Daniel Hamlin will become the 13th dean of the College of Education, the University announced in a June 29 news release. Hamlin discussed how he hopes to change the narrative around teaching and increase mentorship for young educators in the school.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen this opportunity came up to be able to become dean of the College of Education at the University of Texas, I mean, I was obviously thrilled and honored by the opportunity,\u201d Hamlin said. \u201cWhat happens at the University of Texas, the programs that are undertaken and the research that\u2019s done actually has a national impact.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hamlin begins his term on Aug. 16, succeeding Charles Martinez, the current dean. Martinez will stay at the school as a faculty member when his term ends.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0Hamlin currently serves as Oklahoma\u2019s secretary of education and is a professor of education policy at the University of Oklahoma. Hamlin said he hopes to change the narrative surrounding the teaching profession, shifting the focus of the profession from its difficulties to its rewards.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to do a better job of communicating to young people considering the field of education (and) the impact that they can have,\u201d Hamlin said. \u201cThere\u2019s not too many jobs \u2026 where you can have an impact every single day, and you can shape the next generation. Everything that you do on a daily basis really matters \u2026 you hear that from teachers all the time, and it\u2019s why a lot of them say they wouldn\u2019t do anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hamlin said he wants to increase support and mentorship for early-career teachers to encourage them to stay in the profession. He plans to do so by continuing programs like Longhorns in Residence and the Superintendent Lab, which enable teaching experience and conduct education policy research, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201c(This school) is really one of the highest performing colleges of education in the country, and really in the world,\u201d Hamlin said. \u201cWe want to make sure that as I come into the role, that all of the different initiatives \u2026 that the college is undertaking continue to be well supported.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his work as Oklahoma\u2019s secretary of education, Hamlin worked to implement education policy passed by the legislature, which he said has prepared him well for his new role.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of the work that I\u2019ve done is administrative, and I think translates quite well to what someone would be doing within a college of education,\u201d Hamlin said. \u201cYou\u2019re working across different departments to coordinate on different initiatives, you\u2019re working with faculty, you\u2019re working with students, donors, community partners to get people rowing together to try to achieve common goals.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hamlin holds a M.A. from Sejong University in South Korea and a PhD from the University of Toronto. He said his international experience has informed his perspective on American education.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want an education system that\u2019s the great equalizer, that provides that opportunity for anyone who puts in the effort,\u201d Hamlin said. \u201cThat\u2019s the promise of education, and so that\u2019s what\u2019s underneath a lot of what I do.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Hamlin will become the 13th dean of the College of Education, the University announced in a June…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-367856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}