With rural Colorado needing teachers, Valerie Sherman and T-PREP are answering the call

When Valerie Sherman, PhD, (MA ‘07) stepped into a classroom at a Department of Defense school in Vicenza, Italy, she didn’t know she was stepping into her life’s purpose. Years later, Sherman is not only a proud alum of the University of Colorado Denver, but she is also at the helm of one of its most impactful programs—The Partnership for Rural Educator Preparation (T-PREP), a program tackling teacher shortages and strengthening schools across Colorado.