Educational Leadership

My approach to research is interpretive and collaborative, with an underlying commitment to understanding how educational leadership and policy can contribute to the development of inclusive and respectful schools supportive of student learning. Recently I have been particularly interested in working with schools in which the student population is ethnically, linguistically and socio-economically diverse. Notions of collaboration, community, and the ethics of care and justice inform my analyses.

Email: linda_larocque@sfu.ca

Selected Publications

Chapters in Refereed Books

Coleman, P., Easton, S., & LaRocque, L.  (1998).  Reconciling equity and excellence: Resource allocation in school systems.  In W. T. Hartman & W. L. Boyd (Eds.), Resource allocation and productivity in education.  Westport, CN: Greenwood Press.

Mawhinney, H., & LaRocque, L.  (1995).  Women educators as school board chairpersons: Problematizing the public/private dimension of leadership.  In C. Reynolds & B. Young (Eds.), Women and leadership.  Calgary, AB: Detselig Enterprises.

Refereed Journal Articles

Beynon, J., Ilieva, R., Toohey, K., & LaRocque, L.  (in press).  A secondary school career education program for ESL students.  Curriculum Inquiry.

Portelli, J., Vibert, A., LaRocque, L., & Shields, C. M. (in press). Critical practice in elementary schools:  Community and curriculum of life. Journal of Educational Change.

Shariff, S., Case, R., & LaRocque, L.  (in press).  Begging the questions: The Court of Appeal decision in the Surrey School Board book controversy.  Law and Education.

Shields, C., Oberg, S., & LaRocque, L.  (1999).  The role of district leaders in school reform: Implementing year-round schooling. Journal of School leadership,  9(1), 4-25.

Shields, C., & LaRocque, L.  (1999).  Year-round schooling: A catalyst for pedagogical change.  Alberta Journal of Educational Research., XLIV(4), 366-382.

Shields, C., & LaRocque, L.  (1997).  Reflection on consultative decision-making: Challenging concepts of best practice in a provincial change initiative.  Canadian Administrator, 36(7), 1-9.

Clandinin, J., & LaRocque, L.   (1996).  Living the tension: A case study of teacher stories coming of teacher evaluation.  Journal of Educational Policy , 11(2).

LaRocque, L.  (1995).  Some thoughts on school-university collaboration.  Canadian Administrator, 34(5), 1-10.

Other Publications

Smith, W., Vibert, A., Butler-Kisber, L., LaRocque, L., Portelli, J., & Shields, C. S.  (1998).  National Report and Executive Summary of the 6 year study of “Student Engagement in Learning and School Life“.   Montreal, QC:  Office of Research on Educational Policy, McGill University.   (I was first author of 2 case studies, co-author of another 2, and author of the chapter on community involvement.)

Invited Keynote Addresses/Invited Visiting Scholar

• 1999: Educational leadership:  Issues of gender and multiculturalism. To the Leadership Centre at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
• 1999: The centrality of relationships in school success. To the Auckland Primary Principals’ Association, Auckland, New Zealand
• 1997: An examination of diversification and renewal of secondary school education in Canada. At the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for the Study of Education, Memorial University, Newfoundland
• 1997: Faculty of Education, Queen’s University
• 1995: School-university partnerships and collaborative research. To the participants of the symposium sponsored by the Centre for Collaborative Research, Faculty of Education, Brock University
• 1994: Department of Educational Administration, Faculty of Education, University of Utah.

Selected Research and Other Grants

(used largely to support graduate students)

Selected Conference Presentations (14 since 1994)

I regularly present papers at the annual meetings of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, the American Educational Research Association, and the University Council on Educational Administration.

I have also presented papers at the annual meetings of the National Social Studies Association, the Association of Teachers of English as a Second Language, and the American Educational Studies Association.

Service (Partial list of activity since 1994)

Faculty

Coordinator/Co-Coordinator, Administrative Leadership Program (1997-)

Professional Programs Committee (1999-2000)

Graduate Programs Committee (1995-1996)

Faculty Tenure Committee (1995-1997; 1998-2000)

University

Member of Senate and 3 Senate Committees (2000-)

Scholarly Community

• 2001: Member of SSHRC Adjudication Committee
• 2001: Chair, Doctoral Award Committee, Canadian Association for Studies in Educational Administration
• 1997-1998: President, Canadian Association for Studies in Educational Administration
• 1995-1997: Program Chair, Canadian Association for Studies in Educational Administration
• 1996-Present: Member of Consulting Editorial Board, Journal of Educational Administration and

  Foundations

• 1991-1994: Alberta Journal of Educational Research
• 1992-1996: Member of Editorial Board, Educational Administration Quarterly

Graduate Student Supervision

Completed

• 5 as Ph.D. supervisor (includes 3 U of A students);
• 6 as Ph.D. committee member (includes 3 U of A students
• 4 as M.A. thesis supervisor*
• 9 as M.Ed. project supervisor; 15 as committee member

In Progress

• 4 as Ed.D./Ph.D. supervisor
• 7 as Ed.D./Ph.D. committee member
• 5 as M.A. thesis supervisor
• 1 as M.Ed. project supervisor
• 3 as committee member

* one of these, Susan Zuckerman, won the 1997 CASEA Masters Award