Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Tennessee Tech, Austin Peay, Cumberland University
Started teaching in: 1997
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing students learn and master new skills
3 things I love: Coffee, Music, Sports

Born in: Dickson, Tennessee
College attended: APSU and Cumberland University
Started teaching in: 1995
Favorite thing about my job: helping students achieve their best
3 things I love: family, traveling and reading
Favorite quote: Do your best and let that be enough!

Born in: Union City, Tennessee
College attended: Freed-Hardeman University
Started teaching in: 1988
Favorite thing about my job: Finding fun activities and games to help children learn
3 things I love: walking outdoors, coffee, reading
Favorite quote: "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."

Born in: Memphis, TN

College attended: Nashville State Community College

Started working with children in: 2023

Favorite thing about my job: Being a helping hand to the teachers and students!

3 things I love: Family, Coffee, Traveling

Favorite quote: "Today is a good day to have a good day!"

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Fisk University and George Mason University
Started teaching in: 2016
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing students grow through out the year!
3 things I love: watching sports, hunting, and spending time with family
Favorite quote: "Never let the fear of striking out, keep you from playing the game." - Babe Ruth

Born in: Jackson, TN
College attended: Nashville State Tech, West Texas A&M University
Started working with children in: 2017
Favorite thing about my job: All the smiles ;)
3 things I love: God, Family and Friends, and vacations
Favorite quote: "They may forget your name, but they will never forget the way the way you made them feel"  Maya Angelou

Born in: Evansville, Indiana
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 1979
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students reach their potential
3 things I love: My family, My home, My God
Favorite quote: "Ask not what this country can do for you. Ask what you can do for this country." JFK

Born in: Nashville, Tennessee
College attended: University of Tennessee at Martin and Cumberland University
Started teaching in: 2002
Favorite thing about my job: Making a difference
3 things I love:  family time, farming outdoors, and fitness
Favorite quote: "The biggest mistake you could ever make is being afraid to make one." - Unknown

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: University of Tennessee at Martin
Started teaching in: 2016
Favorite thing about my job: When students have "lightbulb" moments
3 things I love: Jesus, Family, Coffee
Favorite quote: "The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." Exodus 14:14

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: TN State University
Started teaching in: 1997
Favorite thing about my job: Watching the students grow and succeed
3 things I love: My family, crafting, and reading
Favorite quote: If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.

Born in: Dickson, TN

Colleges attended: Nashville State Community College, Austin Peay State University

Started working with children in: 2024

Favorite thing about my job: Watching children grow and succeed

Three things I love: Spending time with my family, traveling, and being in the sunshine

Favorite quote: "Don't worry about anything, instead pray about everything." - Philippians 4:6

Born in: South Bend, Indiana
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2010
Favorite thing about my job: Learning...teaching offers lots of opportunities for learning, too!
3 things I love: cats, gardening, writing
Favorite quote: "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney

Born in: San Juan, Puerto Rico
College attended: University of Phoenix 2012, Western Governors University 2022
Started teaching in: 2022
Favorite thing about my job: helping students develop life-long skills
3 things I love: my family, football, and reading
Favorite quote: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."

Born in: Nashville, Tennessee
College attended: Middle Tennessee State University, Arkansas State
Started teaching in: 1996
Favorite thing about my job: Making a difference in the lives of my students and getting to see the "aha" moments
3 things I love: Reading, Traveling, Watching my son play football
Favorite quote: "They may forget what you said but they will not forget how you made them feel." - Carl Buechner

Born in: Jamestown, NY
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2014
Favorite thing about my job: building relationships with students and families
3 things I love: coffee, bargain shopping, podcasts
Favorite quote: “Look for the helpers; you will always find people that are helping” - Fred Rogers

Born in: Kewanee, IL
Colleges attended: Milligan College; East TN State University
Started teaching in: 2003
Favorite thing about my job: Building relationships with students
3 things I love: Hiking with my family, reading, time with my goldendoodle

Born in: Lawrenceburg, TN
College attended: University of North Alabama
Started teaching in: 1991
Favorite thing about my job: Teaching children to read
3 things I love: family, friends, my job

Born in: Little Rock, AR
College attended: Trinity University and Belmont University
Started teaching in: 2008
Favorite thing about my job: Watching children discover new talents and abilities
3 things I love: my family, my art studio, mini chewy sweet tarts.
Favorite Quotation: “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” - Pablo Picasso

Born in: Waverly, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started working with children in: 2016
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students feel confident with reading
3 things I love: My pets, my family, and studying animals
Favorite quote: "To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." - Winston Churchill

Born in: Orlando, FL
Colleges attended: Nashville State
Started as teacher assistant in: 2021
Favorite thing about my job: Helping all the teachers and students
3 things I love: Camping, coffee, family time
Favorite quote: "Be the reason someone smiles today."

