Harrington V. Gibson, Ed.D.

Educational Leadership Administration and Supervision Program (M.Ed./Ed.S.) 

EDL 520 Leading Diverse Schools
EDL 521 Building School and Community Partnerships
EDL 522 Leading Student-Centered Schools
EDL 525 Decision-Making for Educational Systems and Organizations
EDL 526 Realizing Vision through Human, Technical and Financial Resources
EDL 527 Guaranteeing a Differentiated and Coherent Curriculum
EDL 528 Maintaining Accountability with Data-Use and Program Evaluation
EDL 529 Improving Teacher Instruction through Teacher Evaluation and Professional Development

Educational Leadership Doctoral Program (Ed.D.) 

EDL 601 Analyzing Resource Allocation and Equity in Educational Financial Management
EDL 604  Fostering Cultural Proficiency, Opportunity and Equity
EDL 605 Leading Change
EDL 606 Utilizing Effective Leadership Principles and Processes
EDL 608 Communicating and Engaging with Staff, Families, and Communities
EDL 622 Understanding the Dynamics of Political, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Education
EDL 624 Improving Instruction through Professional Development and Evaluation
EDL 626 Leading Instruction to Advance Student Learning
EDL 628 Analyzing and Using Data for Systemic Improvement
EDL 630 Understanding and Using Educational Research
EDL 632 Utilizing Data to Inform Decision Making
EDL 690 Educational Leadership Internship

Areas of Expertise:

Culturally Relevant Teaching, Curriculum Development, Professional Development, Dissertation Advising, Educational Leadership, Research Design, Sociology of Education, School Reform, Superintendent Preparation, Principal Preparation, Teacher Preparation, and Urban Education

Biography:

Harrington V. Gibson is an Associate Professor and director of NLU’s doctoral program in Educational Leadership.   Dr. Gibson is a former Golden Apple scholar and classroom teacher. While pursuing his doctoral degree, he worked as a teaching fellow for the urban education and school reform courses and advisor/field supervisor for teacher education candidates.

Dr. Gibson also served as a member of the Harvard Leadership Development Initiative; which required onsite support for principals and teachers. In addition, he served as a report writer and consultant for various organizations around issues of teacher advocacy and school diagnostic reviews and prioritization planning.

Currently, Dr. Gibson also serves as the program coordinator for NLU’s Chicago Leadership Collaborative which seeks to recruit and train high-quality principal candidates for Chicago Public Schools (CPS).  In addition, he oversees grants designed to support principal coaching and preparation in CPS.

Education:

Ed.D., Teaching and Learning, Harvard University (Graduate School of Education) Cambridge, MA.

MS.ED., Educational Leadership, Northwestern University, (School of Education and Social Policy) Evanston, IL.

B.S., Elementary Education/English, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

Research and Interests:

Drawing from his experiences as a practitioner and researcher, Dr. Gibson’s work emphasizes the development and application of research that addresses opportunity gaps in education.  More specifically, he examines how educators can utilize key tenets of critical race theory to understand school organizations, stakeholder behaviors and beliefs that influence student success.  

Harrington V. Gibson
National Louis University
harrington.gibson@nl.edu
(312) 261-3959