File:Flipped Classroom Nick Shepherd at TEDxMCPSTeachers

Description
Nick Shepherd is a 7th grade math and English teacher at C.S. Porter Middle School in Missoula, Mont., where he has been teaching for five years. Born and raised in Missoula by a family of educators, he tried to break that trend and graduated from the University of Montana with a degree in Business Administration. After working in the insurance industry and living in Seattle and Boise, Nick returned to his education roots in Missoula. He joined AmeriCorps and worked for two years a tutor at Franklin Elementary and then earned his teaching degree at Boise State University. Nick has a wife and three children, and his passions include camping, skiing and entertaining others through music.

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