learning

Winter 2016


EdD Barbara Mulholland

Building Collaborative Capacity: A Case Study

Fall 2015


EdD Shari Lynn Goodfellow

The High School Learning Leader: An Instructional Leader

Fall 2015


EdD Jim Ansell A survey of British Columbia's superintendents experiences and understandings in Implementing the B.C.

Fall 2015


Education Plan


EdD Susan Lidster Secondary School Counsellor Stress and Strategies to Cope

Fall 2015


PhD Deborah Bearance Toward a Deeper Awareness: Becoming a Mindful Educational Leader

Summer 2015


EdD Wilco Tymenson The Complexity of Mobilizing Knowledge: Putting What We Know into Action

Summer 2015


EdD Greg Bass The Effectiveness of Large Scale Transformational Change Across a School District

Summer 2015


EdD Perri Sinal-Skelton Relevance of Accounting Baccalaureate Degree Programs in Alberta: A Comparative Study of a Polytechnic Institution and a University

Spring 2015


EdD Lori Pamplin Understanding the Lived Experience of the School Principal: A Hermeneutic Study.

Fall 2014


EdD Phil Butterfield Instructional Leadership in Alberta Public Charter Schools: An exploration into the perceived effects of instructional leadership practice on student success

Fall 2013


EdD Davin Hildebrand

Student Engagement: Teacher Engagement

Summer 2013


EdD Julie van Komer

Transforming Professional Identities: When Mid-Career Teachers Transition From Traditional to Multiage Classrooms: Implications for

Summer 2013


Doctoral Candidacy Completed

Professional Support and Leading for Change.


EdD Daphne Maistoina-Eagle Speaker

Current Administration of Indian Control of Education in Alberta: Implications and Challenges

Fall 2014


EdD Clarice Beebe How Schools Can Impact Student Retention Among First Nations Students Leading to Higher Graduation Rates

Spring 2013


EdD Steven Reid Leaders Influencing Knowledge Creation and Mobilization: A Collective Effort to Foster Student Learning

Summer 2012


EdD Elaine Fournier

Novice Elementary Teachers Perspectives Teaching Mainstreamed Special Needs Students: Implications for Leadership, Pre-service Education and Professional Development

Summer 2012

Internal/ External Examiner

PhD Mitchell Colp Examining Academic Resilience as a Mediator of Post-Secondary Achievement and Retention

December 16. 2015


EdD Barbara Henning Understanding Meaning of the Nonprofit Organizational Mission through Informal Learning in the Workplace: An Interpretive Case Study

December 7, 2015

Degree Student Title of Thesis Status


Supervisor EdD Michelle Dow

A Mixed Methods Study Assessing a School Jurisdiction’s Readiness to Support Successful Implementation of Inclusive Education

Active

Supervisor EdD Prem Randhawa

Leading Teacher Learning and Development: A Participatory Action Research Study

Active

Supervisor EdD Dennis Parsons

The Impact of the Office of Superintendent of Schools on the Personal Lives of Incumbents

Active

Supervisor EdD Jamil Karam

Sustainability of International Branch Campuses: A Case Study of Management Practices in the Arabian Gulf

Active


EdD Patrick Rouble A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Investigation of Being a Minister Responsible for Education

Active


EdD Laura Devitt Exploring an Early Literacy Intervention to Inform Educational Leadership: Investigating the Story of Calgary Reads

Active


EdD Naomi Johnson The Life World of the Superintendent of Schools: The Whole Spiel

Active


EdD David Kamatovic The Impact of Principals’ Transformational Leadership Behaviours on Teacher Efficacy and Leadership Development

Active


EdD William Kay Faculty Development in a Transnational Higher Educational Context: A Case Study on Leadership in Communities of Practice

Active



EdD Dustin Louie Prostitution and Gang Prevention for Aboriginal Girls

Active


EdD Yvonne Machuk Factors Influencing the Professional Employment of Experienced Internationally Educated Teachers

Active


EdD Ardith McGeown Plant

Preparing Students for Success Act 2011: The effects of Increasing the Compulsory School Age to Eighteen in the Province of Manitoba

