Patrice Harris is currently employed with the Baldwin County Public School System as the Intervention Supervisor. During her fourteen-year tenure with the school system, she has worked as a 9-12 grade English teacher, middle school guidance counselor, middle school assistant principal, as well as middle school principal.
Perhaps one of her greatest accomplishments as an administrator came during her second year as principal of Bay Minette Middle School. Mrs. Harris was able to lead the school in achieving 90% of its school accountability goals, as compared to the 20% that the school had achieved just the previous school year.
Mrs. Harris was named the 2004-05 Principal of the Year for the Southern Region by the Alabama Community Education Association. She is also a 2005 Graduate of the Principals’ Academy, a post-graduate leadership institute, which is sponsored by the Sybil H. Smith Charitable Trust.
In addition to working with the Baldwin County Public School System, Mrs. Harris served as an adjunct English instructor at Faulkner State Community College for four years. She has also served as a presenter for the Alabama Reading Initiative.
She received her B.S. degree in Secondary Education (Language Arts) from the University of South Alabama. She also received both her master’s and educational specialist degree in Secondary Education (Language Arts) from the University of South Alabama. She has received certification in school counseling from the University of South Alabama and certification in school administration/supervision from Alabama State University.
She is married to Patrick Harris.
