Mike Copland
Title
Senior Program Officer
Organization
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Michael Copland is a Senior Program Officer with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His work focuses on foundation-sponsored teacher effectiveness initiatives underway in several urban districts across the country. Copland previously served as associate professor and chair of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Washington and as director of the Prospective Principals Program at Stanford University. Copland’s publications include Connecting Leadership with Learning (ASCD, 2006) co-authored with Michael Knapp, as well as pieces in Phi Delta Kappan, Journal of School Leadership, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, and Educational Administration Quarterly. His previous roles include teacher and principal in Washington State.
Posts By Mike Copland
April 18, 2012 / Mike Copland
Large shifts are occurring in how teachers across the United States are experiencing performance appraisals, and these shifts are creating opportunities to give teachers much better information about teaching practice and student learning.
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