Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Tennessee College of Applied Technology and Nashville State
Started working with children in: 2015
Favorite thing about my job: Showing children that they are loved and important and working with an amazing group of educators
3 things I love: Photography, Vacationing, Learning new things
Favorite quote: "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Tennessee Technology at Dickson, TCAT
Started working with children in: 1999
Favorite thing about my job: The kids and my coworkers
3 things I love: Crafting, coffee and watching football
Favorite quote: Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, its about learning to dance in the rain.

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Nashville State Community College
Started working with children in: 2021
Favorite things about my job: Making the children smile
3 things I love: Spending time with family and friends, hunting, and fishing
Favorite quote: "The days are long, but the years are short." - Unknown

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: WSU
Started working with children in: 1997
Favorite thing about my job: The kids and my staff
3 things I love: making shirts, cups, and all kinds of crafting and being with my grand babies
Favorite quote: Remember your mood sets the moods of those around you.

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: Indiana
College attended: Spring Arbor University
Started teaching in: 1988
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students feel that they are capable and focusing on their success
3 things I love: My Faith, My family, and My pets, Lacy, Miss Jenny, and Twist
Favorite quote: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding but acknowledge Him in all your ways and He will direct your path. Proverbs 3:5-6

Born in: Columbia, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University, Columbia State Community College
Started working with children in: 2008
Favorite thing about my job: Interacting with kids on a daily basis because there is never a dull moment in the school setting
3 things I love: my children, reading, and coffee
Favorite quote: "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." - John Lennon

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: 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: Gallatin, Tennessee
College attended: Middle Tennessee State University
Started teaching in: 2007
Favorite thing about my job: The kids
3 things I love: Reading, golf, and going for a ride

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: Norwalk, Connecticut
College attended: Liberty University
Started working with students in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing students learn new concepts and becoming confident in their learning abilities!
3 things I love: Coffee, Cats and Animal Crossing
Favorite quote: "You miss 100 of the shots you don't take". -  Wayne Gretzky, Michael Scott

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: MTSU
Started teaching in: 1987
Favorite thing about my job: Working with the students and watching them progress
3 things I love: Family Time, Reading, Crafting
Favorite quote: You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and loved more than you know.

Born in:

College attended: Evangel Christian College, Trevecca Nazarene College
Started teaching in: 1988
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students learn to value our history
3 things I love: Camping, Dark Chocolate, Reading
Favorite quote:  "Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?" - Clarence from It's a Wonderful Life

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Welch College
Started teaching in: 2021
Favorite thing about my job: Helping children grow and learn in the way that is appropriate for them
3 things I love: Family, Reading, and Camping
Favorite quote: "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - J.R.R. Tolkien

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: NSCC
Started working with children in: 2017
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the growth in my students both inside and outside of the classroom
3 things I love: Spending time with my children, being at the ballfield, relaxing at the end of the night with a good book.
Favorite quote: "We Accept the Love We Think We Deserve" - Stephen Chbosky

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Lipscomb University
Started teaching in: 2013
Favorite thing about my job: Pushing students to reach their full potential
3 things I love: Reading, Photography, Traveling
Favorite quote: "To travel is to live." - Hans Christian Anderson

Born in: Tuscon, AZ
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2018
Favorite thing about my job: Watching kids have fun being physically active
3 things I love: Sports, Tacos, Dr. Pepper
Favorite quote: "Life is like a disco. No matter how the music changes, you just keep dancing." - Joy Ojieyan

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Trevecca Nazarene University
Started teaching in: 2015
Favorite thing about my job: Building relationships with my students
3 things I love: Animals, outdoors, and movies
Favorite quote: "Be who you needed when you were younger." - author unknown

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: Charlotte, N.C.
College attended: Lipscomb University, Austin Peay University
Started teaching in: 1990
Favorite thing about my job: Showing people how powerful they are
3 things I love: Watching my boys play sports, spa time, and 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: Nashville, TN
College attended: University of Tennessee at Martin
Started teaching in: 2014
Favorite thing about my job: Inspiring children to do their best and be their best
3 things I love: My family, my friends, my job.

