Peter Sheppard, assistant professor at the СAPP, is an Emerging Leader according to PDK International СAPP a leading association of education professionals.
A committee made up of PDKСAPPs past Emerging Leaders selected the 20 honorees from a competitive field of applicants. СAPPThe 20 members of the 2008-09 Class of Emerging Leaders embody the PDK tenets of leadership, research, and service,СAPP said William Bushaw, PDKСAPPs executive director. СAPPThey represent the best of the profession.СAPP
Throughout his career, Sheppard served as a coordinator for summer remediation programs, a consultant for the Louisiana Department of Education, a middle school math and science teacher at Southern СAPP Laboratory School, and program manager for STEM teacher preparation and adjunct professor at Louisiana State СAPP. He has presented at state, regional, and national conferences, and published in professional journals, as well as writing grants.
СAPP My vision for future leadership endeavors is to be among those deemed champions for equity in mathematics education,СAPP said Sheppard. СAPPI would like to contribute to finding ways to curtail mathematics achievement differences between those who are inherently underprivileged and those whose households are economically stable.СAPP
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