Dr. Nickolas Sumpter completed his Ed.D. in Executive Leadership in 2022. He has prior experience as a CTE teacher and community partnership liaison. While pursuing his doctoral degree, Dr. Sumpter worked as a Local Educational Agency (LEA) Monitor for the South Carolina Department of Education within the Office of Career and Technical Education and Student Transition Services. In this role, he conducted comprehensive evaluations of CTE programs statewide and offered technical assistance to local school districts and multi-district career centers to help them plan and prepare for program evaluation. You can access Dr. Sumpter's dissertation, which has been published in a peer-reviewed journal, by clicking here.