Dean Mary Hatwood Futrell Offers A Challenge...
And Shares A Vision
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Dean Futrell greets a Holmes
Scholar at the 2007
Holmes Partnership
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As educators, we face the incredible challenges of unifying an ever more diverse American population and helping all nations work together in a society transformed by advancing technology, rapid transportation, a global economy, and the spread of democracy. Through access to free, quality education - preparing people for change and helping them realize their full potential - we have the power to shape the 21st century into a peaceful global community where the quality of life for all people is enhanced, rather than a fragmented world of violence. It is an enormous responsibility - and an exciting opportunity.
To meet this responsibility, educational institutions must show leaders how to implement major change - invent new methods, new roles, and new organizational structures to reach all citizens. The Graduate School of Education and Human Development, known for its innovative
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Dean Futrell teaches doctoral coursework
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work in fields ranging from infant special education to human resource development, is a model of change. Graduate School of Education and Human Development faculty are involved in restructuring our school and refocusing our curricula. Our entire organization is continuously improving in order to teach others how to educate more effectively. If you want to be deeply involved in shaping the future, this is the place to be. Join us and prepare to lead the way through the 21st century.
Mary Hatwood Futrell - Bio
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Dean Futrell and AACTE President
Sharon Robinson |
A professor of education and co-director of GW's Center for Curriculum, Standards, and Technology, Dr. Futrell specializes in education reform policy, professional development, and diversity issues. She is chair of the Holmes Partnership Board and is a member of the Boards of the National Society for the Study of Education, The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, The Kettering Foundation, Lynchburg College and the Teachers Support Network. From 1989 to 1995, she served as a senior consultant for Quality Education for Minorities Network.
Prior to becoming dean of GSEHD in 1995, Dr. Futrell was president of the National Education Association (NEA) for an unprecedented six-year term and, before that, served as president of the Virginia Education Association (VEA). In 2004, she completed her term as president of Education International (EI), a global federation of 30 million educators from 152 countries that works with governmental and non-governmental organizations in advocating education for all. She also is the former president of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession and served on the UNESCO High Level Group for Education for All (2001-2006).
First and foremost a teacher, Dr. Futrell is an advocate for human and civil rights and improved education worldwide. She has received over 20 honorary degrees from universities and colleges and has won numerous awards. Some of her honors include the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education David G. Imig Award for Distinguished Achievement in Teacher Education (2002), the NEA Foundation Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education (2003), UNESCO’s Jan Amos Comenius Medal (2004), the AACTE Edward G. Pomeroy Outstanding Contribution to Teacher Education Award (2007), and was named a Virginia Woman in History by the Library of Virginia Foundation (2007).
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