Steven Jay Gross,
Associate Professor of Educational Administration
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Ritter Hall 254
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6091

phone/fax: (215)204-8064 / (215)204-2743
steven.jay.gross@temple.edu

Education

1980 Ed.D. University of Pennsylvania, Educational Administration
1978 M. S. University of Wisconsin, Asian History
1973 B. A. Temple University, History

Areas of Professional Interest

Leadership
Curriculum Innovation
Turbulence Theory
Democratic-Ethical Educational Leadership

Recent Scholarship

Books:

Gross, Steven Jay. Leadership Mentoring: Maintaining School Reform in Turbulent Times (In Press). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield and the American Association of School Administrators

Gross, Steven Jay. Promises Kept: Sustaining Innovative Curriculum Leadership. (2004) Alexandria, Virginia: The Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Gross, Steven Jay: (2000-2002) - Series Editor. The Curriculum Handbook. Alexandria, Virginia: The Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Gross, Steven Jay.(1998) Staying Centered: Curriculum Leadership in a Turbulent Era. Alexandria, Virginia:Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Recent Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals and Book Chapters:

Gross, Steven Jay & Shapiro, Joan Poliner (2005). Our new era requires a new deel: Towards democratic-ethical educational leadership. UCEA Review. Vol XLVII (3) pp 1-4.

Gross, Steven Jay & Shapiro, Joan Poliner. (2004) Using Multiple Ethical Paradigms and Turbulence Theory in Response to Administrative Dilemmas. International Studies in Educational Administration.

Gross, Steven Jay. (2004) Civic Hands Upon the Land: Diverse Patterns of Social Education and Curriculum Leadership in the Civilian Conservation Corps and its Analogues 1933-1942 . In C. Woyshner, J. Watras, & M. Smith Crocco (Eds.) Social Education in the Twentieth Century: Curriculum and Context for Citizenship. NY: Peter Lang Press .

Gross, Steven Jay (2003) Leadership Standards or Leaving Standardization for Leadership? In V. Anfara, and S. Stacki (Eds.) Middle Level Handbook Series, Greenwich, CT.:Informationage

Gross, Steven Jay. (2003). Uncovering New Acres of Diamonds: Educational Administration in a Time of Turbulence and Opportunity at Temple University. National Forum of Educational Administration and Supervision Journal v. 20 pp. 46-62.

Gross, Steven Jay, Shaw, Katherine, Shapiro, Joan . (2003) Deconstructing Accountability Through the Lens of Democr atic Philosophies: Toward a New Analytic Framework. The Journal of Research for Educational Leadership v.1 n 3 pp 5-27.