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: Erin, TN
Started working with children in: 1988
Favorite thing about my job: The kids
3 things I love: My family, My home, and My bed
Favorite quote: Bible Verse - II Corinthians 4: 8-9

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: Being a home away from home for my students and providing them with a safe space to learn and be themselves
3 things I love: My fur babies and family, coffee shops, and a good book
Favorite quote: “It always feels impossible until it is done.” - Nelson Mandela

Born in: Rabun County, GA
College attended: Austin Peay, Walden University
Started teaching in: 2016
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the smiles on my student's faces
3 things I love: family, taking care of my cat, and reading
Favorite quote: There's a great big beautiful tomorrow shining at the end of everyday." - Walt Disney

Born in: Santa Ana, CA
Colleges attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2021
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the shining faces of my students everyday
3 things I love: Documentaries, Singing, My family and dog
Favorite quote: "A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary." - Thomas Carruthers

Born in: Oak Harbor, WA
Colleges attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2003
Favorite thing about my job: Having a positive impact on a student's day
3 things I love: My Family, Dr Pepper, Napping
Favorite quote: “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams." - Arthur O'Shaughnessy

Born in: Karlstad, Minnesota
College attended: Minnesota State University Moorhead
Started teaching in: 2011
Favorite thing about my job: Watching students succeed at learning a new skill
3 things I love: Fishing, University of Minnesota sports, Golf

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Middle Tennessee State University
Started teaching in: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: My students
3 things I love: spending time with family and friends, the beach, and food

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Nashville State Community College and Western Governor's University
Started teaching in: 2021
Favorite thing about my job: Making an impact on my students' lives forever
3 things I love: my family, farming, the lake

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College attended: Law Enforcement Academy

Starting working with students in: 2019

Favorite thing about my job: The DARE program

3 things I love: these students, my family

Born in: Jackson, TN
College attended: University of TN 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: Nashville, TN
College attended: David Lipscomb University; Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 1988
Favorite thing about my job: Working and collaborating with staff to support students
3 things I love: my family, my friends, my cats
Favorite quote: "Life is like a camera. Just Focus on what’s important. Capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don’t work out…just take another shot."

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: MTSU and Austin Peay
Started working with children in: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: Making connections and seeing my students actively learning
3 things I love: Vanilla Iced Coffees, Reading, and Watching sports

Favorite quote: "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength."

Born in: Vermont

College attended: Lamar University

Started teaching in: 2002

My favorite thing about my job: Watching my students light up when they hear a new song they love

3 things I love: Listening to music

Born in: Waverly, TN
College attended: MTSU
Started teaching in: 1998
Favorite thing about my job: Helping kids learn that reading is FUN!
3 things I love: Reading, traveling, and cooking

Born in: Chicago, IL
Started working with students in: 2018
Favorite thing about my job:  Seeing all my little friends excited to learn  
3 things I love: Spending time with my family, Sewing, and Reading
Favorite quote: "You are Braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - A. A. Milne

Born in: Clarksville, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2018
Favorite thing about my job: Introducing children to all of the magic there is to be found in art.
3 things I love:  Spending time with my daughter, Posey, and our menagerie of pets; cooking; making art
Favorite quote:  "Today you are You! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!" - Dr. Suess

Born in: Waverly, TN
College attended: University of North Alabama and UT Martin
Started teaching in: 2003
Favorite thing about my job: Watching the kids learn and having fun teaching them
3 things I love: video games, crafting, and loaded teas

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Tennessee State University
Started teaching in: 2006
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the students grow
3 things I love: Snickers, family, gray

Born in: Los Angeles, California
Colleges Attended: Austin Peay State University, Tennessee State University, Trevecca Nazarene University
Started teaching in: 1998
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing children's faces light up when they learn something new
3 things I love:  my family, animals, and teaching
Favorite quote:  "I am only one, but I am one. I can not do everything, but I can do something. I will not let what I can not do interfere with what I can do." - Edward Everett Hale

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Nashville State Community College, Austin Peay State University, Trevecca Nazarene University
Started Teaching in: 2010
Favorite thing about my job: Working to help students
3 things I love: My Wife, Fishing, Hunting
Favorite quote: Everyone smiles in the same language.

Born in: Dickson, TN
Started working with children in: 1996
Favorite thing about my job: Getting to know all the students and teaching computer skills
3 things I love: my grandkids, my yorkie, Harley, and reading
Favorite quote: "If you cant say something nice don't say nothing at all."- Thumper from Bambi

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University, Arkansas State University
Started teaching in: 1998
Favorite thing about my job: Getting to know and work with students
3 things I love: Family, Nature, Movies

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

Born in: Toledo, Ohio

Started working with students in: 1987

Favorite thing about my job: When I see the lightbulb turn on in a student's face

3 things I love: My students, the beach, and cooking/baking

Favorite quote: "One day at a time; one foot in front of the other..."