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: hugs, laughter, and when students share powerful words and thoughts during class discussions
3 things I love: Funyuns, movies, and yoga pants
Favorite quote: "The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."

Born in: Rochester, NH
College attended: University of Maine Presque Isle, Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2021
Favorite thing about my job: Working with children
3 things I love: Family time, horseback riding, traveling

Born in: Dickson, TN
Started working with children in: 2006
Favorite thing about my job: Meeting new children and parents each year
3 things I love: Chocolate, snow, and quiet time

Born in: Miami, FL
College attended: UT Martin and Lipscomb University
Started teaching in: 2011
Favorite thing about my job: Fostering a love of learning and building a classroom community
3 things I love: traveling, reading, and spending time with friends and family.
Favorite quote: Always go the extra mile, it is never crowded.

Born in: Camden, TN
Colleges attended: University of Memphis
Started teaching in: 2022
Favorite thing about my job: Watching students grow!
3 things I love: Crafting, Coffee, and Sea turtles
Favorite quote: "Follow every rainbow till you find your dream." - Stephanie Laurens

Born in: Murfreesboro, TN

Colleges attended: The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga & Tennessee State University

Started teaching in: 2022

Favorite thing about my job: Watching my students reach their goals and continue to progress.

3 things I love: Spending time with my family, the beach, and crafting!

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Trevecca Nazarene University
Started teaching in: 2020
Favorite thing about my job: being able to get to know my students and see all of their growth throughout the year!
Three things I love: Shopping, traveling, and baking
Favorite quote: "The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead. You're not promised tomorrow—today is your best day!" - Unknown

Born in: Jackson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University, Nashville State Community College
Started teaching in: 2010
Favorite thing about my job: Watching students get excited when they have that "ah ha" moment
3 things I love: being on the river, traveling, hanging out with family and friends
Favorite quote: "The Power of YET"

Born in: Jonesboro, Arkansas

College attended: Union University

Started teaching in: 2006

Favorite thing about my job: Building relationships with students and watching them grow through the year.

3 things I love: My husband, my five kids, and my Australian Labradoodle

Favorite quote: "Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." — Christopher Robin to Pooh

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Columbia State Community College and Austin Peay State University
Started working with children in: 2002
Favorite thing about my job: The people I work with are like family and feel like if I truly needed them they would be there for me
3 things I love: my family, hiking, and  Dr. Pepper Zero
Favorite quote: "Enjoy the little things in life...for one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things."

Born in: Dickson, Tennessee
College attended: Middle Tennessee State University
Started working with children in: 2009
Favorite thing about my job: The schedule and co-workers
3 things I love: Disney, my family, and my pug, Otis
Favorite quote: Hakuna Matata. It means "no worries".

Born in: Radford, Virginia
College attended: Nashville State Community College, Western Governors University
Started working with children in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: Being able to make a difference!
3 things I love: Photography, Cooking, and Painting

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: University of Tennessee at Martin
Started teaching in: 2008
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the kids sweet smiling faces every morning!!
3 things I love: My Family, The Beach, Coffee

Born in: Dickson, Tennessee
College attended: Austin Peay
Started teaching in: 2018
Favorite thing about my job: Helping my students reached their highest potential
3 things I love: Music, reading, cooking
Favorite quote: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
Bill Keane

Born in: Nashville, Tennessee
College attended: Freed-Hardeman University
Started teaching in: 2017
Favorite thing about my job: Building relationships with the students
3 things I love: my family, reading, and weekend getaways

Favorite quote: "The will must be stronger than the skill.” - Muhammad Ali

Born in: Dickson, TN
Started working with children in: 1990
Favorite thing about my job: Getting to know the children and their families
3 things I love: spending time with family, coffee, and reading a good book
Favorite quote: Thank God for each day on this earth!

