Paul Hopkins

Dr. Paul Hopkins has worked for over two decades in education, including various leadership roles focused on school and district leadership, human resources, professional learning, curriculum, instruction, and assessment. He also was a social studies teacher for over 10 years. Dr. Hopkins served as a High School Principal, Director of Exceptional Education, Executive Director of Human Resources and Assistant Superintendent. He has also worked as an adjunct faculty member working with graduate students in leadership development. His work involves coaching teachers and administrators in leadership development, human resources (recruiting, retaining and developing talent), assessment literacy, curriculum development, and the analysis and use of data to improve student growth and professional learning.

Dr. Hopkins completed his doctoral work in Education Policy, Planning and Leadership at The College of William and Mary where he did significant research and writing in the area of selecting effective formative instructional strategies based on reliable and valid educational measures aligned to strategic goals, assessment and data literacy, development of meaningful professional development, and refinement of teacher and principal evaluation frameworks and instruments. His dissertation specifically focused on employee evaluation programs. This research focused on examining how school districts can develop innovative and relevant solutions to strengthen and enhance teacher and principal recruitment, selection, evaluation, and professional development. Paul completed his undergraduate work at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.