Shareefah Mason is a 2018-19 Teach Plus DFW Senior Policy Fellow. Shareefah, a Distinguished Teacher and Ambassador in the Dallas ISD, currently serves as the Social Studies Department Chair at A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School. She has earned numerous awards, receiving recognition from national and state organizations earning high honors from the Dr. Tom and Betty Lawrence Foundation as runner up for the National History Teacher award and the Texas Sons of the American Revolution Teacher of the Year award winner in 2015. She was an exceptional contributor to the improvement of Zumwalt Middle School as a Teacher Leader and Department Chair in the Accelerating Campus Excellence Initiative (ACE). Shareefah has authored four books on education and presents at renowned educational conferences across the country including: Council of Great City Schools and Advancing the Improvement in Education (AIE). She earned her BA in Government from Nicholls State University and her Master’s of Organizational Management from University of Phoenix and is enrolled at California Coast University to pursue her Doctorate in Educational Leadership.
