Administration

Christine Bybee Christensen is a doctoral candidate in the Education Leadership and Policy department at the University of Utah. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a B.S. in Elementary Education and an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and Foundations and has earned State of Utah endorsements in reading, elementary mathematics, instructional coaching, and educational technology. Christine is currently the Principal of Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in South Salt Lake City, Utah, and former President of the Granite Association of Elementary School Principals (GAESP). Christine has served as a principal in Granite School District since 2012. At Wilson Elementary, an urban Title I school, Christine’s leadership helped the school successfully exit state turnaround status in 2018. Before her tenure in administration Christine worked as a district literacy coach, school literacy and instructional coach, and an elementary classroom teacher. Christine has been recognized as Jordan Education Foundation Outstanding Educator of the Year (2010), GAESP Instructional Leader of the Year (2017), The City of South Salt Lake Education Leader of the Year (2019), GASA Elementary Administrator of the Year (2021), UAESP Principal of the Year (2023) and NAESP National Distinguished Principal (2023).