• Welcome, Wildcat Families!

    As a double graduate of the University of Florida, with a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education and Master’s in Education, I am proud to continue to serve the families of Sumter County School District since 2008. I have spent the last fifteen years in a variety of education settings, both elementary and secondary schools. I started my teaching career at Bushnell Elementary where I taught 4th and 5th grades until 2012. In 2012, I accepted a position at the district as a Teacher on Special Assignment for College Readiness. In this position, I worked with Sumter’s schools to build not only the Advanced Placement program, but also the AVID College Readiness System. In 2018 I transitioned to a district administrator, serving as a Secondary Specialist. My most recent work focused on refining the accelerated programs in Sumter such as: AVID K-12, EPIC Future Teaching Academy, Dual Enrollment with LSSC, and Advanced Placement at South Sumter High School. In addition, I coordinated and supported Wildwood Middle High School in beginning their new accelerated program the Cambridge AICE Academy. During the 2020 school year, I served as an Administrator on Special Assignment fulfilling the role of Assistant Principal at Webster Elementary.

     

    Instructional Leadership, with a focus on student engagement is a personal passion of mine and I am afforded the opportunity to train educators all over the United States as an AVID National Staff Developer since 2016. Through my work with many schools across the nation and my extensive work in Sumter County,  I believe in the value of hard work and persistence. As the first principal to open Wildwood Intermediate School, I am excited  to bring our staff, students, families and community together as ONE. As ONE we will work collaboratively for ONE purpose—Raise Up our Wildcats!!

     

    I am always a phone call or email away:

    352-748-1510

    Summer.shirley@sumter.k12.fl.us

     

     

     

     

     
Ms. Shirley