Dr. A. Stan Maynard & Dr. Barbara A. Maynard

Dr. Stan Maynard is the Executive Director of the June Harless Center and Associate Dean for the College of Education and Human Services, Marshall University.  His vision and that of Mr. James “Buck” Harless for excellence in education for all children was the catalyst for the establishment of the Harless Center.  The Harless Center serves rural West Virginia counties and schools with professional development initiatives for teachers and administrators including school reform initiatives to create 21^st Century Model Schools which he refers to as “21^st Century Gold Medal Schools.   Dr. Maynard in collaboration with Marshall University, Wayne County and the West Virginia Department of Education established the 21^st Century Harless Model School at Kellogg Elementary in Wayne County.  The Model School is to serve as a research site for the College of Education and Human Services at Marshall University and serve as a model for replication around the state and beyond.   Dr. Maynard received his Ph.D. from Ohio University.  He has taught in the public schools at all developmental levels and at Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia at middle and high school levels.  His tenure at Marshall University is 28 years .  Dr. Maynard also serves as Pastor of the Church in the Valley in Milton, West Virginia.  He resides in Huntington with his wife, Barbara.  His sons, Stan III and Travis are pursuing careers in medicine and education.

Dr. Barbara Maynard is the Program Development Director for the June Harless Center and Director for the Marshall University College of Education and Human Services Professional Development School Partnership Program.   Her responsibilities include developing and maintaining programs and projects related to the focus of the Harless Center.  Those responsibilities include facilitating the professional development schools and other schools in becoming 21^st Century Gold Medal Schools and members of the Harless League of Schools; facilitating the delivery of higher level mathematics and foreign language to rural counties; facilitating grant writing; and overseeing the financial resources of the Harless Center.  Dr. Maynard received her Ed.D. from West Virginia University in 1994.  She was a classroom teacher at the elementary, middle and high school levels for ten years in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.  She served as Program Development Director at the Regional Educational Service Agency, RESA II, for sixteen years facilitating professional development initiatives in Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, Mingo, and Wayne Counties.  She resides in Huntington with her husband, Stan.  Her sons, Stan III and  Travis are pursuing careers in medicine and education.