Born in: Dickson, TN
Started working with children in: 1998
Favorite thing about my job: Working with a great group of co-workers
3 things I love: God, my grandchildren & reading suspense/mystery books
Favorite quote: In a world where you can be anything, be kind.

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: University of Tennessee at Martin
Started teaching in 2014
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students learn the importance of being physically active and being a positive role model for all my students
3 things I love: Faith, Family and Football
Favorite quote: Life’s a garden dig it!

Born in: Nashville, Michigan
College attended: University of Tennessee at Martin
Started teaching in: 2015
Favorite thing about my job: Getting to teach the kids to love history
3 things I love: Sailor Moon, cats, baking
Favorite quote: Believe in yourself and nothing can stop you.

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Carson-Newman University; Tennessee State University
Started teaching in: 2018
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students to become life-long learners and fueling students' passion for understanding scientific phenomena both inside and outside of the classroom
3 things I love: Reading, painting, and hiking
Favorite quote: "You can be whoever you want, even yourself." - Drake

Born in: Wayne, MI
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2016
Favorite thing about my job: The looks on students faces when it "clicks" and they grasp a concept
3 things I love: Vacationing, Sports, Family

Born in: Memphis, TN
College attended: Delta State University, Delta State University
Started working with children in: 2001
Favorite thing about my job: Learning from my students everyday and seeing them happy when they realize they can achieve more than they thought they could
3 things I love: My husband Timothy, my border collie Remington, and the students, faculty, and administration at SCES!!
Favorite quote: "For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."  Jeremiah 29:11

Born in: Nashville, TN
Started working with children in: 2013
Favorite thing about my job: Working with my children and my DMS peers
3 things I love: Boating, Horseback riding, Taking care of my grandbabies

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University and Tennessee State University
Started teaching in: 1998
Favorite thing about my job: Working one on one with the students
3 things I love: God, family especially my grandbabies, and reading
Favorite quote: "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all." - Thumper

 

Born in: Nashville, TN
Started working with children in: 2000
Favorite thing about my job: Watching the students grow and mature as they prepare for high school
3 things I love: family, camping, and Nascar
Favorite quote: "Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful."

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2011
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the "light bulb" moment in a student
3 things I love: spending time with family, reading, traveling
Favorite quote: "Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2011
Favorite thing about my job: Interacting with people of all ages
3 things I love: people, practices, and processes
Favorite quote: "Not all those who wander are lost." - J.R.R. Tolkien

Born in: Charlotte, TN
College attended: University of Tennessee, Austin Peay
Started working with children in: 2001
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students
3 things I love: Family, Golf, Sports in general
Favorite quote: "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier." - Mother Teresa

Born in: Clarksville, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2015
Favorite thing about my job: Building relationships with my students that will last them a lifetime
3 things I love: Coffee, Movies, Mexican Food
Favorite quote: "Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value." -Albert Einstein

Born in: Brinkley, AR
College attended: Arkansas State University, Travecca Nazarene University
Started teaching in: 1988
Favorite thing about my job: Building relationships with my students and staff and motivating and encouraging all of my people!!
3 things I love: My family, Coffee and the Beach!
Favorite quote: "We are the Music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams, Yet we are the movers and shakers of the world forever, it seems...You shall teach us your song's new numbers, and things that we dreamed before: Yea, in spite of a dreamer who slumbers, and a singer who sings no more." - Arhur O'Shaughnessy

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2004
Favorite thing about my job: Watching students grow in the classroom!
3 things I love: My kids, traveling, and my pets

Born in: San Francisco, California
College attended: College of Eastern Utah
Started working with children in: 2016
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students and staff and sharing smiles
3 things I love: The beach, Crocheting, and Decorating
Favorite quote: "Life is not about waiting out the storm, but learning to dance in the rain."

Born in: White House, TN
College attended: Tennessee Technological University and Grand Canyon University
Started teaching in: 2000
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing someone's face light up when they "get it"
3 things I love: My family, movies, and music
Favorite quote: "You can't control the cards you're dealt, but you can control how you play the hand." -Randy Pausch

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Free Will Baptist Bible College
Started teaching in: 2006
Favorite thing about my job: Investing in the lives and knowledge of students
3 things I love: Comics, Coffee, Music

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University, Cumberland University
Started teaching in: 1997
Favorite thing about my job: Helping my students learn to live healthy lives and each step throughout
3 things I love: my family and friends, reading and traveling
Favorite quote: “The cure for anything is salt water; sweat, tears or the sea.”

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Bethel University
Started teaching in: 2013
Favorite thing about my job: Interacting with kids and watching them grow
3 things I love: family, sports, traveling.
Favorite quote: "There are two ways to live your life- one is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Bethel University
Started teaching in: 2016
Favorite thing about my job: Making music with the kids
3 things I love: Family, Music, Theatre
Favorite quote: "It will be what it will be but it will become what you make of it."

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: David Lipscomb University, Belmont University, Austin Peay University
Started teaching in: 1993
Favorite thing about my job: Working with students
3 things I love: God, family, reading
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: Glasgow, KY
Colleges attended: Queens University of Charlotte, Western Carolina University
Started teaching: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: Building lasting relationships with students and helping them grow academically and personally
3 things I love: my family, reading, thrift store shopping
Favorite quote: “Don’t look back, you’re not going that way!”

Born in: Annapolis, MD
College attended: Glenville State College, Western Governors University, Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in 1996
Favorite thing about my job: my students, “light bulb moments” and my Dragon work family
3 things I love:  God, family and friends
Favorite quote:  “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” - Aristotle

Born in: Cookville, TN
Colleges attended: Austin Peay State University, Trevecca State University, and Vanderbilt University
Started teaching in: 1996
Favorite thing about my job: Getting to know the students
3 things I love: Coffee, Reading, My golden retrievers
Favorite quote: “Reading is a way for me to expand my mind, open my eyes, and fill up my heart." - Oprah Winfrey

Born in: Newport, TN
College attended: Mt. Olive College/University of Mt. Olive, Walters State Community, Tusculum University
Started teaching in: 2005
Favorite thing about my job: Opening minds
3 things I love: golf, football, camping
Favorite quote: “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”

Born in: Columbia, Tennessee
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2020
Favorite thing about my job: Helping young men and women gain confidence in their writing
3 things I love: Iced lattes, any book by Cassandra Claire, and making children feel loved and appreciated.
Favorite quote: "It is only when you take responsibility for your life and actions do you discover how powerful you truly are."

Born in: West Palm Beach, Florida
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2018
Favorite thing about my job: Having great conversations with my students & peers
3 things I love: History, Coffee, Pinball
Favorite quote: "We learn about our past, to better understand our future." - L. Romine

Born in: Parkersburg, WV
College attended: Marietta College and Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2021
Favorite thing about my job: Creating future scientists!
3 things I love: My family, my dogs, and Paintball!
Favorite quote: Don't compare yourself to other people. Compare yourself to who you were yesterday.

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 1990
Favorite thing about my job: Working with core teachers to help students succeed
3 things I love: Family, DD Coffee, the beach
Favorite quote: A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark. - Chinese Proverb

Born in: Dickson, TN
Colleges attended: Austin Peay State University, Tennessee State University, Trevecca Nazarene University
Started teaching in: 2016
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students reach their full potential
3 things I love: family, reading, coffee
Favorite quote: "Every student can learn; just not on the same day, or in the same way." - George Evans

From: Burns,TN

College: University of Tennessee at Knoxville

              Bachelor of Arts 2024

              Master of Science 2025