 Sheri Strickland is in her second, two-year term as NCAE president. She was first elected to the presidency in 2008, after serving a two-year term as NCAE vice president. Strickland was the preschool disabilities coordinator for the Exceptional Children’s Department in the Pitt County School System before being elected to state office.
An educator and NCAE member for 35 years, she also serves as a member of the Governor’s Teacher Advisory Committee, the Governor’s Education Transformation Commission and the NC Public School Forum’s Board of Trustees. She had previously been on the NCAE Board of Directors for seven years, where she served terms as director for District 7B and as NEA director and NEA alternate director – positions on both the NCAE and National Education Association (NEA) boards of directors.
“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 more than 15 NEA annual conventions.
Strickland began working in the Pitt County School System in 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 became the preschool disabilities coordinator in 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 Network 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 nearly 60,000 active, retired and student members in North Carolina.
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