Allan Odden

Co-Director at Strategic Management of Human Capital

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Current
Past
  • Director, Systemic Reform Team, National Inistitute for Science Education at Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin
Education
  • Brown University
  • Teachers College of Columbia University
  • Columbia University
  • Union Theological Seminary
Connections
18 connections
Industry
Education Management
Websites

Allan Odden’s Summary

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Education Policy
Public School Finance
Education Policy Implementation
Teacher Compensation
Decentralized School Management
District and School Restructuring

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

School finance, education funding and productivity
Teacher compensation structures
Effective resource use at the school site level
Costs of effective professional development
School, classroom and resource use effects on student learning growth


Allan Odden’s Experience

  • Co-Director

    Strategic Management of Human Capital

    (Education Management industry)

    January 2008Present (1 year 7 months)

    Strategic Management of Human Capital (SMHC) (www.smhc-cpre.org)is a project of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education. Its goal is to dramatically improve student performance through a strategic approach to talent management that produces more effective instructional practices in all classrooms, focusing initially on schools in large, urban districts. .

  • Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, School of Education

    University of Wisconsin

    (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

    September 1993Present (15 years 11 months)

    The Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been ranked as the number 1 program in the country for over half a decade.

  • Co-Director, Consortium for Policy Research in Education

    Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin

    (Non-Profit; Education Management industry)

    December 1990Present (18 years 8 months)

    The Consortium for Policy Research in Education is a collaboration among seven universities -- Teachers College-Columbia University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harvard, Michigan, Northwestern, Pennsylvania and Stanford. The goal is to improve state and local education policies that lead to improved classroom instruction that produces gains in student academic achievement.

  • Director, Systemic Reform Team, National Inistitute for Science Education

    Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin

    (Non-Profit; Education Management industry)

    June 1995May 1996 (1 year)


Allan Odden’s Education

  • Brown University

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  • Teachers College of Columbia University

    MA ,

  • Columbia University

    PhD ,

  • Union Theological Seminary

    M.Div. ,


Additional Information

Allan Odden’s Websites:

Allan Odden’s Interests:

teacher and administrator talent in education, human capital management, strategic talent management, new approaches to teacher compensation, strategies for improving student performance, school finance, school finance adequacy, effective resource allocation

Allan Odden’s Groups:

Associations:

-American Education Finance Association
-Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
-American Education Research Association
-National Tax Association
-Member of the AERA Government and Professional Liaison Committee, 1995 to 1998.
-Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Politics of Education
Association, April 1992 to 1996.

Universities:

-University of Southern California, Central Faculty Budget Committee, School of Education and University-wide Salary, Promotion and Tenure Committees
-University of Wisconsin, Board Member and Vice-President, University Club, 1997-1999

Allan Odden’s Honors:

-Distinguished Service Award, American Education Finance Association, 1998
-Visiting Scholar, Hoover Institute, Stanford University, 1997
-President, American Education Finance Association, 1979-80
-Who's Who in America
-Who's Who in American Education
-Who's Who in the Midwest
-Who's Who in the West
-Who’s Who in Madison (Wisconsin)
-Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society


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