Education

  • A.B. 1996 – UNC Chapel Hill, Elementary Education
  • M.S.A. 2006 – UNC Greensboro, Educational Leadership
  • Ed.D. 2016 – UNC Chapel Hill, Curriculum and Instruction

Areas of Expertise

  • Educational leadership
  • Elementary Education
  • Master of School Administration

Background

Martinette Horner began her career as a regular classroom teacher in 1996 after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a North Carolina Teaching Fellow with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education.  During her time in the classroom, Horner also achieved the distinction of National Board Certified Teacher as a Middle Childhood Generalist.  Horner taught third and fourth grades for eight years before returning to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as a N.C. Principal Fellow, earning a Master of School Administration degree.  During this time she also served as a district mentor for beginning teachers and supported students in a Title I school as a literacy tutor.

After four years as a school administrator, Horner returned to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as the first P-12 Distinguished Educator in the School of Education.  In this capacity, Horner coordinates the Elementary Education program and directs the school’s outreach initiative, Research Triangle Schools Partnership.

Research

Martinette Horner is interested in connecting leadership practice and preparation. She works with school and district partners to nurture partnerships that help inform educator preparation programs and research initiatives in the school of education. Emerging interests include the preparation of school leaders as improvement specialists.

  • EDUC 920, Change Leadership Across Organizational Systems
  • EDUC 850, Change Leadership and Systems Improvement
  • EDUC 994, Doctoral Research and Dissertation
  • EDUC 736, Seminar and Supervised Internship in Educational Administration I
  • EDUC 735, Seminar on Internship I
  • EDUC 905, Leading Organizations to Equitable Practice
  • EDUC 724, Parent and Community Engagement for the School Executive
  • EDUC 796A, Independent Study Master’s Level
  • EDUC 738, Seminar and Supervised Internship in Educational Administration II
  • EDUC 725, Supervisory Practice for the School Executive
  • EDUC 737, Seminar on Internship II
  • EDUC 735
  • EDUC 796A
  • EDUC 850
  • EDUC 994
  • EDUC 731, Organizational Management for the School Executive
  • EDUC 725
  • EDUC 737
  • EDUC 750, Empowerment Strategies for the School Executive
  • EDUC 727, The Social Context of Educational Leadership
  • EDUC 740, Cultural Leadership for the School Executive
  • EDUC 741, School Inquiry and Reform for the School Executive
  • EDUC 503, Leadership Seminar
  • EDUC 593, Internship/Student Teaching
  • EDUC 518, Exploring Public Pedagogies through Popular Culture
  • EDUC 519, Senior Seminar
  • EDUC 514, Senior Fall Practicum
  • EDUC 412, Introduction to Children and Schools and Field Experience

“UNC LEADS”; University of North Carolina System Office (UNC SysOff), $2,833,555. (May 5, 2022 – June 30, 2028).

“UNC LEADS”, Horner, M., Lead Principal Investigator; Lindsay, C., Co-Principal Investigator; Sartain, L., Co-Principal Investigator; Springer, M., Co-Principal Investigator; UNC System Office, $4,293,372. (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2027).

“NC Policy Collaboratory”; North Carolina State Appropriation, $100,001. (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2026).

“PrincipalFellows – UNC System”, Horner, M., Lead Principal Investigator; UNC-CH – System, $4,000. (July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020).

  • Teaching Excellence Award, School of Education. (November 2022).
  • Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-baccalaureate programs, UNC Chapel Hill. (December 2020).

Journal Article

Horner, M., & Jordan, D. (2020). The Partnership imperative for preparing effective principals in North Carolina schools. Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership, 5(2). https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/joel/vol5/iss2/3/

Barrow, E., Anderson, J., & Horner, M. (2017). The role of photoblogs in social studies classroom: Learning about the people of the Civil War. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 17(4). http://www.citejournal.org/volume-17/issue-4-17/social-studies/the-role-of-photoblogs-in- social-studies-classroom-learning-about-the-people-of-the-civil-war

Book Chapter

Horner, M., Glazier, J., Papoi, K., Lys, D., Petty, J., & Joyce, C. (2021). Project pace: Blurring the lines between teacher preparation and induction. In Prentice T. Chandler & Lisa Barron (Eds.), Rethinking school-university partnerships: A new way forward (p. pp.171–pp.190). Information Age Publishers.

Horner, M., Glazier, J., Papoi, K., Lys, D., Petty, J., & Joyce, C. (2021). Project Pace. In Rethinking School-University Partnerships (pp. 171–190). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-64802-528-020251012

Horner, M., Glazier, J., Papoi, K., Lys, D., Joyce, C., & Petty, J. (accepted). Project PACE: Blurring the lines between teacher preparation and induction. In Rethinking School-University Partnerships: A New Way Forward. Information Age Publishing.

Horner, M., & Brown, K. (accepted). Academic Optimism. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford University Press.

Minshew, L., Anderson, J., & Horner, M. (2017). Technology Integration in urban middle school classrooms: How does culturally relevant pedagogy support 1:1 technology implementation?. In Possibilities in Practice: Social justice teaching in the disciplines. Peter Lang.

Professional

  • Board of Advisors, Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity and Opportunity, Raleigh, NC. (June 2020 – July 2025).
  • Board of Advisors, NC Principal Standards Taskforce 2.0, Raleigh, NC. (December 2023 – June 2025).
  • Committee Member, UCEA, MN. (2021 – 2024).
  • Committee Member, UCEA, OH. (2021 – 2024).
  • Committee Member, NC Principal Professional Standards Committee, Raleigh, NC. (October 2018 – December 2019).
  • Committee Member, University Council for Educational Administration, Houston, TX. (January 2018 – December 2019).
  • Plenary Session Representative, UCEA, Denver, CO. (November 2017 – November 2018).
  • Task Force Member, Principal Pipeline Working Group-BEST NC, Cary, NC. (April 2017 – October 2017).

University

  • Committee Member, Appeals Committee. (August 2025 – August 2027).
  • Carolina Community School Board Chair, Carolina Community School-lab school. (August 2023 – August 2026).
  • Search Committee Member, Clinical Placement and Licensure Manager. (September 2025 – December 2025).
  • SoE Dean Search Committee, Dean Search. (January 2025 – April 9, 2025).
  • Education Policy and Leadership Faculty Search. (September 2024 – December 2024).
  • Committee Member, Ackland Academic Advisory Committee. (January 2020 – December 2022).
  • Advisory council member, Chancellor’s Campus/Community Advisory Committee. (August 2020 – December 2021).
  • Committee member, Dean’s 5 year review and reappointment committee. (October 2020).
  • Committee member, Scholarship and Awards. (August 2018 – June 2020).

Public

  • Committee Member, Inaugural Advisory Board for Dr. Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity and Opportunity, Raleigh, NC. (October 2020 – January 2025).
  • Guest Speaker, Wake County Public Schools, Raleigh, NC. (2024).
  • Guest Speaker, Wake County Public Schools, Raleigh, NC. (February 2024).
  • Committee Member, Durham Public Schools Closing the Achievement Gap Superintendent’s Committee, Durham, NC. (January 2016 – 2018).
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