A Teacher and A Publisher

mentorship to his students, their families, and his professional peers. Dr. Shipman currently teaches middle school and extends membership to Team Shipman to his current students and their families, as well.

Mr. Shipman’s Kindergarten Chronicles are the stories of teaching kindergarten that make Dr. Shipman smile the most when he thinks about his years teaching kindergarten. Each book in this celebrates the male teacher, in particular the black male teacher. Acknowledging the under-representation of black men in education, Mr. Shipman presents a positive and strong black male image that children need. Through his first series of books, Dr. Shipman’s Kindergarten Chronicles, Dr. 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. Terance Shipman is a 29-year veteran teacher and a publisher for 6 years. He spent much of his teaching career working with elementary aged students. 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. Dr. Shipman calls this ever-developing network “Team Shipman”. Through Team Shipman, Dr. Shipman offers continual encouragement, leadership, and

Dr. Shipman received his Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from the Tuskegee University in 1992. After obtain this degree, he attended Hampton University in Virginia and obtain a Master’s degree in Elementary Education in 1994. For the next 13 years, Dr. Shipman was an elementary teacher in Atlanta Public School System. 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. Since completing his final degree, Dr. Shipman has worked with middle school and high school aged students. And through it all Team Shipman is still growing!

Team Shipman Publishing recently published “Mr. Shipman’s Kindergarten Chronicles: 123”, and the fifth anniversary of “Mr. Shipman’s Kindergarten Chronicles: December Celebrations”.

Currently in development is “Mr. Shipman’s Kindergarten Chronicles: Grandparent’s Day”. We’re also working on “I Woke Up This Morning”, Mr. Shipman’s Chronicles’ first book of positive affirmations, with no release date as of yet. We are also excited to announce the sequel book to Malcolm and Mahalia, our young-adult superhero book!

What are the pros and cons of being in your field?

The pros are taking my God given talents and sharing them with the world, knowing that other people are loving your work. The cons are selling books consistently and getting people to leave reviews. It amazes me how hard it is to motivate people, positively or negatively.

Is it a challenge to do what you do?

Yes, it is! You have to keep the faith and keep challenging yourself. When everyone else doesn’t see what you see or believe what you believe you have to keep pushing.

Where do you see yourself in the year of 2023?

I see myself doing more events. Events are awesome! No matter how much social media marketing we have, the best marketing is still getting out to let people see your product. Meeting them where they are at is still number one.

What advice would you give to those who would like to do what you do?

The advice is two-fold:

• First, just write and put your thoughts on paper.

• Secondly, I am currently working on a “How to Publish” book. It is all about the process from planning to writing to publishing on your own. It should be out by the end of the year.

Terance Shipman Published Works

• Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: December Celebrations - 2017

• Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: The First Day of School - 2018

• Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: The Field Day - 2019

• Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: ABC - 2021

• Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles Field Trip to the Farm - 2021

• The Adventures of Mahalia and Malcolm: The Robinsons - 2022

• Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles 123 - 2022

• Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: December Celebrations: 5th Anniversary Edition - 2022