About Louise Stoll 

Louise Stoll is former president of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and School Improvement, professor at the London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education, University of London, and freelance researcher and international consultant. Her research and development activity in England and internationally has focused on how schools, local authorities, and national systems create capacity for learning and improvement, with particular emphasis on leadership, learning communities, and learning networks. She co-edits an Open University Press/McGraw-Hill book series on Expanding Educational Horizons and presented a series of Hot Research on Teachers’ TV in England. Stoll presents and consults in many countries.

Stoll is author and editor of many publications including:

Stoll, L. & Seashore Louis, K. (2007). Professional learning communities: Divergence, depth and dilemmas. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Stoll, L., Fink, D., & Earl, L. (2003). It’s about learning (and it’s about time). London, England: RoutledgeFalmer/Taylor Francis.

Stoll, L. & Fink, D. (1996). Changing our schools: Linking school effectiveness and school improvement. Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press.

Stoll, L., Bolam, R., McMahon, A., Thomas, S., Wallace, M., Greenwood, A., & Hawkey, K. (2006). Professional learning communities: Source materials for school leaders and otherleaders of professional learning. London, England: Innovation Unit, DfES, NCSL, and GTCe. Available at www.innovation-unit.co.uk/about-us/publications/professional-learning-communities.html.

Stoll, L. & Temperley, J. (2010). The toolkit: Improving school leadership. Paris, France: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Available at www.oecd.org/dataoecd/63/37/44339174.pdf.