

Most of his time at APS was spent as a kindergarten teacher, and in 2009 he earned his Educational Specialist degree from University of West Georgia in Administration Supervision and soon after he complete his doctoral degree at Clark Atlanta University in 2013. Shipman was an elementary teacher in Atlanta Public School System. After obtain this degree, he attended Hampton University in Virginia and obtain a Master's degree in Elementary Education in 1994. Shipman received his Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from the Tuskegee University in 1992.

Shipman hopes to make kindergarten an exciting and anticipated adventure for students, parents, and teachers, while casting an even wider net for Team Shipman.Dr. Shipman presents a positive and strong black male image that children need. Acknowledging the under-representation of black men in education, Mr.

Each book in the series celebrates the male teacher, in particular the black male teacher. Shipman smile the most when he thinks about his years teaching kindergarten. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles are the stories of teaching kindergarten that make Dr. Shipman currently teaches middle school and extends membership to Team Shipman to his current students and their families, as well.Mr. Shipman offers continual encouragement, leadership, and mentorship to his students, their families, and his professional peers. Shipman calls this ever-developing network "Team Shipman". In fact, he spent his first 11 years teaching kindergarten! He is proud to say that he built strong relationships over those years and has an incredible network of his students and their parents and co-workers that he has remained in contact with over these years.

He spent much of his teaching career working with elementary aged students. Terance Shipman is a 29-year veteran teacher.
