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Vol. 18 Issue 10
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April 1-7, 2013 | FREE
Dr. Georgetta Harding Johnson
DALLAS– Dr. Georgetta Harding Johnson will be one of the inductees into the African-American Hall of Fame in Dallas County for the year 2013. The African-American Archives and History Program was initiated in 2002 to create a repository of artifacts, documents and visual images, and to honor educators and others who have made significant contributions to chronicle the African American education experience in Dallas County. A native Houstonian, Dr. Johnson was educated in Houston, Texas. She attended Twenty-Third Avenue Elementary School, Harper Junior High, Garden City Park Junior High, 1964 George Washington Carver High School Graduate, and Texas Southern University. At Texas Southern University, she received a BA in English with a minor in Journalism, a Master’s degree in Counseling, A Master’s degree in Administration, and a Doctorate degree in Education Administration. The first years of Dr. Johnson’s professional career were spent in the Houston Independent School District. She taught English at Phyllis Wheatley High School, Booker T. Washington High School and Hogg Middle School. She also taught English as an Adjunct at the Houston Community College. She later worked as a Counselor at Hogg Middle School, Gregory Lincoln Education Center, and Kashmere High School. While completing her doctorate degree, she worked as an Intergroup Relations (Diversity) Counselor in the Superintendent’s office under Superintendent, Dr. Frank Petrazello. One year after completing her doctorate degree Dr. Johnson was selected as Assistant Principal at Jack Yates High School. She later returned to Gregory-Lincoln Education Center as Principal. During her second year as principal at GregoryLincoln, Dr. Johnson was selected to attend the Summer Leadership Institute at Harvard University. While serving as Principal at Gregory-Lincoln, Dr. Johnson also worked as an Adjunct Faculty member at Texas Southern University in the Graduate School of Education in Education Administration in the Department of Education. Dr. Johnson continued her career in education in the Dallas, Texas area. She served seven years as Principal at Franklin D. Roosevelt High School. During her tenure, she received several awards and nominations. Among them include being twice nominated for the Principals Only Outstanding Leadership Award; a Recipient of the Bridge Builders Educator Award from the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women (Dallas Metropolitan); and she still serves on the Board Committee for the Fellowship Christian Academy at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship where she was appointed by Senior Pastor, Dr. Anthony T. Evans. A career educator with over thirty-five years of professional contributions to students, teachers, staff, and the communities in which she has worked, Dr. Johnson continued to serve her community after retiring from the Dallas Independent School District. She accepted a full time faculty position in the Graduate School of Education in Education Administration in the Department of Education at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Later, she accepted a full time faculty position in the same department at the University of North Texas at Dallas.
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