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Professional appointment: Associate Professor and Director of the Master in Educational Management and Leadership at Universidad Villanueva (Madrid, Spain).
Professional profile: Gloria Gratacós is an Associate Professor and Director of the Master’s Degree in Educational Management and Leadership at Universidad Villanueva in Madrid (Spain), where she also served as Dean of the Faculty of Education from 2011 to 2020 and led the creation of the Faculty of Psychology, acting as its Dean until 2019. Her academic career began in 2011 after 19 years of experience as a school principal. She has delivered seminars and short courses for school leaders in Australia, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Poland, and Angola, and has been a visiting professor at Monash University (Australia), Universidad del Norte (Colombia), and Barna School (Dominican Republic). Gloria Gratacós has participated in several national and international research projects and is an active member of international research networks such as the FIT-Choice Project, the Staying Brite Network, and the International Study of Teacher Leadership (ISTL). Her research focuses on teacher motivation and resilience, teacher and educational leadership, and attraction to the teaching profession. She has published extensively in academic journals and edited volumes on these topics.
Areas of scholarship:
Teacher motivation and attraction to the teaching profession
Teacher resilience and well-being
Teacher and educational leadership
School leadership and principal preparation
Induction and professional development programs for teachers and school leaders
Teaching foci:
Educational leadership and school management
Teacher leadership and professional learning communities
Preparation and development of school principals
Teacher motivation, resilience, and well-being
Induction and mentoring programs for early career teachers
Family–school collaboration and educational community engagement
Selected publications:
Gratacós, G., Ladrón de Guevara, B, & Tintoré, M. (in press). Teacher leadership in Spain: Perceptions of the system leaders. En Wiens, P., & Pan, H-LW. (Edits), The Challenges and Possibilities of Teacher Leadership: International Perspectives. Emerald Publishing
Monarca, H., Rappoport, S., Pericacho, J., Mottareale, D., Gratacós, G., Azorín, C., Ruiloba, J., & Messina, C. (2024). Perceptions of the Teaching Profession and Its Professionalisation in Spain. European Journal of Education, e12878 https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12878
Webber, C.F., Andrews, D., van der Vyver, C.P., Pineda-Báez, C., Okoko, J.M., Eisneros-Cohernour, E.J., Dominguez-Castillo, J.G., Elmeski, M., Fuller, M.P., Conway, J.M., Moral-Santaella, C., Gratacós, G., & Idelcadi, S. (2024). School leadership roles and standards: Observations from the international study of teacher leadership. Background paper prepared for the 2024-5 Global Education Monitoring Report. UNESCO. https://doi.org/10.54676/KIIJ3990
Gratacós, G., Ladrón de Guevara, B., & Salazar-Díaz, G. (2024). Liderazgo Docente: Percepciones de la Dirección y del Profesorado [Teacher Leadership: Principals and Teachers’ Perceptions]. International Journal of Education Leadership and Management. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/ijelm.14688
Tintoré, M.; Ladrón de Guevara, B., & Gratacós, G. (2023). A scoping review of the literature on teacher leadership in Spain. Leadership and Policy in Schools. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2023.2208217
Webber, C.F.; Pineda-Báez, C.; Gratacós, G.; Wachira, N.; & Nickel, J. (2023). Who is Interested in Teacher Leadership and Why. In C.F. Webber (Ed.), Teacher Leadership in International Contexts (pp.3-26). Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25763-6_1
Vivas, P.L.; & Gratacós, G. (2023). Teacher leadership and school improvement in Argentina: Why is it difficult... why is it urgent? In C.F. Webber (Ed.), Teacher Leadership in International Contexts (pp. 251-272). Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25763-6_10
Degrees:
PhD in Education, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Bachelor´s Degree in Economics from the University of Barcelona; Bachelor's in Business Administration, and Master's Degree in Business Management from ESADE Business School; Master in Research in Social Sciences from Universidad Internacional de Catalunya
Email address: ggratacos@villanueva.edu
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