Active


EdD Wendy McKenzie Developing Disaster Nursing Competencies within Schools of Nursing in British Columbia

Active


EdD Tammy Pozzabon Exploring the Relationship Between Self-efficacy and Conceptualizations of Effective Leadership in the Calgary Police Service

Active


EdD Sharon Walker Implementing Changes to Practice Based on Alberta Education’s Inspiring Education: A Case Study of Speech-Language Pathologists

Active

Internal / External Examiner

PhD Andrea M. Stelnicki

Strengths of Children of Military Families: Examining the Impact of Parental Mental Health on Developmental Outcomes

Active

Examiner EdD Patrick Thalheimer Readiness Conditions and Transformational Change in a Middle School Setting

Passed

Examiner EdD Evelyn Hickey Critical Examination of the Conceptual and Theoretical Underpinnings of UDL (Candidacy Paper)

Passed

Examiner EdD Tony Rice The Impact of Principal Passed


Current Pre-Candidacy Doctoral Supervision

Leadership and Assessment Practices on Student Intellectual Engagement

Examiner EdD George Keeping School District Effect on Principal Instructional Leadership Efficacy

Passed

Examiner EdD Marci Pardue Teacher Professional Knowledge Building Networks: Creating Opportunities for Teacher Shared Knowledge Creation

Passed

Examiner EdD Zoe Serediuk Principal Leadership Competencies and Collective Teacher Efficacy: A Case Study

Passed

Internal / External Examiner

PhD Ryan Matchullis

The PEERS Social Skills Intervention for Adolescents with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

Passed

Examiner EdD Belina Pasula

An Exploration of Ethical Issues: PAR in K-12 Settings (Candidacy Paper)

Passed

Role Degree Student Supervisory Appointment Status Supervisor EdD Chris Hooper July 2014

Active

Supervisor EdD Richard Tapagna July 2014

Active

Supervisor EdD Ross Bushell

July 2015

Active

Supervisor EdD Tracy Drefko July 2015

Active

Supervisor EdD Marli Kunn

July 2015

Active

Supervisor EdD Shawn O’Neill

July 2015

Active

Supervisor PhD Jeff Turner July 2016

Pending


Master’s Theses Completed

Neutral Chair of Examining Committees

Supervisor EdD Kathleen Finnigan July 2016

Pending

Supervisor EdD Rita Marler July 2016

Pending

Role . Degree . Student Title of Thesis Completed


MSc


MSc Melissa Soares Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) in Relation to Social Skills and Mental Health in Adolescents with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder

Fall 2015


MSc Rebecca Fraccaro

Bouncing Back from Bullying: Resilience and Benefit-Finding in Victims Of Bullying

Summer 2014


MSc Roxanne Dowd

Outcomes Associated with Mentorship for Canadian University Students Transitioning to Adulthood

Fall 2012


MSc Kristi Mitchell The Importance of the Parent-Child Relationship in the Protection Against Behaviour Problems in Children with ADHD

Fall 2013


MSc Mitchell Colp Examining the Effectiveness of an Orthographic-Based Intervention for Children with Reading Disabilities

Summer 2012


MSc Ryan Matchullis The Relationship Between Inhibition and Social Skills in Children with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

