 Dr. Barbara Pulliam Davis
Superintendent
June 2008 - Present
Dr. Barbara Pulliam Davis currently serves as Superintendent of the Greene County School District, located in Greensboro, GA. During her first six months, she worked with the Board of Education to improve community relations, organize the ELOST Projects and renovation work, and began working with parents and community to get the district’s Strategic Plan developed.
Prior to this appointment, Dr. Davis served as Assistant Professor at the University of West Georgia. Prior to that she served as the first woman Superintendent of Clayton County Public Schools in suburban Atlanta. Dr. Davis initiated an overhaul of instruction, curriculum, and organizational structure to enable quality public education for every child in the 5th largest school district in the state of Georgia.
Dr. Davis moved the Clayton school district off probation status with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and obtained full accreditation in July of 2005, which the school district held upon her leaving in July of 2007. Dr. Davis also implemented the state of Georgia’s first Dual Language Immersion Charter School (Spanish), the school district’s first Math-Science Magnet Middle School, the first International Baccalaureate Program in two County High Schools, and the first high school Fine Arts Academy program in Clayton County.
Prior to accepting this position, Dr. Davis served as superintendent of St. Louis Park Public Schools in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, a position she held for six-and-a-half years. In this position, she implemented the International Baccalaureate program for high school students, revised district curriculum and instructional practices, and implemented a K-6 Spanish Language Immersion School. She has served in the positions of Associate Superintendent of Education and Equity for the Rockford Public Schools, Rockford, Illinois. She has served as Senior Associate for Education and Non-Profit Programs at the Center for Creative Learning in Greensboro, North Carolina, providing training and psychometric assessment to senior and executive level staff in corporations, schools districts, and non-profit organizations. She served as Director of School Support Services in the Chicago Public Schools, working with 223 of the lowest performing elementary schools to develop programs to increase student achievement. Dr. Davis has been a high school principal and began her career in K-12 education as a high school teacher in Parchment, Michigan.
In addition to her extensive involvement in community organizations and activities, Dr. Davis is active in numerous national and state education associations. She has served as a member of the Programs and Meetings Committee of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA); She is a member of the Southeast Association of Superintendents, a member of the Ethic Task Force for the Georgia School Boards Association, and is member of the advisory Board of the University of Georgia’s School of Education. In her community, Dr. Davis serves on the Greene County Health Advisory Board, and is a member of the Greene and Putnam Counties Rotary.
She has previously served on the Board of Directors for the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association and as a member of the Advisory Board of the Harvard Principals Center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, while also serving as a member of the faculty for the Principals Institutes at Harvard University. Dr. Davis has served as a mentor for an aspiring Urban Superintendent Program scholar from Harvard University.
As a recognized presenter on school leadership practices, Dr. Davis has been a keynote speaker and presented at national and local conferences, speaking on such topics as strategic planning, conflict resolution, effective leadership styles, cultural competence, and quality instructional improvement strategies. She has received numerous honors and awards throughout her career and in October 2001, she received the Woman of Achievement Award from the Chamber of Commerce in suburban Minneapolis. In July of 2000, she was one of several Minnesota educators selected to travel to Singapore and Malaysia with the Commissioner of Education to study the education practices in those countries. In 2006 the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) presented her with a Grassroots Leadership Award, in February 2007, Dr. Pulliam was selected to travel to Israel as a guest of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), and in May 2007, the Georgia PTA named her Superintendent of the Year.
Dr. Davis holds an earned Doctor of Education (Ed.D) degree from Vanderbilt University, a Master of Science degree from Eastern Michigan University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Michigan University.
She is married to John Davis and they live in Greensboro, Georgia; they have two sons and a daughter who lives in Chicago and one daughter who lives in Jonesboro, GA. Dr. Davis is a member of Shiloh Baptist Church.
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Dr. Barbara Pulliam-Davis
Superintendent
Greene County Schools
101 E. Third Street
Greensboro, GA 30642
(706) 453-7688 Office
(706) 454-1058 Fax
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Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Allyson Harrison
(706) 453-7688 ext. 2185
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Communications Coordinator
Ms. Robyn Brunson
(706) 454-1024 (office)
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