Lindsey Pollock, Ed.D. Provost of the College of Education
Dr. Pollock’s years of experience includes the leadership of private for-profit and non-profit schools and small retail businesses. Dr. Pollock has consulted with schools across the United States and has been an international speaker/consultant to school systems/organizations in Sweden, China, Brazil, Mexico and Ghana. Dr. Pollock has written numerous articles for national publications and wrote a monthly parenting column for the Garden Oaks Gazette in Houston, TX for 13 years. She continues to serve on local, state and national non-profit boards including Montessori for Social Justice, the American Montessori Society ‘s Regional Action Commission and Texas Advocacy and Education for Montessori (TEAM) and the Greater Heights Area Chamber of Commerce.
Her dedication to Social Justice has been recognized by numerous organizations including the Human Rights Campaign. Dr. Pollock holds a Montessori Administrator credential along with her Texas Teaching certifications in Elementary Education (1st – 8th grades), Special Education (PK – 12), English as a Second Language, Speech Communications (1st – 8th grades), Mid-Management Administrator (PK – 12) and Superintendent (EC – 12). She was chosen as a Rice Fellow in the Rice Education Entrepreneurial Program (REEP), represented the United States as a Fulbright Exchange Principal and attended Harvard with Raise Your Hand Texas for numerous certification programs in Educational Leadership. She was one of a handful of administrators who completed the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards’ (NBPTS) Principal Certification pilot program. She earned Master’s Degrees in Montessori Integrative Learning, Educational Leadership, and Social Work as well as a Doctorate in Educational Leadership.
Her dissertation, Square Pegs in Round Holes: Montessori Principals’ Perceptions of Science Instruction in Texas Public Schools was ground-breaking. Her recent book co-authored with Dr. Sommers and Dr. Blount is titled, Setting the Stage for Learning: Activating the Power of Stories to Facilitate Learning. She continues to support leaders and learners in the field of education and consults with school districts and teams around the world using strengths-based approach and strategies from the WHY Institute. In her free time, she volunteers as the Executive Director of The Lian Dante Foundation in Houston, TX and serves on several Houston non-profit boards. Her efforts continue to impact her community, classrooms and organizations in new and ever-meaningful ways!