The Orangeburg County School District superintendent has joined a national education board in hopes of making a difference in classrooms throughout the country.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Orangeburg County School District superintendent Dr. Shawn Foster has been invited to be on the educator advisory board for the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET).
“Here in Orangeburg we have been extremely intentional where we have had NIET,” said Foster. “And we’ve stood shoulder to shoulder with them with consulting but also coming in and doing evaluations.”
Foster took over the superintendent role in 2020 during the pandemic and wills serve on the Educator Advisory Board for two years.
He says the school district’s accomplishments have been a community effort.
“It’s about the collective work so that we can insure that regardless of what school your child goes to he or she can be guaranteed a high quality education experience,” said Foster. “The level of education whether you be …