Foster, Rosemary
Tel: (780) 492 - 0760
FAX: (780) 492 - 2024
Email: ryfoster@ualberta.ca

 RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Educational leadership
• Northern education and Aboriginal leadership
• Principal and teacher leadership
• School improvement
• Secondary education
• Bilingual education
• Poverty education

Contributions to Books

Lambert, L., Walker, D., Jensen, T., Foster, R., Bryan, P., Huls, J., Bouck, D., & Jacobs, A. (2002). Constructing school change: School stories. In L. Lambert, D. Walker, D. Zimmerman, J. Cooper, M. Lambert, M. Gardner & M. Szabo (Eds.), The constructivist leader (2nd ed., pp. 134-140). New York, NY: Teachers' College Press.

*Goddard, J. T., & Foster, R. (in press). Where cultures collide: A case study of educational leadership in northern Canada. Canadian Journal of Education.

*Foster, R. Y., & Goddard, J. T. (2003). Leadership and culture in northern British Columbia: Bridge building and/or re-balancing act? Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 17. [Online. Available: http://www.umanitoba.ca/publications/cjeap/issuesOnline.html ].

Foster, R. Y., & St. Hilaire, B. L. (2003). Leadership for school improvement: Principals' and teachers' perspectives. International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 7(3). [On-line. Available: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~iejll/].

*Foster, R. Y., & Goddard, J. T. (2002). Case studies from the edge: Leadership in ethnoculturally diverse northern Canadian schools. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 48(4), 368-370.

*Foster, R. Y., & Goddard, J. T. (2001). Leadership and culture in northern schools: Emergent themes and questions. International Electronic Journal of Leadership in Learning, 5(13). [On-line. Available: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~iejll/].

Goddard, J. T., & Foster, R. Y. (2001). The experiences of neophyte teachers: A critical constructivist assessment. Teaching and Teacher Education, 17 (3), 349-365.

*Maynes, W. G., & Foster, R. Y. (2001). Educating Canada's urban poor children. Canadian Journal of Education, 25(1), 55-61.

Foster, R. Y. (2000). Profile of a group of "successful" bilingual senior high school students. Bilingual Research Journal, 22(4), 201-214.

*Goddard, J., & Foster, R. (2002). Educational leadership in northern Canada: Where cultures collide. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EA 031717).

Foster, R. Y. (1999). Leadership in two secondary schools with a reputation for success. ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 426445.

Foster, R. Y., & Suddards, C. L. (1998). Leadership within high school communities. ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 432826.

Foster, R. Y. (1998). The "successful" bilingual senior high school student. ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 407837.

Foster, R. Y., & Goddard, J. T. (2000). Singing the blues: Helping new teachers survive their first year. Paper included in the published proceedings from the WestCAST 2000 conference, Regina, SK.

Foster, R. Y. (2004, April). Leadership and secondary school development: Prospects and challenges. Upcoming paper presentation to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Foster, R. Y. (2003, November). Teachers leading in school improvement: A case study of tensions and possibilities. Paper presented to the annual convention of the University Council of Educational Administration, Portland, OR.

*Goddard, J. T., & Foster, R. Y. (2003, November). Leadership and learning in Canada's ethnocluturally diverse North. Paper presented to the annual convention of the University Council of Educational Administration, Portland, OR.

Foster, R. Y. (2003, May). The who, how, why, and what of leadership for secondary school improvement. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Halifax, NS.

Foster, R. Y., & St. Hilaire, B. (2002, November). Leadership for secondary school improvement in Manitoba: Principals' and teachers' perspectives. Paper presented to the annual convention of the University Council of Educational Administration, Pittsburgh, PA.

*Foster, R. Y., & Goddard, J. T. (2002, November). Leadership and learning in Canada's ethnoculturally diverse north. Paper presented to the annual convention of the University Council of Educational Administration, Pittsburgh, PA.

*Foster, R. Y., Goddard, J. T., Finell, J., & Martineau, C. (2002, May). Leadership and culture in northern schools: Preliminary findings. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Toronto, ON.

