Institute of Education London

Dr Tracey Allen

• Qualifications and position:
  • Senior Lecturer
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Policy and Society
• Department:
  • London Centre for Leadership
• Summary:
  • Research and development activity with a focus on policy and practitioner innovations; such as school-to-school collaborations, multi agency partnerships, parent and community engagement and multi-agency leadership.
    Explorations into leadership and diversity to explore 'who' leads and how leadership can reach beyond traditional talent pools.
    Experience of leading research and development projects involving senior leaders, education practitioners, policy makers, and diverse young people and parent communities.
• Teaching:
  • Programme Director of MBA in Educational Leadership
    Module leader – Leading in Diverse Cultures and Communities (M Level)
    Module leader – System Leadership (M Level)
    Module leader – MBA dissertation
    
• Research Projects:
  • Review of the School Leadership Landscape (National College for School Leadership)
    Exploration of New Models of Leadership, Co-Location of Children's Centres and Schools (National College for School Leadership)
    Multi-Agency partnerships and young people's experiences of schooling in extended schools contexts. (Economic and Social Research Council)
    Evaluation of Black and Minority Ethnic Pilot Shadowing Programme (Network for Black Professionals/ National College for School Leadership)
• Postgraduate Research:
  • Current doctoral supervision in the following areas:
    • Leadership development
    • Schools and multi-agency engagement
    • System wide approaches to school improvement
    • Women and headship
• Conferences/presentations:
  • Re-configuring leadership and learning in new policy and practice landscapes. British Educational Research Association: London, UK (September 2011)
    Leading in diverse contexts. Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations: Cape Town, South Africa (June 2011)
    Multi-Agency Partnership and Young People's Perceptions, Leadership Development: Beyond traditional talent pools. American Educational Research Association: Denver, USA (May 2010)