Sheryl Abshire

Chairperson, Consortium for School Networking

 

Sheryl Abshire is the District Administrative Coordinator of Technology in theCalcasieu Parish School System in Lake Charles, Louisiana. As a leader in technology integration, she has served as the catalyst to initiate the integration of technology into all curriculum areas throughout her school district, the state, and internationally.  A thirty year veteran educator, she has worked as a school principal, K-5 teacher, a library/media specialist, a classroom teacher, and as an adjunct professor at McNeese State University and Louisiana Tech University.

 

She has been involved in diverse staff development programs throughout the nation and in Great Britain involving restructuring schools through the infusion of technology and curriculum enhancements. She serves on numerous national, state, and district committees focusing on the role of technology and curriculum integration in changing educational practice.

 

Mrs. Abshire is the Chair of the Teacher’s Retirement System of Louisiana Board of Trustees which oversees

the placement of over 12 billion dollars in retirement funds. She is the President of the Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators and Chair of the Executive Committee for the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) in Washington, D.C. and chairs their Public Policy Committee. In 2003 she was named a national semi-finalist for Ed Tech Leader of the Year by Technology and Learning magazine.