Sheri Strickland, who is currently on leave from the Pitt County Schools, was elected to the office of NCAE president. She began a two-year term on July 1, 2008. She was elected to the presidency after serving a two-year term as NCAE vice president from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2008. Strickland was a preschool disabilities coordinator for the Exceptional Children’s Department in the Pitt County school system before being elected to serve as NCAE's state vice president.

An educator and NCAE member for 32 years, she also serves as a member of the Governor’s Teacher Advisory Committee and on the North Carolina Teacher Academy Board of Trustees. She had previously been on the NCAE Board of Directors for seven years, where she served terms as NEA director and NEA alternate director – positions on both the NCAE and National Education Association (NEA) boards of directors. During her tenure as an NCAE board member, she chaired both the Constitution and Rules committees.

“I am honored to serve as president of North Carolina’s leading voice on education issues and for education professionals,” Strickland said. “NCAE has a long and proud history of turning our collective passion for serving children into effective advocacy for public education in North Carolina. It’s a privilege to hold the office of president, and I plan to continue our efforts to empower educators at all levels, build our Association and enhance public commitment to our schools.”

She has also been president, vice president and membership chair for the Pitt County NCAE. Strickland has participated in the world's largest democratic, deliberative body as a delegate to 15 annual conventions of the NEA. She is also a member of the Family-School-Community Partnership Training Cadre on the national level.

Strickland has worked in the Pitt County School System since 1976. She was an exceptional children’s teacher at Bethel Elementary School from 1976 to 1987. From 1987 to 1998, she worked as a resource exceptional children’s teacher at Wintergreen Elementary School. Strickland has been in her current position as preschool disabilities coordinator since 1998.

Strickland has also been a member of the Local Interagency Coordinating Council – Pitt County, the Pitt County Exceptional Children’s Task Force, the Pitt Community College Early Childhood Advisory Task Force, and the Family Support Advisory Board.

She earned both a bachelor’s degree in mental retardation and a master’s degree in learning disabilities from East Carolina University. She is also a member of Alpha Delta Kappa, an honorary society for educators.

NCAE is the state’s largest education association, representing more than 65,000 active, retired and student members in North Carolina. 
 

Sheri Strickland
NCAE President
NCAE Center
P.O. Box 27347
Raleigh, N.C. 27611
800/662-7924 x200
sheri.strickland@ncae.org