Lee Teitel University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA

Lee Teitel is Associate Professor of Masters and Doctoral level programs in Educational Leadership at the University of Massachusetts. Teitel has been a researcher, writer, consultant, speaker, and professional development school advocate since 1989. His work focuses on PDS start-up, institutionalization, and impact issues; new leadership roles in PDSs for teachers and principals; and the development and implementation of national standards for PDSs. He has led workshops and presentations at AACTE and AERA and written numerous articles and monographs on these topics, including two PDS literature reviews and a handbook for the NCATE PDS Standards Project and booklets on governance and documenting PDS impacts for AACTE.