Joycelyn Strickland-Egans

About

Joycelyn Strickland-Egans is a lifelong member of Wyandotte County.

She is an alumni of Benjamin Banneker, Arrowhead Jr. High and Washington High School. She furthered her education with a Bachelor of Education degree from Emporia State University and a Master's Degree from Kansas State University. She contributes her success to her mother, the Cole family legacy, church family, community recreation centers, after school programs and neighborhood villages.

Joycelyn is a proud retired teacher of the KCKPS district, having taught elementary school for 35 years. She spent 10 years as an Instructional Coach. She received many Educator awards in various categories.
During her tenure in the district she served in the following capacities:

• Grade Level Chairperson
• Literacy Leader
• Yearbook Advisor/Student Council Advisor/Safety Patrol (Conflict Managers) Advisor
• School Stakeholder
• Curriculum Writer
• Mentor
• Parent Teacher Association Liaison
• Volleyball Coach/Dance Squad Coach/Battle of the Books Coach
• Black History, School Anniversary, Literacy Night, Spelling Bee, Chairman
• Transition Class Coordinator from Elementary to Middle School
• Director of Tutoring Services
• Adjunct Professor for Pittsburg State University, Urban Educators Program

She is a servant leader in the following organizations:

• Retired Kansas National Education Association
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
• Metropolitan Leadership Institute
• Pierian Club
• Kansas City Praying Wives of LLC
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• Ordained Chaplain

She is married to Byron Egans (Schlagle Stallion) and has two biological and two bonus children, Justin, Jabrea, Christopher and Brandon, all of whom are KCKPS alumni. She has two siblings who are also KCKPS alumni, Jason and Jana. Joycelyn is a lifelong member of St. Peter C.M.E. Church. She is the Chief Executive Officer of "A Sunday Kind of Joy, LLC," and the author of over 25 books for children and devotionals for adults.

She is an advocate for literacy, highlighting its power to transform perspectives, build empathy, expand knowledge, foster personal growth and preserve culture and history. One of her favorite quotes is, "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it."

What does she love most about the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools? The dedicated staff and leadership; the diverse, ambitious, inquisitive students; and the supportive families and community.