Dr. Sheka Houston is a passionate educator that has the desire to inspire all she comes into contact with to become the very best versions of themselves.  She has spent the last 17 years in public education, 12 of which have been in administration.  Sheka is currently the principal of a rural middle school in the southeast where she is entering into her fifth year of service to her community in this role. Her experience is unique in that Sheka works in the same district she graduated from and has been promoted from teacher to assistant principal and finally to principal all within the same school.  

 

Sheka also serves on the Board of Girls on the Run, Tri-County, South Carolina, serves as a Girl Scout Troop Leader, serves on the Juneteenth Celebration Committee, and is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Recently, Dr. Houston conducted research to complete a doctoral program in educational leadership from Gardner-Webb University. Her topic; Impoverished Schools that are Performing Successfully in South Carolina.  How do They Differ from Impoverished Schools that are Underperforming? was inspired by her desire to find solutions for new principals, especially those serving in high poverty areas, to experience success in the area of academic achievement for students.

 

Sheka has been married for 22 years and she and her husband have two beautiful daughters, Elizabeth and Isabella who are truly her inspirations, as she leads through the lens of a mom.