Faculty and Staff Profiles

 Director, Center for Urban School Leadership

411S MSU-B Street

Memphis, TN 38152-4180

Leadership.memphis.edu/CUSL

901-678-5935

Reginald Leon Green is Professor of Educational Leadership. He received an Ed. D. in Educational Administration and Supervision from the University of Missouri – Columbia, a M. Ed. in Educational Administration and Supervision from Memphis State University, and a B. S. in Sociology from Tennessee State University.  Dr. Green has served at the teacher, principal, deputy superintendent, and superintendent levels of K-12 education and has been in higher education for 14 years.  In 1977, Reginald was one of five educators chosen nationally to participate in the Rockefeller Foundation’s Superintendency Preparation Program; and in 1996, he was selected as an Associate to the Institute for Educational Renewal, under the leadership of Dr. John Goodlad. 

Most recently, Dr. Green distinguished himself with the publication of the 3rd edition of the book entitled, Practicing the Art of Leadership: A Problem-Based Approach to Implementing the ISLLC Standards.  He has also authored a book on inner-city education, as well as various articles concerning such topics as: educational restructuring, primary grade restructuring, gang violence, and other contemporary educational issues.  Reginald has completed national inquiries into nurturing characteristics that exist in schools and standards and assessment measures being established as part of school reform.  This work lead to the development of the Center for Urban School Leadership where Dr. Green administers programs to prepare principals for urban schools using a non-traditional approach. In addition to directing the Center, Dr. Green teaches courses in educational leadership with a focus on instructional leadership and participatory governance and change. His research interests include school leadership, team building for effective teaching and learning, superintendent/board relations, school district restructuring, and the effects of nurturing characteristics on the academic achievement of students. 

• Green, R. L., (2006). Reconceptualizing leadership preparation programs. Paper presented at Oxford University: The Oxford Roundtable, Oxford, England. 

                 

  Green, R. L., & Cypress, S. (2006). Redesigning classroom supervision for instructional effectiveness: C.O.R.E. Southern Regional Conference on Educational Administration 47th Annual Conference. Jacksonville, FL.