68 Lionel Clegg LIONEL CLEGG is a 24-year veteran teacher in the Portland Public School District. He has served his entire career as an educator at his alma mater, Woodlawn Elementary School. During his tenure at the school he has taught at various grade levels, but the majority of his years have been spent teaching first grade. While at Woodlawn, Clegg started a weekly boys mentoring program called Boys of Distinction. He also taught parenting classes through The Black Parent Initiative. Clegg was an adjunct faculty member at Marylhurst University where he taught preservice and practicing teachers. He appeared in many episodes of Inside Woodlawn, a two-year series produced by KGW that documented the teachers, students and community of Woodlawn. It was from this series that he gained national attention and was recognized for his teaching and promoting equality in education when he was spotlighted on a segment of the Today Show. In 2021, Clegg was named OnPoint’s Elementary Educator of the Year. Clegg feels that teaching is his purpose and each time he walks into the classroom he knows that it is an opportunity to help support and lead the students in his community. COLLEGE OF EDUCATION HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT AND COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
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