My name is Traci Prater and I currently teach Information Technology at a Career and Technical Center in Eastern Kentucky.  I graduated from Morehead State University with a Bachelors in Business Administration majoring in Business and Marketing Education in December 2000.  I went on to obtain my Masters in Arts in School Administraton and currently working on my Rank I in Supervision through Morehead State.  I am married with two boys, ages 7 and 9 and live on a large farm with plenty of cattle.  My husband also teaches in the same district I teach; he teaches sixth grade at an elementary school.

I was born and raisied in Ann Arbor, Michigan and moved to Kentucky when I was 19 years old.  My parents were orginally from Kentucky and we visited frequently when I was growing up so it wasn’t much of a culture shock when we moved back to my parents home state.  I graduated from high school in 1987 and at that time wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life when I grew up and at the age of 37, I still am not really sure!  I did not attend college directly after high school, it wasn’t until I was 28 that I decided to go back to school and get my degree.  At the time of my decision to go back to college, I never dreamed I would teach. I am so glad that my educational choices lead me in that direction!  This makes my 7th year teaching and I really enjoy the profession.  I don’t enjoy the paperwork and the administrative aspects but I do enjoy my students!