Professor Louise Stoll

  • Qualifications and position:
    • Professor (part time)
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Policy and Society
  • Department:
    • London Centre for Leadership in Learning
  • Summary:
    • I am interested in how schools, districts and national systems create capacity for learning and improvement, with an emphasis on leadership, learning communities and networks.
  • Teaching:
    • Leadership for learning School improvement
  • Research Projects:
    • Prepared to Lead: Growing Leaders in Schools, Federations and Chains - http://www.nationalcollege.org.uk/docinfo?id=153521&filename=prepared-to-lead-how-schools-grow-education-leaders.pdf
      Evaluation of NHS London 'Darzi' Clinical Leaderships Programme - http://www.leadership.londondeanery.ac.uk/home/links/IOE%20fellowship%20evaluation%20report%20final%20July%202010-Final.pdf
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Learning communities at various levels of the educational system Creative leadership Knowledge animation - the learning process connecting research and practice No postgraduate researchers at the Institute of Education
  • Professional Activities:
    • Former President of International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (2001-2005) International expert, OECD Improving School Leadership Activity Honorary International Consultative Panel, TL21 project, Ireland (2004-2007) Visiting Scholar for Australian Council for Educational Leaders - presentations in all states and territories (2004) Advisory board New Kinds of Smart initiative, The Talent Foundation Editorial boards: Journal of Educational Change School Effectiveness and School Improvement South African Journal of Education Leading and Managing Schools International Journal of Management in Education Improving Schools
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Quality, equality and creative leadership. Keynote presentation at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Vancouver, January 2009 Connectivity: Harnessing Leadership Learning Communities to Enhance Student Learning. Keynote presentation at QUEST International Conference, Toronto, November 2008 Leading Creatively. Keynote presentation to Auckland Primary Principals' Association Conference, Auckland, April 2008
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • Austria - school leadership Australia - school leadership, school improvement, learning communities, teacher standards New Zealand - learning networks, school leadership, school improvement Canada (Ontario) - school improvement/reform, school leadership, learning communities and networks OECD initiative on improving school leadership
  • Languages Spoken:
    • French - advanced - have worked in French
  • Languages Written:
    • French - intermediate
 

Contact details

Contact details

  • Email:

  • Address:
  • London Centre for Leadership in Learning
    Institute of Education University of London
    20 Bedford Way
    London
    WC1H 0AL

  • Office Location:
  • Room 669
    20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL

Publications

  • Stoll, L. (2010 in press) 'Connecting Learning Communities: Capacity Building for Systemic Change ' in A. Hargreaves, A. Lieberman, M. Fullan and D. Hopkins (eds) , Second International Handbook of Educational Change. The Netherlands: Springer.
  • Stoll, L. and Temperley, J. (2009) 'Creative leadership: a challenge of our times', School Leadership and Management 29 (1), 63-76.
  • Stoll, L. and Seashore Louis, K. (2007 - editors) Professional Learning Communities: Divergence, Depth and Dilemmas. Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw-Hill.
  • Stoll, L. and Sammons, P. (2007) 'Growing Together: School Effectiveness and School Improvement in the UK ' in T. Townsend (overall ed) , International Handbook of School Effectiveness and School Improvement. Dordrecht: Springer.
  • Stoll, L., MacMahon, A., Bolam, R., Thomas, S., Wallace, M., Greenwood, A. and Hawkey, K.(2006) Professional Learning Communities: Source Materials for School Leaders and Other Leaders of Professional Learning . London: Innovation Unit, DfES, NCSL and GTC.
  • Stoll, L., McMahon, A. and Thomas, S. (2006) 'Identifying and leading effective professional learning communities', Journal of School Leadership 16 (5), 620-640.
  • 'Stoll, L., Bolam, R., McMahon, A., Wallace, M. and Thomas, S. (2006) Professional learning communities: a review of the literature, Journal of Educational Change, 7 (4): 221-258',
  • Stoll, L. and Stobart, G. (2005) 'Informed Consent? Issues in Implementing and Sustaining Government-driven Educational Change ' in N. Bascia, A. Cumming, A. Datnow, K. Leithwood and D. Livingstone (eds.), International Handbook of Educational Policy. Dordrecht: Kluwer.
  • Stoll, L., Fink, D. and Earl, L. (2003) It's About Learning (and It's About Time). London: RoutledgeFalmer. Also translated into Spanish.
  • Stoll, L. and Fink, D. (1996) Changing Our Schools: Linking School Effectiveness and School Improvement. . Buckingham: Open University Press. Also translated into Spanish, Lithuania, Croatian, Latvian and Chinese.