Jason Sharif

Hello I'm Jason Sharif. I'm running for Memphis-Shelby County Schools - MSCS Board District 7 because of my life-long passion for our children and youth of Memphis and Shelby County. From working with the Tennessee Department of Children's Services in Shelby and Davidson Counties to teaching 6th grade social studies at Craigmont Middle School in Raleigh to starting the Boys & Girls Club at Westwood High School to working as a Neighborhood Organizer with Whole Child Strategies in Klondike-Smokey City to working with Opportunity Youth in Whitehaven as the Founder & Executive Director for RESPECT The Haven Community Development Corporation. I believe these experiences have equipped me to contribute to the Memphis-Shelby County Schools - MSCS Board of Education. I invite you to join us.

Focus Points

• Improving our public school facilities

• Increasing mental health supporte and social-émotional learning for our students

• Expanding Career and Technical Education pathways for our students

• Improving Early Literacy

• Increasing Family and Community Engagement

• Focusing on Teacher and Staff Retention and Support

Education

B.A. in Political Science from Jackson State University, 2000.

M.P.A. in Public Administration from Tennessee State University, 2009.

Experience

-Tennessee Department of Children's Services- CPS Investigator, Juvenile Justice Probation Officer, and Juvenile Justice Regional Coordinator in Shelby and Davidson Counties.

• Comcast Corporation- Sales Representative in Houston, Texas

• Memphis-Shelby County Schools- 6th grade social studies teacher at Craigmont Middle School

-Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis- Started the Boys & Girls Club at Westwood High School

• Whole Child Strategies- Neighborhood Organizer

• RESPECT The Haven Community Development Corporation- Founder & Executive Director

Vote Jason Sharif For School Board District 7

Links:

Whole Child Link: Whole Child

Linkedin: Linkedin

Leaders of Color Link: Leaders of Color