Dr Stephen R PickardDr. Pickard currently serves as an adjunct professor at Gardner-Webb University in the School of Education. He has served over thirty years in service to the public schools of North Carolina as a teacher's assistant, classroom teacher, and administraor. In addition, he has served as a trainer for the North Carolina Teacher Academy, A North Carolina Consultant in the areas of curriculum and leadership, and has served as a National Board Examiner for the National Council Accreditation for Teacher Education now referred to as CAEP or the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. His first professional publication was in EDUCATION Vol. 30, No.2 Winter 2009. www.stephenpickard.com Read More Read Less