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Courses Taught

1999 - EADM 565A & D, Staff and Organizational Learning
           EDST 314, Analysis of Education

2000 - EDST 314, Analysis of Education
           EADM 501, Research and Research Traditions in Educational Administration
           EADM 581, Leadership, Administration and the Aims of Education
           EADM 565, Teacher, Unions and Schools

Research Interests

Organizational evolutionary patterns and organizational adaptivity of teacher unions: Two cases. Grant proposal under review.
 
Teacher unions as learning organizations—an ongoing project involving four teacher organizations in Canada and the US; 9 scholarly presentations, 5 publications in peer reviewed journals; 3 additional manuscripts under review
                 
Impact of teacher unionization on relationships between and among key stakeholders in BC education—new project in process.

Publications

PRESENTATIONS

Poole, W. Unionization and Teacher-Administrator Trust Relationships. Presented at Convention 2000, University Council for Educational Administration, Albuquerque, NM, November 3-5, 2000.
 
Lafleur, C., Levin, B., Poole, W., Rees, R. Sheppard, B. Should CASEA attempt to influence public policy? A conversation. Presented at the Annual Conference, Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Edmonton, May 24-28, 2000.
 
Poole, W., & Reagan, T. The Promise of Preservice Teacher Leadership Development. Presented at the Annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April 24-28, 2000.
 
Poole. W. The Impact of Unionization on Teacher-Administrator Relationships in BC. Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Edmonton, Alberta, May 24-28, 2000.
 
Poole. W. The Multiple Processes of Organizational Change. Annual Conference of the National Staff Development Council, Dallas, TX, December 4-8, 1999.
 
Poole. W. Teacher Union Interests and Emerging Forms of Teacher Unionism. Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, Minneapolis, MN, October 29-31, 1999.
 
Poole. W. Leading Discontinuous Change in Education. Ninth General Assembly of the World Future Society. Washington, DC, July 28-August 2, 1999.
 
Poole. W. The Union-Management Relationship: Implications for Organizational Learning. Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Sherbrooke, Quebec, June 9-12, 1999.
 
Poole. W. Integrating Incremental and Discontinuous Forms of Organizational Learning: Implications for Educational Leaders. Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, St. Louis, MO, October 30-November 1, 1998.
 
Poole. W. The teacher union’s role in 1990’s educational reform. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, April 13-17, 1998.
 
Poole, W. The metamorphic teachers union: Metamorphosis to what? Departmental colloqium. November 12, 1997.
 
Poole. W. Teacher union involvement in educational policy decision making. Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, Orlando, FL, October 31-November 2, 1997.
 
Poole, W. The construction and enactment of professional unionism by teacher union leaders. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, March 24-28, 1997.
 
Poole, W. Collective trust and organizational change. Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, Louisville, KY, October 25-27, 1996.
 
Poole, W. The construction and reconstruction of "teamwork" among teachers. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, April 8-12, 1996.
 
Poole. W. Effectiveness and efficiency in graduate education. Joint meeting of the Annual Conference of the Benchmarking Forum for Higher Education and the Second Research Seminar on Efficiency in Learning, College Park, Maryland, May 7-10, 1996.
 
Poole. W. Naturalistic inquiry: A practitioner's guide. Contribution to preconference symposium at the International Assembly of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. Chicago, November 1-2, 1995.
 
Poole. W. The role of the teacher union in systemic reform: Balancing opposites or managing dynamic synthesis? Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, Salt Lake City, October 27-29, 1995.
 
Poole. W. Contradictory messages in systemic reform: Creating conflict and/or generating change? Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, Salt Lake City, October 27-29, 1995.
 
Poole. W. Centering on relationships in systemic reform. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April 18-22, 1995.
 
Poole. W. The supportive supervision model. Teaching and Leadership Program, School of Education, Syracuse University,  October, 1992.


REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
 
Journals
 
Poole, W. (2000). The construction of teachers’ paradoxical interests by teacher union leaders. American Educational Research Journal, 37(1), 93-119.
 
Poole, W. (1999, November). Teacher union involvement in educational policy making: Issues raised by an in-depth case. Educational Policy, 13(5), 698-725.
 
Poole, W. (1999). Leading for discontinuous learning and change: The new leadership imperative. Planning and Changing, 29(4), 192-213.
 
Poole, W. (1997, September). The construction of paradox and the teacher union's role in complex change. The Journal of School Leadership, 7(5), 480-505.
 
Poole, W. (1996, October). Contradictory messages and complex change: An application of constructivist and paradox theories to supervisory change. Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 10(3), 247-269.
 
Poole, W.  (1995, November). Reconstructing the teacher-administrator relationship to achieve systemic change. Journal of School Leadership, 5(6), 565-596.  
 
Poole, W.  (1994).  Removing the "super" from supervision.  Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 9(3), 284-309.
 
Tallerico, M., Poole, W., & Burstyn, J. (1994, January). Exits from urban superintendencies: The intersection of politics, race, and gender. Urban Education, 28(4), 439-454.
 
 
Conference Proceedings

Poole. W. The Impact of Unionization on Teacher-Administrator Relationships in BC. Included in the electronic proceedings of the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Edmonton, Alberta, May 24-28, 2000.
 
 
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
 
Journals
 
Poole, W. (1996). Managing the unexpected outcomes of self-directed supervision. Focus on Education, 40, 24-29.
 
Other
 
Poole, W. (1999, May). A cerebral experience. Nutmeg Developer, 1(2), 2. Connecticut Staff Development Council.
 
Poole. W. (1999, January). Maximize learning capacity in your organization. Nutmeg Developer, 1(1), 2. Connecticut Staff Development Council.
 
Poole, W. (1997, September). Are Teacher Unions Taking Charge of Teacher Evaluation? ASCD Instructional Supervision Network Newsletter, 9(1), 1-3.
 
Tallerico, M., Burstyn, J., & Poole, W. (1993, August). Gender and politics at work: Why women exit the superintendency. Monograph. Fairfax, VA: The National Policy Board for Educational Administration.
 
Murray, C., & Grant, P., with the assistance of J. Covaleskie, J. Manly, W. Poole, and R. Swaminathan. (1993, October). New Roles for Teachers: A Comparative Case Study of Two Cities. Final report. U.S. Department of Education:  Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Grant No. R117E10074.

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
 
Memberships on scholarly societies, including offices held and dates
                 
American Educational Research Association, Member (1991-)
Teachers Work/Teachers Unions, AERA Special Interest Group (1994-
American Sociological Association, Member (1996-)
Canadian Society for the Study of Education (1999- )
Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration (1999- )
World Future Society, (1996- )
 
 
Memberships on other societies, including offices held and dates
 
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (1994- )
National Staff Development Council (1991- )
Phi Delta Kappa (1998- )
Staff Development Council of British Columbia, Board of Directors (1999- )
 
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
 
Awards for Teaching

Nova Scotia Representative, Educators Study Tour of Japan, 1989.
 
Education Quality Award for Innovative Curriculum Development in the Classroom. Nova Scotia Teachers Union, 1988
 
 
Awards for Scholarship

Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship, University of Connecticut Research Foundation, 1996.
 
Certificate of achievement for distinguished performance on the research apprenticeship project, School of Education, Syracuse University, 1993.
 
National Graduate Student Research Seminar, University Council for Educational Administration, 1992.
 
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 1992.
 
Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars, 1991.
 
Graduate Scholarship, Syracuse University, 1990-1993.
 

Graduate Students Supervised