Dr David Gurr

Dr David Gurr is a Professor of Educational Leadership in the Faculty of Education at The University of Melbourne. In a 45-year educational career, he has been a teacher, school counsellor, middle leader and an academic. David is a prolific writer and presenter focussed on all aspects of educational leadership and especially on successful school leadership and middle leadership.

He has edited the academic journals Leading and Managing and International Studies in Educational Administration, and is a Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Educational Administration. He is a founding member and on the leadership group of the International Successful School Principalship Project, the International Leadership Development Network and the Association for Teacher Leadership and Scholarship.

A former Vice-President of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders, he was awarded the ACEL’s most prestigious award, the Gold Medal, in 2014. David has also served on the board of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management, is an elected member of the board of ACEL (Victoria) and is the Faculty of Education (The University of Melbourne)  representative on the ICSEI board.