Dr. Foo Say Fooi merupakan Pensyarah kanan di Fakulti Pengajian Pendidikan, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Beliau memperoleh Ijazah Sarjana dari Radford University dalam bidang Kepemimpinan Pendidikan dan Ph.D. dari Virginia Tech, U.S.A. dalam bidang Pentadbiran Pendidikan. Kepakaran beliau tertumpu pada bidang kepemimpinan pendidikan, pengurusan sekolah, kolaborasi sekolah dengan keluarga dan komuniti, serta jaminan kualiti dalam pendidikan tinggi. Dr. Foo menjadi pengerusi dan ahli jawatankuasa penyeliaan untuk tesis dan disertasi dalam bidang pengupayaan, komitmen organisasi dan profesional, pengurusan kolaboratif serta efikasi. Beliau pernah menerbitkan beberapa naskhah buku dan artikel jurnal di samping melibatkan diri dalam penyelidikan dalam bidang yang berkaitan.

Dr. Foo Say Fooi is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Educational Studies, University Putra Malaysia. He obtained his Masters Degree in Educational Leadership from Radford University and Ph.D. majoring in Educational Administration from Virginia Tech, U.S.A. His focus revolves around the areas of educational leadership, school management, school-family-community collaboration, and quality assurance in higher education. Dr. Foo serves as the chairperson and supervisory committee member for thesis and dissertation leading to Masters and Ph.D. degrees in the areas of empowerment, organizational and occupational commitment, collaborative management, and efficacy. He has published several books and journal articles, and has engaged in research in his areas of expertise.

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Educational leadership
• School management
• Quality management in educational institutions
• School-family-community collaboration
• School effectiveness

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• SayFooi Foo and Stephen Parson. 1996. The process of involving families in their children’s education. Community Education Research Digest. Florida: Florida Atlantic University.

• Foo Say Fooi dan Tang Keow Ngang. 2000. Kepemimpinan pengajaran pengetua/guru besar dan kepuasan guru. Jurnal Pengurusan dan Kepimpinan Pendidikan, Jilid 10, Bil.02, p. 35 – 48.

• Foo Say Fooi dan Teng Lung Kiu. 2002. Persepsi guru terhadap penerapan nilai-nilai murni dalam kepemimpinan pengetua sekolah-sekolah menengah Bahagian Sri Aman, Sarawak. Jurnal Penyelidikan Pendidikan, Jilid 4, m.s. 53 – 64.

• Foo Say Fooi, Zakaria Kasa, Rosnani Jusoh dan Noridah Ab. Rahim. 2004. Amalan pengurusan kewangan pengetua-pengetua sekolah menengah. Jurnal Penyelidikan Pendidikan, Jilid 6, m.s. 31 – 44.

• Chua Lee Chuan, Turiman Suandi, Foo Say Fooi dan Asma Ahmad. 2004. Exploring the professional commitment of technical school teachers in Sarawak. Jurnal Pendidikan Teknikal, Jid. 3. Bil. 1, m.s. 113 – 123.

• Tang Keow Ngang, Foo Say Fooi, Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie, and Hj. Bahaman Abu Samah. 2004. Tahap pengurusan kolaboratif dan fenomena pengurusan di sekolah menengah. Journal of Malaysian Studies, Vol XXII, No.1, pp65 – 85.

• Foo Say Fooi dan Tang Keow Ngang. 2005. Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pengurusan kolaboratif. Jurnal Pendidik dan Pendidikan, Jil. 20, 81 – 95.

• Rahman Murshidi, Mohd Majid Konting, Habibah Elias dan Foo Say Fooi. 2006. Sense of efficacy among beginning teachers in Sarawak. Teaching Education, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 265 – 275.

TEACHING

• EDU 3001 Teaching Ethics
• EDU 3051 Educational Management
• EDU 3053 Educational Leadership
• EDU 5816 Educational Management
• EDU 5817 Community and School Management
• EDU 5824 Quality Management in Higher Education