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Bradley S. Portin 315E Miller, Box 353600 College of Education, University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-3600 bportin@u.washington.edu

Education Publications Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Portin, a former public school principal whose research and publications over the last decade have centered in the areas of school leadership and school improvement. In particular, he has examined current principal roles and how their roles are changing to meet new imperatives, effective preparation for school leadership, leadership for school improvement, and international policy trends in educational reform. Dr. Portin edited a book with Michael Knapp, Joe Murphy, and Lynn Beck on Self-Reflective Renewal in Schools (2003). In addition, he was project leader and principal author for the Wallace-funded study, Making Sense of Leading Schools: A Study of the Principalship (2003), with Paul Hill and the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington. Currently, Dr. Portin is a national investigator for a seven-nation research project based at Cambridge University exploring the links between leadership and student learning in middle schools and co-principal investigator on a national leadership study funded by the Wallace Foundation. Dr. Portin maintains extensive links with researchers in the United Kingdom in their efforts to expand preparation, support, and research for school leaders through the National College for School Leadership.

Education

D. Phil, University of Oxford, 1995

Publications

Journal Articles, Monographs, Invited Articles
(* indicates peer reviewed publication)

* Portin, B. S. (2006). Cultivating leadership in schools: Connecting people, purpose, and practice (2nd Edition) [Book review]. Teachers College Record.

Portin, B. S., Knapp, M. S., Alejano, C. R., Marzolf, E. (2006). Roles, responsibilities, and authority of school leaders: Patterns in current research, theory, and practice. State of the field monograph published by the University of Washington Center for Teaching and Policy and The Wallace Foundation.

Knapp, M. S., Portin, B. S., & Feldman, S. (2006). Assessment of leadership performance and results. State of the field monograph published by the University of Washington Center for Teaching and Policy and The Wallace Foundation.

Knapp, M. S., Copland, M. A., Plecki, M., Portin, B., & Colleagues. (2006). Leading, learning, and leadership support. Monograph published by the University of Washington Center for Teaching and Policy and The Wallace Foundation.

* Portin, B. (2005). School-based leadership in the US in an age of reform: What does it take? Educational Research and Perspectives, 32(2), 1-23.

Portin, B. (2004). The role that principals play. Educational Leadership, 61(4), 14-18.

Portin, B. S., DeArmond, M., Gundlach, L., & Schneider, P. (2003). Making sense of leading schools: A national study of the principalship. Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington, Seattle.

* Portin, B., & Knapp, M. S. (2001). Finding Meaning in the Mirror: A Self-Reflective Improvement Process in Two Washington Schools. The International Journal of Educational Policy Research and Practice, 2(2), 103-125.

* Portin, B. (2000). The changing urban principalship. Education and Urban Society, 32(4), 492-505.

Portin, B. (2000). "Nurturing the soul "of leadership [Review of the book In the shadow of excellence]. Multicultural Education, 8(1), 45.

Books and Chapters

Portin, B., & Shen, J. (2005). The changing principalship. In, J. Shen, (Ed.), School Principals. New York: Peter Lang.

Portin, B., Beck, L., Knapp, M., & Murphy, J. (Eds.). (2003). Self-reflective renewal in schools: Local lessons from a national initiative. Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Murphy, J., Beck, L., Knapp, M., & Portin, B. (2003). KEYS and the Larger School Reform Movement in the United States. In, B. Portin, L. Beck, M. Knapp, & J. Murphy (Eds.), Self-reflective renewal in schools: Local lessons from a national initiative. Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Portin, B., & Knapp, M. (2003). Finding Meaning in the Mirror: Self-Reflective Improvement in Two Washington State Schools. In, B. Portin, L. Beck, M. Knapp, & J. Murphy (Eds.), Self-reflective renewal in schools: Local lessons from a national initiative. Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Portin, B., Beck, L., Knapp, M., & Murphy, J. (2003). The School and Self-Reflective Renewal: Taking Stock and Moving On. In, B. Portin, L. Beck, M. Knapp, & J. Murphy (Eds.), Self-reflective renewal in schools: Local lessons from a national initiative. Westport, CT: Greenwood.