UNF educational leadership doctoral student chosen as Florida’s 2021 Principal of Year
Green Cove Springs Junior High Principal Jennifer Pryor Halter has been chosen by the Florida Department of Education as the state’s 2021 Principal of the Year. Halter is currently earning her doctorate, and holds a master’s in educational leadership at the University of North Florida’s College of Education and Human Services.
Halter has been at Green Cove Springs Junior High for six years, previously serving as the assistant and vice-principal, and has helped lead the school from a “C” to an “A” grade, a status that has continued to be maintained under her leadership.
She also leads at the state level on the board of the Florida Association of Secondary School Principals for the Florida Association of School Administrators where she works to champion other great school principals’ work across the state. Halter is part of Education Class 6 for Leadership Florida.