Born in: Reidsville, NC
College attended: Nashville Tech, Emmaus Bible College, and Trevecca
Started teaching in: 2000
Favorite thing about my job: Connecting with families and seeing my students' LOVE for learning
3 things I love: Antiquing, Crafting, and Traveling
Favorite quote:  "Change your thoughts and you can change the world."

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University, Trevecca Nazarene University, Arkansas State University
Started teaching in: 2008
Favorite thing about my job: Watching the students grow up and become contributing members of society
3 things I love: Farming with my family, riding four-wheelers, and shopping.
Favorite quote: What would you accomplish if you knew you couldn't fail?

Born in: Madison, TN
College attended: APSU
Started teaching in: 1992
Favorite thing about my job: Working with children and watching them grow
3 things I love: my family, traveling, and puzzles
Favorite quote: Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'! - Audrey Hepburn

Born in: Michigan
College attended: Cornerstone University, Trevecca Nazarene University, East Tennessee State University, University of West Georgia
Started teaching in: 2009
Favorite thing about my job: Reading stories aloud
3 things I love: God, Family, Fancy Coffee Drinks
Favorite quote: "No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally, and often far more, worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond." - C.S. Lewis

Born in: Nashville, TN

College attended: Union University, Trevecca University

Started teaching in: 1992

Favorite thing about my job: I work with the neatest people, both students and peers!

3 things I love: family, waterfalls, and music

Favorite quote: "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get." - Forrest Gump

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Nashville State Community College
Started working with children in: 2000
Favorite thing about my job: Giving students a quiet place to regroup
3 things I love: My Family, My Dogs, The Beach
Favorite quote: Be still and Know.... Psalms 46:10

Born in: Fontana, CA
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2015
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students realize their potential
3 things I love: My family, reading, cooking
Favorite quote: “In the book of life, the answers aren’t in the back.” - Charlie Brown

Born in: Fort Campbell, KY
College attended: Western Governors University
Started teaching in: 2018
Favorite thing about my job: Working with the children and seeing them figure things out and grow.
3 things I love: Cooking, reading, chilling with my family
Favorite quote: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13

Born in: Nashville, TN

College attended: Middle Tennessee State University and Cumberland University

Started teaching: 1992

Favorite thing about my job: Each year is a fresh start for everyone

Three things I love: Going out to dinner, traveling, and visiting with family and friends

Born in: Dickson, TN 

College attended: Austin Peay State University, Arkansas State University 

Started teaching in: 2006 

Favorite thing about my job: Building relationships with students, families, and educators, greeting the students each morning sharing a smile, and learning new things every day!! 

3 things I love: Thrift shopping with my best friend, church activities, and being outside planting flowers 

Favorite quote: “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou

Born in: Dickson, TN
Started working with children in: 1995
Favorite thing about my job: being a part of childrens' lives and making sure they don't go hungry
3 things I love: God, family, giving

Born in: Birmingham, AL
College attended: University of Tennessee and Trevecca Nazarene University
Started teaching in: 2007
Favorite thing about my job: Building relationships with my students
3 things I love: boating on the river, my family, dogs

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: MTSU
Started teaching in: 2000
Favorite thing about my job: Helping children overcome obstacles
3 things I love: coffee, running, outside
Favorite quote: "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." - Mark Twain

Born in: Olney, Maryland
Colleges attended: Lipscomb University, Belmont University
Started teaching in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: Getting to know each student's unique personality and watching them grow over the school year
3 things I love: Coffee, Animals, Traveling
Favorite quote: "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: APSU
Started teaching in: 1997
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students be successful and making new friends every year
3 things I love: beach, coffee, reading

Born in: Jackson, TN
College attended: University of Tennessee at Martin, and APSU
Started teaching in: 2014
Favorite thing about my job: Having the ability to cultivate a desire to learn math in my students and  encouraging them to fulfill their potential
3 things I love: God, My Friends and Family, and My Students
Favorite Quote: "Education is the wings on which dreams fly." - Unknown

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: UT-Martin and Arkansas State
Started teaching in: 2009
Favorite thing about my job: the kids, watching something "click" for the first time, teaching them to read
3 things I love: Family/Friends, coffee, and traveling!
Favorite quote: “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” - Walt Disney

