JOHN S. BELL

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John Bell is Coordinator of the Office of Leadership Development at the Alabama Department of Education. John is in his 32nd year as an educator having been a headmaster, a high school principal, a middle school principal, a university adjunct instructor and a high school teacher. He spent 18 years in the Montgomery, Alabama Public School System and 13 years as a school leader. John was selected teacher of the year by the Montgomery Council of PTAs and was named Administrator of the Year by the Alabama Art Educators Association.

For seven years John has been a group leader at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education Principals’ Center. He has also served on the Harvard Principals’ Center Advisory Board. John has also worked extensively with the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) who has supported the work of reform in Alabama.

John is the project administrator for Governor Bob Riley’s Congress on School Leadership. The Governor’s Congress is responsible for recommendations that created the new Alabama Standards for Instructional Leaders, the redesign of Alabama’s university leader preparation programs, the Office of Leadership Development, and a tiered certification system that rewards leadership excellence.

John speaks across the nation about the importance of leadership to school improvement. A focus of his work is the need for states to mount reform initiatives that address every aspect of leadership if lasting reform is to be achieved. This work includes standards, university redesign, professional development, certification, and on-the-job barrier removal.

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