Julie Hart, EdD

I love my role as a teacher educator!  After receiving my EdD in Leadership for Educational Equity with a specialization in Instructional Leadership in December 2015, I was perfectly equipped to guide the learning of future teachers.  Because I am committed to the support and growth of pre-service teachers, the Friends School Teacher Preparation Program is a perfect fit.  Watching teacher candidates grow into amazingly skilled educators is tremendously satisfying and makes me feel confident about the future of our schools.  In addition, I teach courses for the School of Education and Human Development at UCD.  Prior to my time in higher ed, I spent several years teaching in preschool, elementary and high school classrooms, with many of those years spent right here at Friends.

I am a self-proclaimed (and I’m sure identified by others) nerd!  I love school, teaching, books, and really any type of learning setting.  For example, I annoy my mechanic with continual questions.  I will sit and watch an air balloon take off (even if I have somewhere to be) just to see how the process is completed.  You get the picture?!  Basically, I love to fill my brain with more info – no matter the subject matter!

I continually state that human beings are the most fascinating species on the planet.  I firmly believe this, as we do some wonderful, magnificent, troubling and downright devious things.  Because of my fascination with, well, us, I am a people watcher.  I will often spend my spare time doing things where I can observe or be with others – sitting at a coffee shop, hanging at a park or trail, and even watching reality TV.