Gail Hartin, Ph.D.
Dr. Gail Hartin has been in the education profession for more than 30 years. Her career in public and private schools as a teacher and administrator encompassed grades PK-12. She held positions in the Highland Park Independent School District for 22 years as a middle school teacher, middle school assistant principal, and elementary principal. During her tenure as principal at University Park School, proceeds of school fundraisers increased by over 300%.
Dr. Hartin has served on the Board of Directors of the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers and the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association. She has been a frequent presenter at state conferences and has served as a consultant to several schools in Texas to support their efforts in implementing research-based approaches such as the middle school concept, differentiated instruction, character education, positive discipline, and shared leadership.
Dr. Hartin’s previous college teaching experience includes Brookhaven College, where she taught Spanish, and the University of North Texas, where she taught graduate courses in pedagogy in the Summer Institute for Teachers of French. She served on school accreditation teams in Texas between 1995 and 2005.
Dr. Hartin joined the faculty of the School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University in 2003. She teaches a variety of courses in the EC-4 and 5-12 certification programs. Her degrees include a B.A. in Spanish and French from the State University of New York at Fredonia (1973), M.Ed. in Foreign Language Education from the University of Buffalo (1975), C.A.S. in Educational Administration and Supervision from Syracuse University (1979), and Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of North Texas (1994).