Born in: Hartford, Kentucky
College attended: University of Kentucky
Started working with children in: 2009
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students
3 things I love: Going to the mountains, Hiking, Walking
Favorite quote: You will never regret being kind.

Born in: Franklin, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2007
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students discover professions and activities that they will enjoy in the future
3 things I love: My kids, hunting, and football
Favorite quote: "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." Henry Ford

Born in: Franklin, TN
College attended: Middle Tennessee State University
Started teaching in: 2009
Favorite thing about my job: Introducing a new concept or idea and seeing the joy and excitement on the students' faces
3 things I love: reading, watching movies, hiking
Favorite quote: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Born in: Union City, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University; Bethel University; University of the Cumberlands
Started teaching in: 2009
Favorite thing about my job: Being able to build positive relationships with students, teachers, and community members
3 things I love: Faith & Family, St. Louis Cardinals, Nashville Predators
Favorite quote: We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.  

College attended: Ouachita Baptist University
Started teaching in: 2023
Favorite thing about my job: Academic conversations with students has to be my favorite thing because      you never know where their questions and curiosity will take you!
3 things I love:      It's A Wonderful Life,      podcasts, and coffee      
Favorite quote: "The future belongs to the learners      — not the knowers."

Born in: Johnson City, TN
College attended: Lipscomb University, Tennessee State University, Trevecca University
Started teaching in: 1998
Favorite thing about my job: Analyzing data and putting it to use
3 things I love: my family, holidays and all things zombies/ horror movies  
Favorite quote: "Small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, great minds discuss ideas." -Eleanor Roosevelt

Born in: Cincinnati, OH

College Attended: Vol State Community College, TN State University

Started teaching in 2019

Favorite thing about my job: Being around inquisitive minds and having fun with my students.

3 things I love: Reading, being outdoors, and chocolate

Favorite quote: When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix

Born in: Huntsville, AL
College attended: Carson Newman University
Started teaching in: 2013
Favorite thing about my job: I love helping students become comfortable with their "musical" side and to enjoy music, observing them as the "light" of understanding comes on, and interacting with them as we explore music together.
3 things I love: My precious family, outdoor activities, sewing
Favorite quote: "...and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God"

Born in: White House, TN
Colleges attended: Austin Peay State University, Bates Technical College, Carson Newman
Started teaching in: 2018
Favorite thing about my job: The kids!
3 things I love: Jesus, gym, beach
Favorite quote: "Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them."  Lady Bird Johnson

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Belmont University
Started teaching in: 2001
Favorite thing about my job: Watching students learn that they can do things
3 things I love: God, family, country
Favorite quote: "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however." - Richard Bach

College: Tusculum University and Bethel University

Started Teaching: 2023

Favorite Thing about my job: I love being able to share my love of literature and writing with students, and seeing how much they grow throughout the year!

Three Things I love: My family, reading, and basketball

Favorite Quote: "When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan

Born in: Savannah, TN
College attended: Austin Peay University, Cumberland University
Started teaching in: 1993
Favorite thing about my job: We are a family helping students!
3 things I love: traveling, reading books, and helping people

Born in: Nashville, TN
Colleges attended: Columbia State Community College
Started nursing in: 1999
Favorite thing about my job: Helping others
3 things I love: vacations, my family, church
Favorite quote: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Phil. 4:13

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Tennessee Tech
Started teaching in: 1997
Favorite thing about my job: Making connections with students
3 things I love: Spending time with family, church activities, reading

Born in: El Dorado Hills, CA

Colleges Attended: Bachelor’s from Brandeis University and Masters from Vanderbilt University 
Started Counseling: 2023

Favorite thing about my job: building relationships with students, staff, and families

3 things I love: my family, Goose (my cat), friends

Favorite Quote: Don’t compare your life to others. There is no comparison between the sun and the moon; they shine when it’s their time. 

College Attended: Austin Peay State University

Started in School Nutrition: Aug 2019

Favorite thing about my job: Getting to know all the students that come through our doors, figuring out their likes and dislikes, telling them jokes while listening to theirs.  

3 Things I love: My family, Dunkin', the beach. 

Favorite quote: "The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem." -Captain Jack Sparrow

Attended Austin Peay State University

Started teaching in 2007

Favorite thing about my job is the Ah ha! moments

3 things I love:  reading, camping, fishing

Born in: Dickson, TN
Colleges Attended: Nashville State Community College, University of Tennessee Knoxville, and Austin Peay State University.
Started Teaching in: 2023
Favorite Thing about Teaching: Helping students' understand concepts they once did not understand.
3 Things I Love: Pokémon, watching movies, and hanging out with my dogs.
Favorite Quote: "When you help someone, you help everyone." - May Parker

Born in: Dickson, TN
Colleges attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: Building relationships with students
3 things I love: Anime, Hunting, Football
Favorite quote: "I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are." - Mewtwo from Pokemon

Born in: Mount Holly, NJ
Started working with children in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: Having the opportunity to work with children and help prepare them for their futures
3 things I love: Hunting, Aviation, Family

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Columbia State and Austin Peay
Started teaching in: 1998
Favorite thing about my job: Working with the students
3 things I love: Traveling, spending time with family, cheesecake
Favorite quote: "Your deeds are your monuments." - Wonder by R. J. Palacio

Started teaching: 2024

Favorite thing about my job: Being able to help students not only in academics but in life skills.

3 things I love: All the nerdy things, sports, and traveling

Favorite Quote: "You can't see the whole picture until you look at it from the outside." - Trafalgar Law (Eiichiro Oda) 

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Nashville State
Started: 1996
Favorite thing about my job: The people I work with
3 things I love: Walking, Anything Outdoors, Good Food
Favorite quote: In a world where you can be anything...be kind.

Born in: McEwen, TN
College attended: UT Martin, Arkansas State University
Started teaching in: 2008
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing students get excited about science
3 things I love: Family time, dogs, traveling
Favorite quote: "In a world where you can be anything, be kind."

Born in: Mt. Juliet, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: Coaching volleyball
3 things I love: Family time, reading, coaching volleyball

College Attended: APSU - B.S. in Music Education and M.M in Instrumental Conducting

2001

Favorite thing about my job: I like having a job where I get to make a positive impact on young people's lives.

3 Things I love: Family, Music, Reading

Favorite Quote: "Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present." - Marcus Aurelius

Born in: Wheeling, WV
College attended: Belmont University, Union University
Started teaching in: 2011
Favorite thing about my job: Being a small part of this community that has become my extended family.
3 things I love: My family, softball, and Reese's
Favorite quote: “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” - Michael Jordan

Born in: Fort Worth, TX

College attended: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Austin Peay State University

Started Teaching: 2009

Favorite things about my job: Watching others grow into life-long learners

3 things I love: quilting, reading books, and camping with family and friends

Born in: Memphis, TN
College attended: University of Memphis, Delta State University
Started teaching  in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: Watching students discover the “aha!” moment when things click and they get excited about learning.
3 things I love: my children, oil painting, and reading
Favorite quote: “You never fail until you stop trying.” - Albert Einstein