Kenneth Cooper

For those principals in schools all over the country who wish their staff would show up just a little more motivated every morning, Kenneth Cooper (EdD’82) has some advice. Together with his two co-authors, Nels Gustafson and Joseph G. Salah, he wrote the book Becoming a Great School: Harnessing the Powers of Quality Management and Collaborative Leadership. Cooper has 22 years of experience as the principal of the Paul F. Doyen Memorial School in Ipswich, Mass., where he lives. His secret? “Harness the intrinsic motivation of the staff,” he says. To learn how to do that, read his book, which is available on Amazon.