The Department of Teaching and Learning
Gail Hartin, Ph.D.
Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Programs
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 I.S.D.
for 22 years as a middle school teacher, middle school assistant principal,
and elementary principal.
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, and positive discipline.
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 SMU as an adjunct faculty member in 2003 and was appointed to a lecturer position in 2006. She teaches a variety of courses in the EC-4 and 5-12 certification programs and serves as Director of Undergraduate Programs for the Simmons School of Education and Human Development 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).