Born in: Clarksville, TN
Started: working with children since September 1992
Favorite thing about my job: Helping children try to understand better.
3 things I love: God, Family, and Friends
Favorite quote: Kindness is having the ability to speak with love, listen with patience and act 
                           with compassion.

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: NSCC (currently)
Started working with kids in: 2024
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing all the smiles! 
3 things I love: My family, thrift shopping, trying new things! 
Favorite quote: “Time is a precious thing. Never waste it.” Gene Wilder (as Willy Wonka)

Born In: Nashville, TN
Colleges attended: Nashville State Community College
Started working with Children in: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: watching ah ha moments happen with students
3 things I love: Family, Coffee, & Dr. Pepper
Favorite quote: You're always one choice away from changing your life. -Mac Anderson 

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started working with children in: 1988
Favorite thing about my job: Continuously promoting students of knowledge and character
3 things I love: God, Family, Country!
Favorite quote: "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would do us harm." - George Orwell

I am married to Mike Clifton. I have one son & 3 grandkids! I enjoy cooking, playing cards and board games. I also enjoy the cooking shows.

Born in: Ashland City, TN

College attended: APSU

Started Teaching in: 1985

Favorite thing about my job: Kids and teachers

3 Things I love: God, family and friends

Favorite Quote: Stay close to anything that makes you feel that you are alive.

Born in: Dickson, TN
Colleges attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2024
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students learn and grow. 
3 things I love: Family, Reading, Gardening
Favorite quote: “Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain.” Vivian Greene 

Born in: Colorado Springs Colorado
Started working/teaching: 2007
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the childrens faces light up when they “get it”
3 things I love: Family, Beach and Coffee
Favorite quote: “Just when the caterpillar thought its life was over, it turned into a butterfly”

Born in: Upstate New York

College attended: Nashville State Community College

Started working with children in: 2019

My favorite thing about my job: Making a difference in someone's life

3 things I love: My children, playing music, and the outdoors 

Born in: Dickson, TN
Colleges attended: Miller-Motte Technical College, Nashville State Community College, Austin Peay State University
Started working with children in: 2020
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the pride and confidence on a student’s face when a skill finally ‘clicks’ for them!
3 things I love: Coffee, Reading, Halloween 
Favorite quote: "Be the person you needed when you were younger"  -Ayesha Siddiqi

Born in: Corning, NY
Colleges attended: APSU, SNHU
Started working with children in: 2022
Favorite thing about my job: making children feel safe, heard and important
3 things I love: Jesus, my dog, Christmas time (& cold weather)
Favorite quote: "He calls each and every star by name. It's not likely that He has forgotten yours." -Louie Giglio 

Born in: Detroit, MI
College attended: Austin Peay State University, Florida Tech, Nashville State.
Started working with children in: 2005
Favorite thing about my job: I love giving my students a safe and nurturing environment to learn in. I feel that it is important to be a safe place for my students. I also love watching my students learn and grow. 
3 things I love: My family, the beach, and watching my son and daughter play sports!
Favorite quote: "Sometimes you never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory." - Dr. Seuss

Born in: San Jose, Ca
Colleges attended: I am also a cosmetologist! I went to Elite beauty school in Sacramento ,Ca
Favorite thing about my job: Being able to watch the growth of the child learning, while working by the side of their teacher. 
3 things I love: Movies, Family, Starbucks
Favorite quote: Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your going to get. 

Born in: Trenton, Michigan
Started working with children in 2018
Favorite thing about my job: Helping children feel loved and safe.
3 things I love: Hunting rocks and crystals, my family, and making a difference 
Favorite quote: “Carpe Diem”

I was born in Poland. We moved to the United States when I was 4. I grew up in the Chicagoland area, and moved to Tennessee about 5 years ago. I started to substitute for Dickson County and fell in love with CES.

BS Elmhurst College, MSW from Loyloa University 

Born in: Hackensack, NJ
College attended: University of South Florida, Excelsior College 
Started working with children in: 2024
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students set and achieve their goals. 
3 things I love: beach, donkeys, family
Favorite quote:  “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University 
Started teaching in: 2024
Favorite thing about my job: being a support system for students
3 things I love: my family, coaching color guard, shopping
Favorite quote: “The way I see it is if you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain” -Dolly Parton

Born in: Dickson, TN 

College attended: Columbia State

Started workign with children in: 2023

Favorite thing about my job: getting to see all the different kids all day

3 things I love: reading, Harry Potter, sushi

Favorite quote: “The time is always right to do what is right." -MLK Jr.

Born in: Dickson, Tn 
College attended: Nashville State/Freed-Hardmin University 
Started coaching/Teaching in: 2020/2023
Favorite thing about my job: working with all the children and seeing them grow bigger and better 
3 things I love: Sports, Books, Traveling 
Favorite quote: Let Them 

Born in: Dickson, TN 

College attended: Nossi College of Art, Associates in professional digital photography 

Started Teaching in: 2023, but I have been substitute teaching since 2017 in Dickson County 

Favorite thing about my job: making a difference and helping children learn the skills they need to be successful   

3 things I love: Photography, Coffee, Family