VIVIANE ROBINSON

Viviane Robinson is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and Visiting Professor at University College London. She has devoted her career to investigating and developing the capabilities leaders need to work productively with their teachers to improve the wellbeing and achievement of their students.

In her latest book “Virtuous Educational Leadership: Doing the Right Work the Right Way” (Corwin Press, 2023) Viviane extends her previous work on student-centred leadership (“Student-Centered Leadership, Jossey Bass, 2011) and school improvement (Reduce Change to Increase Improvement Corwin, 2018) by discussing those aspects of leadership character which are required for excellent performance of the role.

Viviane is an international consultant on leadership policy and development and contributes to principal development programmes in Victoria, New South Wales, ACT and Western Australia. She has received awards from national and international professional and academic organisations, including the Australian Council for Educational Leaders, the New Zealand Secondary Principals Association and the US-based University Council on Educational Administration.

In 2011, she was made a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association for sustained excellence in educational research.  In 2017 she was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and awarded its Mason Durie Medal in recognition of the international impact of her leadership research.

Virtuous Educational Leadership: Doing the right things the right way

We are inspired by some leaders and repelled by others. What makes the difference? Is it their knowledge? Is it their skills? Or is it their character – the type of person they are? Typically, it is the leader’s character that shapes our admiration for and trust in a leader.

In her Keynote address, Viviane will focus on the development of character by discussing the virtues, or desirable dispositions, which are of particular relevance to the work of educational leadership. She will also unpack how virtues and their development are applicable to all educators, regardless of the leadership role they aspire to or currently hold.

You will learn:
what virtues are, and why they are so practical.
how knowledge of the distinctive purposes of education helps you to decide what is the right work.
which virtues are critical to doing the right work the right way.
how virtues are learned.

This interactive keynote includes rich examples and a practical activity about the virtuousness of a leadership decision.

Listen to Viviane’s podcast here.

Virtuous Educational Leadership: Doing the Right Work the Right Way
This integrated, holistic resource explores the virtues that are integral to achieving excellence in educational leadership, while offering practical guidance on how to do the right work in the right way—no matter what challenges you face or student inequities you’re trying to overcome.

Available via the ACEL Bookshop