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Middle Tennessee State University
Started teaching in: 1992
Favorite thing about my job: getting to see the smiling faces of all the children
3 things I love: My family, Jesus, and number puzzles

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Union University
Started teaching in: 1996
Favorite thing about my job: Working with kids
3 things I love: God, family, baseball
Favorite quote: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

Born in: Dickson, TN
Colleges attended: Union University, Belmont University, and Tennessee State University
Started teaching in:1990
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students grow and develop a love for learning
3 things I love:  chocolate, spending time with my family, and spoiling my students and nieces and nephews
Favorite quote: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5&6 

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Started teaching in: 2003
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing children learn to read
3 things I love: My family, Traveling, and Disney

Favorite quote: “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” Socrates 

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Freed-Hardeman University
Started teaching in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: The students...teaching and learning from my students!
3 things I love: family, coffee, and friends
Favorite quote: "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: University of TN Knoxville; Belmont University
Started teaching in: 2011
Favorite thing about my job: Influencing student strengths, imaginations, choices, and direction
3 things I love: my family, hiking, and hats
Favorite quote: "Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." -Mother Teresa

Born in: Knoxville, TN
College attended: Union University
Started teaching in: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: Helping children be creative through music
3 things I love: cooking, playing the piano, worship music
Favorite quote: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23

Born in: Tucson, AZ.
College attended: Austin Peay State University, Grand Canyon University.
Started teaching in: 2017
Favorite thing about my job: working with kids and being someone they can trust and count on.
3 things I love: God, my country, and quality time with my family
Favorite quote: "Everyone is trying to find their purpose, but all we really have to do is find the bigger purpose in the here and now and our purpose will find us."

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Freed-Hardeman University, American Intercontinental University
Started teaching in: 2010
Favorite thing about my job: Shaping kids for the future and seeing the progress as it unfolds
3 things I love: Family, Sports, and Music
Favorite quote: "Personality can open doors; only character can keep them open." - Anonymous

Born in: Memphis, TN
College Attended: Tennessee State University
Started teaching: 2003
Favorite thing about my job: Being a part of a child's life and helping children to make progress toward a goal.
3 things I love: kayaking, hiking, and my dogs
Eleanor Roosevelt: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

Born in: Dickson,Tn
College attending: Nashville State Community College
Started working with children: 2023
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing all the smiling faces of children excited to come to school & learn
3 things I love: family/friends, loaded teas, anything cows
Favorite quote: “When you focus on the good, the good gets better.”

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2016
Favorite thing about my job: Just simply working with kids and making an impact, even just a small one, in daily lives.
3 things I love: God, my family, and teaching

Favorite Quote: "If you ask me what I came into this world to do, I will tell you without hesitation. I was born to be a teacher." - Robert John Meehan 

Born in: Cincinnati, Ohio
College attended: MTSU
Started teaching in: 2010
Favorite thing about my job: Building confidence in students' abilities to read by meeting their needs individually!
3 things I love: hiking, my two sons and husband, and the holidays!
Favorite quote: Be present where your feet are.

Born in: Nashville, TN
College Attended: Freed Hardeman University
Started teaching in: 1993
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the joy on children's faces when they understand something
3 things I love: Jesus, family, chocolate

Born in: Nashville, Tennessee
Colleges attended: Middle Tennessee State University; Austin Peay State University; University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Started teaching in: 1975
Favorite things about my job: It is exciting when I can see the progress students are making in their PLB groups!
3 things I love: I love working with children, listening to music, and gardening.
Favorite quote: Every day may not be good but there is something good in every day. - Alice Morse Earle

Born in: Tennessee
College attended: Pensacola Christian College
Started working with children in: 2009
Favorite thing about my job: Helping children to learn that they can do hard things
3 things I love: Spending time with my family, playing with my dog, and relaxing.
Favorite quote: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Born in: Riverside, California
College attended: California State University, San Bernardino
Started teaching in: 2014
Favorite thing about my job: Watching students get those “aha” moments!
3 things I love: Disney, Reading, Holiday Decorating
Favorite quote: “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart” ~Winnie the Pooh

Born in: Weatherford, TX
College attended: Tennessee Tech University
Started teaching in: 2002
Favorite thing about my job: Laughing with students and reading stories
3 things I love: Spending time outdoors, hanging out with my family and kitties, and traveling
Favorite quote: "Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference." - Jean Goodall