Gillian Gregory

Gillian Gregory is currently a Program Director with the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences.

In her role in the College, Ms. Gregory is responsible for a variety of university related research administration. She works directly supporting faculty and researchers from pre-award ideation to grant implementation to close out reporting. Not only does, Ms. Gregory provide technical support across the College, she also connects FSU faculty and researchers with schools and districts -among other stakeholder groups- across the state to collaborate on research and implement solutions as a bridge between academia and practitioner.

Ms. Gregory serves as a Principal Investigator and Co-PI. Since coming to FSU in February 2022, she has been a PI or co-PI in the awarding of $4.72 million in grants.  

Another area of responsibility includes directly supporting our laboratory schools in Tallahassee, Bay, and Broward. This works builds on her previous career experience. Ms. Gregory came to FSU from Leon County Schools where she was a Principal, Director, Divisional Director and, most recently, served as Assistant Superintendent for Academics.  In this capacity her areas of responsibility included all teaching and learning PreK-12, dual enrollment, charter schools, assessment, accountability, all professional development for administrative, instructional, and non-instructional personnel, and technology and information services, among others.  

Within the scope of this work, Ms. Gregory was responsible for the ensuring the successful launch of the district’s 1:1 initiative, on-boarding of both a Learning Management System and Students Information System for over 50 schools, 30000 students, and more than 2000 teachers. She was also pivotal in other enterprise-wide initiatives such as the implementation of new state standards PreK-12, accountability processes, assessment implementation, stakeholder outreach, and teacher evaluation systems.   

Notably, Ms. Gregory is one of only a small number of educators in Florida who is considered a “Turnaround Principal” due to student success on state accountability measures. She has implemented a variety of instructional reforms including those that align to improved literacy outcomes, graduation rates, and acceleration opportunities for all students. As a result of her efforts, schools that she has led or supported in her various district roles consistently outperform accountability expectations.  

Not only has Ms. Gregory supported academic learning, she has also implemented an assortment of career and technical education programs aligned to workforce needs in her community including the creation and alignment of acceleration mechanisms in elementary, middle, and high school. These initiatives have resulted in students graduating ready to successfully complete post-secondary education and training- or enter the workforce with high wage skills.  

Over her over 28-year education career, she has worked in the Florida Legislature in education policy, in Alachua and Broward counties in instructional and administrative roles, and at Florida Virtual School. She also launched a district online K-12 school which has been recognized as the #1 FLVS franchise in Florida.

Ms. Gregory currently sits on the School Board for the FSU Laboratory School (Florida High), is Vice-Chair of the School Board for the FSU Laboratory School in Bay County and is on the advisory board for FSU-City of Pembroke Pines Elementary Laboratory School. Ms. Gregory is also a recent appointee to the Council on the Social Status of Women and Girls in Leon County, FL.  In addition, she has taught a variety of post-secondary courses including literacy, literacy assessment, and provided supervision for teacher interns. 

Ms. Gregory is a doctoral candidate in curriculum and instruction; has an earned Ed. S. from Florida State University; a master’s degree in educational leadership from Florida Atlantic University; and an undergraduate degree from the University of Florida.

Gillian moved to Tallahassee in 2006 from South Florida. In her free time, Gillian mentors youth, navigates a divided household as her husband and children are Seminole fans and she is a Gator, and works as a personal assistant to her children chauffeuring them between soccer and dance.