Advising

Graduate Student Advising as Primary Research Dissertation Chair:  

PhD2015  Shaked, Haim**The characteristics, sources, and development of systems thinking among prospective and novice school principals ** Winner, University’s Ph.D. Award ** Highly Commended Award winner of the 2015 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the Education and Leadership Strategy category.
PhD2016  Feldam, Niv**Exploring the professional learning community in special education schools ** Winner, University’s President Scholarship Award
PhD2017  Qadech, Mowafaq**An integrative model for predicting faculty’s attributes in elementary schools: Exploring the role of principals’ characteristics and organizational learning mechanisms ** Ph.D Scholarship
PhD2017Cohen Rinat**The transition of women teaching to vice-principalship: A journey of personal, social and professional transformation ** Ph.D Scholarship
PhD2017  Russo, Lily  A six-years exploration of the characteristics and development of superintendents’ professional learning community within a national reform context
PhD2018Ganon- Shilon, Sherry**Principals’ sense-making of their leadership role during large-scale reform ** Winner, University’s Graduate School Scholarship Award ** Winner, 2016 Foster-Polite Scholarship – Division A Graduate Students – American Educational Research Association. ** Award winner of the 2018 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the Education and Leadership Strategy category.
PhD2019  Firuz, FloritThe principal mentor and the novice principal: The determinants and development of a productive mentor-mentee relationship ** Highly Commended Award winner of the 2020 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the Education and Leadership Strategy category.
PhD2019  Suria, OfraPrincipals’ micro-political processes in the context of implementing a national reform
PhD 2023Simon LeibovitzExploring systems thinking in schools’ leadership teams    
PhD2023Nechama    NadavPrincipals’ systems thinking as a mediator in the relationships between principal and school characteristics and team and school effectiveness. Co with Dr. Benoliel ** Winner, University President’s prize for excellent research paper.
PhDCurrentAyala TsadokExploring middle-leaders’ transformational and transactional leadership and school organizational health in a moderated mediation model for school effectiveness improvement. Co with Dr. Benoliel ** Winner, University President’s prize for excellent research paper.
PhD2023Orit ShamirCharacteristics and development of disciplinary professional learning communities learning from their successes in secondary schools. Co with Dr. Benoliel
PhD2023Lior HaleviAn investigation of resilience attributes and practices among school principals during the induction period ** Won the National Excellence House prize.  
PhDCurrentGonny Gordin YoskovitzSchool principals as agents-activists generating innovation in a plurality of diverse fields. ** Winner, University President’s prize for excellent research paper.
PhDCurrentHila Weitzman Ben-DavidDevelopment of professional learning communities amongst elementary school home room teachers. ** Winner of the ISEF scholarship for Ph.D students. ** Winner of University Provost’s prize for excellent research student.
PhD2023Shevy GovrinThe coherence challenge: How stakeholders enact meaning to professional learning communities
PhD2023Alla Almalek WatadLeadership for society: Leading for social mobility and integration
MA     2023Atara GruberResilience in school management during the corona crisis: opportunities and challenges
MA    2023Arnon HirshCoherence of professional development: perspectives of policymakers, districts and schools ** Winner, University Rector’s Prize for excellent in research ** Winner, Dean’s MA best paper.
MA                       2020Miran Barzilay  Initiating a learning-from-success professional learning forum in a middle-school
MA       2019Tova KasnettCollaborative learning from success as perceived by special education teachers
MA2018Nechama Nadav  Developing and validating a systems-thinking scale for elementary school principals
MA2017Hagay GefenSchool-middle leaders’ perceptions of the 21st-century learning reform in Israel
MA2015  Damari, AvishagMiddle leaders’ metaphors for teaching, teamwork and school management in an era of a large-scale national reform
MA2015Kneler, JonathanExploring principal mentors and leadership trainees’ perceptions regarding the mentoring relationship in a leadership education program
MA2015Shmesayev, Odia Chen  Secondary school principals perceptions of the implementation of the national education reform
MA2014  Samara, HiphaArab-Israeli principals’ perceptions regarding collective learning from success
MA2012  Firuz, FloritPrincipal mentors’ metaphors regarding the mentoring process in principal preparation programs
MA2012  Perelman, YifatCollective learning in schools: The perceptions of prospective principals in leadership programs
MA2012  Zur, IrisTeacher mentors and student teachers’ perceptions regarding collective learning from success
MA2011  Atarchi, LilachThe development and measure of organizational learning mechanisms in secondary schools
MA2011  Cohen, LiatThe relationship between organizational learning mechanisms and principals’ commitment
MA2011  Ganon, SherryThe sustainability of a collaborative learning initiative
MA2011  Shapira, AnatTeachers’ perceptions regarding collective learning from success
MA2010  Kadech, MowafaqExploring organizational learning mechanisms in elementary schools
MA2010  Kazayof, ShlomoThe relationship between organizational learning mechanisms and school structure/facilities
MA2010  Vanunu, CarmitThe relationship between organizational learning mechanisms and principals’ sense of efficacy
MA2009  Asher, NaomiThe relationship between organizational learning mechanisms and principals’ sense of uncertainty
MA2009  Feldman, NivExploring organizational learning mechanisms in special education
MA2009  Sadan, ShellyTeachers’, principals’, and superintendents’ perceptions of the professional learning community
MA2009  Tchelet, NataliExploring superintendents’ perceptions of learning from success

Post-Doctoral Student Advising:

Post-Doc2017-2018Da’as, Rima, Ph.D.Haifa University.
Post-doc area of research: Principals’ cognitive complexity
Post-Doc2019-2020Dafna Gan, Ph.D.Northeastern University.
Post-doc area of research: Environmental education leadership