Olympia, Washington, U.S.

Dr. Kurt Hatch

Professor and Faculty Director

Dr. Kurt Hatch is a Faculty Director and Professor of Practice in the School of Education at the University of Washington, Tacoma, focused on systems leadership designed to ensure all students experience equitable, inclusive schools in which they can learn and flourish as their authentic selves.

“Leadership must be built on a love ethic that unapologetically centers the voices, dreams and desires of the underserved and less privileged.”

Background

Dr. Kurt Hatch began his career student-teaching in a first-grade classroom in Tacoma Public Schools in 1994. He has served as a teacher in Puyallup School District and Shanghai, China, an assistant principal in Kent School District, and an award-winning principal in University Place School District and North Thurston School District. He served as Associate Director of the Association of Washington School Principals from 2015 to 2021, where he led equity initiatives, policy development, and professional learning networks. He is currently Faculty Director of the Educational Administration program and Professor of Practice at the University of Washington, Tacoma, and serves as Core Faculty member of the UW School Mental Health Research Assessment and Training Center and Co-Principal Investigator of the Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence research project. He is also CEO of Leadership Solutions, his consulting LLC.