Foster, R. Y. (2002, April). Leadership and secondary school improvement: Awakening the sleeping giant. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

*Foster, R. Y. , & Goddard, J. T. (2002, April). Leadership in ethnoculturally diverse northern Canadian schools. Poster presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

*Goddard. J. T., & Foster, R. Y. (2002, April). Educational leadership in northern Canada: Where cultures collide. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Foster, R. Y. (2001, October). Constructivist leadership in successful high schools: Challenges and possibilities. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration, Cincinnati, OH.

*Foster, R. Y., & Goddard, J. T. (2001, May). Leadership and culture in a select Band-controlled school: A northern Canadian case study. Paper presented to the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Quebec City, PQ.

Young, J. C., Foster, R. Y., Ardies, R., Lussier, T., Pekrul, S., Peppler, B., & Wilde, E. (2001, May). Partnerships and promises: Critical issues for school improvement networks and the Manitoba School Improvement Program (MSIP). Panel presentation made to the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Quebec City, PQ.

Foster, R. Y. (2001, April). A case study of shared leadership in high schools. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

Foster, R. Y. (2001, April). Constructivist leadership in high school. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

*Goddard, J. T., & Foster, R. Y. (2001, April). Educational leadership in northern Canada: The challenge of diversity. Paper presented to annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

Foster, R. Y. (2001, January). Shared leadership and secondary school effectiveness and improvement during the current era of education reform. Paper presented to the International Congress for School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Toronto, ON.

Foster, R. Y. (2000, November). Leadership in an alternative secondary school: A case of the possible. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration, Albuquerque, NM.

Foster, R. Y. (2000, May). Shared leadership and secondary school improvement. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Edmonton, AB.

Foster, R. Y. (2000, April). Implementing and sustaining a French immersion high school program of choice: Educators' perspectives. Paper presented to the 2000 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Foster, R. Y., & Goddard, J. T. (2000, April). The role of familial and professional archetypes in neophyte teachers' constructions of their professional lives. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Foster, R. Y. (1999, June). Rethinking high school leadership. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Sherbrooke, PQ.

Foster, R. Y. (1999, April). Life after French immersion: Graduates' perspectives. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, PQ.

Foster, R. Y., & Suddards, C. (1999, April). Leadership in two high school communities: A multiple study perspective. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, PQ.

Foster, R. Y. (1999, January). Reconceptualizing secondary school leadership: A constructivist perspective. Paper presented to the International Congress for School Effectiveness and School Improvement, San Antonio, TX.

Goddard, J. T., & Foster, R. Y. (1999, January). The experiences of beginning teachers. Paper presented to the International Congress for School Effectiveness and School Improvement, San Antonio, TX.

Foster, R. Y. (1998, May). Graduates of French immersion programs. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Ottawa, ON.

*Maynes, W.G., & Foster, R. Y. (1998, May). Canadian directory of educational poverty programs. Paper presented to the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Ottawa, ON.

Foster, R. Y. (1998, April). Leadership in two secondary schools with a reputation for success. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

*Goddard, J. T. (principal investigator), & Foster, R. Y. (co-investigator), Leadership and culture in northern schools. This program of research is in its final year (extension) and is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Foster, R. Y. (2002-2003). Teacher leadership in an international context. This program of research was funded by the University of Manitoba Research Grants/SSHRC Program.

Foster, R. Y. (2001). Shared leadership and secondary school effectiveness and improvement. This program of research was funded by the University of Manitoba/SSHRC Research Grants Program.

Goddard, J. T., & Foster, R. Y. (1999). The experiences of neophyte teachers.

Foster, R. Y. (1998). Graduates of French Immersion programs.

Research Reports

Foster, R. Y. (2001). Shared leadership and secondary school effectiveness and improvement. Final research report to the University of Manitoba Research Office, 91 pages.

Foster, R. Y. (1998). Leadership in two secondary schools with the reputation for success. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Alberta.

*Maynes, W.G., Foster, R. Y. (1998). Directory of Canadian educational poverty programs. University of Alberta, Department of Educational Policy Studies, 141 pages.

Foster, R. Y. (2003). How is educational policy traveling with teachers? Lead article in the November Kappan, newsletter of the University of Alberta Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa.

Foster, R. Y., & Young, J. C. (1999). Leaderhip: Some current themes from the education literature. Educator's Notebook, 11(2).