Summer, 2012


Date Degree Exam Student Outcome 2014 December EdD Candidacy Christian Cook

Passed

2014 October EdD Candidacy Xueqin Wu

Passed

2014 August EdD Final Barbara Brown

Passed

2014 January EdD Final Paul Macleod

Passed

2013 December EdD Final Justina Law

Passed

2013 August MA Final Olena Bishop

2013 April EdD

Candidacy David Scott Passed

2013 January EdD

Final David Kun Passed

2012 December EdD

Candidacy Mark Slomp Passed

2012 September PhD Final

Christopher Willard Passed

2012 September EdD

Final Jodi Peebles Passed

2012 March MA

Final Sonia Kaur Aujla-Bhullar

Passed

2012 March EdD Candidacy Jay Loftus

Passed

Graduate Teaching: EDER 705.60 Doctoral Seminar in Educational Leadership

EDER 719.14 Advanced Studies in Educational Leadership I

EDER 603.24 Program and Practice Evaluation

EDER 613 Change and Innovation in Education

EDER 619.05 Schools as Collaborative Communities

EDER 619.15 Social Dynamics in Rural Education

EDER 619.18 Effective Teaching


EDER 619.90 Leading for Enhanced Capacity

EDER 619.92 Contemporary Instructional Leadership

EDER 625 Teacher Evaluation

EDER 679.10 Leadership and Technology


SERVICE

Faculty Service (Werklund School of Education) 2011 - 2015 Chair Academic Coordinator Committee

2011 - 2015 Member Werklund School of Education Council

2011 - 2015 Member Leadership Educational Study Area Committee

2011 – 2014

Member Academic Workload Advisory Committee

2012 - 2015 Member Teaching and Learning Advisory Committee

2011 - 2015 Member Faculty Academic Selection Committees (3)

2012 - 2015 Member Graduate Programs in Education Council

2014 - 2015 Member Quality Supervision Committee

2014 - 2015 Co-Chair Graduate Programs in Education, Curriculum Review

2014 - 2015 Chair

Leadership for Learning Review Team, Graduate Programs in Education, Curriculum Review

2014 - 2015 Member Research Course Development Committee

2013 - 2014 Member Dissertation Rubric Development Committee

Professional Service 2015 Member Alberta Teachers' Association Research on the

Superintendency Advisory Committee

2014 - 2015 Member Alberta Teachers' Association Research Advisory Committee

2012 - 2015 Member Alberta Teachers' Association Teacher Qualification Committee

2012 - 2015 Member Gonzaga University Leadership Advisory Committee

2011 - 2015 Member College of Alberta School Superintendents Advisory Committee


2012 - 2014 Chair Alberta Distance Learning Centre Advisory Council

2011 - 2012 Member Calgary Girls School Symposium Planning Committee

Ministry of Education Service 2005 -2015 School Leadership Framework Advisory Committee

2007 - 2011 Deputy Minister’s Advisory Committee on Quality Teaching

2007 - 2011 Program Advisory Committee

2010 - 2011 Research Advisory Committee

ACADEMIC REVIEW Reviewer for Refereed Journals and Conferences 2012 - 2015 Journal of Educational Change

2012 - 2015 American Educational Research Association

2013 – 2015 IDEAS Conference, Werklund School of Education and Galileo

Educational Network (Reviewed both conference proposals and papers published in the peer reviewed proceedings

2012 - 2015 Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration

2012 - 2015 Canadian Association for Teacher Education

2015 Canadian Journal of Education

2012 Journal of Educational Thought

2012 In Education

Reviewer for Research Funding Organizations 2013 – 2015 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

2014 -- 2016 College of Reviewers, Werklund School of Education


Peer Review for Tenure and Promotion 2015 University of Lethbridge (promotion to Associate Professor)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Organization of Conferences 2008 - 2011 College of Alberta School Superintendents Team Leadership Academy, Banff,

Alberta

2007- 2011 College of Alberta School Superintendents / Alberta Education Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta

2007- 2011 College of Alberta School Superintendents / Alberta Education Fall Conferences, Calgary, Alberta

2010 AISI International Symposium of Educational Research, Edmonton, Alberta

2002 - 2011 College of Alberta School Superintendents / Alberta Education Spring Conferences: Special Education, Curriculum and Learning, Red Deer, Alberta

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 1971 - present Member Alberta Teachers’ Association

2001 - present Member American Educational Research Association

1995 - present Member Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development

2010 - present Member Canadian Association of School System Administrators

2013 - present Member Canadian Association for Teacher Education

2010 - present Member Canadian Association for the Study of Educational

Administration

2010 - present Member Canadian Society for the Study of Education

1986 - present Member, Past President

College of Alberta School Superintendents

Documents

CURRICULUM VITAE - University of Calgarywerklund.ucalgary.ca/.../163-130769/jim-brandon-cv.pdf · My scholarly interests and expertise are located at the nexus of research, theory,