The Tennessee PTA Southeast Region Winter Conference will beheld on Thursday at the Hamilton County Department of Education Board Room, 3074 Hickory Valley Road at 11 a.m. Sherri Wilson will be speaking on “The Amazing National Standards Race.'
Ms. Wilson is the senior manager of Family Engagement for the National PTA and the recipient of the 2014 Bammy Award and Educators Voice Award from the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences International. She is responsible for the development and implementation of all programs related to family and community engagement. Ms. Wilson is the lead staff person on the Continuity for Success project, a transition partnership project between the National PTA and the National Head Start Association.
She leads the National PTA Urban Family Engagement Initiative and oversees the implementation of the National PTA Standards for Family School Partnerships and was the staff lead on the National PTA Family Reading Experience, Powered by Kindle.
She provides training, information and support to National PTA staff as well as state and local members related to family engagement and the implementation of the National PTA Standards for Family School Partnerships.
Ms. Wilson was the Co-founder of the Alabama Parent Education Center and served as Alabama PIRC director for over fourteen years. She has served on a wide variety of national, state, and local boards and committees, including the Alabama PTA and has consulted with schools and school districts in the US as well as Australia.
Ms. Wilson holds an MBA with a concentration in Marketing, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/Marketing, a Family Development Credential from the University of Alabama and is a Certified Grant Administrator and Certified Grant Evaluator.
For more information, email Sherrie Ford at sford@tnpta.org.