Sheree Crites has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Central Arkansas, and a master's degree in Advanced Studies of Teaching and Learning, also from the University of Central Arkansas. Mrs. Crites, who teaches AP English Language and Composition, Oral Communication, and Drama at the ADE Distance Learning Center, is in her twelfth year of teaching; she has taught three years at the middle school level and nine years on the high school level. Arkansas History, Social Studies, and Keyboarding are some of the other courses she has taught. In 2009 Sheree was awarded the Excellence in Distance Learning Award from the Arkansas Distance Learning Association. In 2010 Mrs. Crites received the United States Distance Learning Association Platinum Award for Excellence in Distance Learning Teaching. In addition to teaching, Mrs. Crites worked for ten years as an accounting representative and human resources assistant for Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services in Little Rock, Arkansas.