Payton Brasher-Tucker
Speech/Language Pathologist
Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Middle Tennessee State University 2015-2019, Appalachian State University 2019-2021
Started working with children in: 2021
Favorite thing about my job: I love being on my students team and getting to watch them make progress toward their speech/language goals!
3 things I love: My daughter Gray, my husband Cole, and being outside
Favorite quote: Find a way or make one
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Jennifer Breeden
Special Education Teacher
Born in: Memphis, TN
College attended: UT Martin and Austin Peay
Started teaching in: 2021
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the joy on the kids faces when they improve week after week.
3 things I love: Baking, Photography, Nature
Favorite quote: Life is a gift not a promise.
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Kyrstin Fowlkes
Special Education Teacher
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
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Thorah Jimerson
Special Education Assistant
Born in: Corning, New York Started working with children in: 2023 Favorite thing about my job: making children feel heard and important 3 things I love: Jesus, my dog, rings Favorite quote: I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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Judy Long
Special Education Teacher
Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Trevecca Nazarene College and Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 1990
Favorite Thing about my job: When I feel that I have really helped a student or teacher
3 things that I love: Coffee, Bluegrass Music, Reading
Favorite Quote: All the world is a stage. Let us find our place upon that stage and be the best we can be.
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Amber Malloy
Special Education Assistant
Born in: Trenton, MI Started working with children in: 2018 Favorite thing about my job: The possibility to make a difference in a child’s life. 3 things I love: My family, geology, sci-fi/fantasy
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Ben Roza
Special Education Teacher
Born in: Illinois
College attended: Western Illinois University
Started teaching in: 2019
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing the individual growth of each student
3 things I love: Outdoors, Chicago Pizza, and friends
Favorite quote: “Mad Hatter: Am I going mad?... Alice: Yes, you're mad, bonkers, off the top of your head...but...I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.”
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Liz Smithberg
Special Education Teacher
Born in: Clarksville Tn College attended: Austin Peay State University Started teaching in 2013 as an assistant, teaching since 2022 Favorite thing about my job: watching the light bulb moments 3 things I love: my family, my students, my dogs Favorite quote: “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” -Maya Angelou
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Rebecca Turbeville
Speech/Language Pathologist
Born in: New Castle, Indiana
College attended: Ball State University
Started teaching in: 2010
Favorite thing about my job: The interaction with the children and helping them become better communicators
3 things I love: gardening, reading, coffee shops
Favorite quote: "Be the kind of person you needed when you were younger."
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Sarah Walker
Special Education Teacher
Born in: Iowa College attended: Iowa State University- Go Cyclones! - finishing my Masters in August 2023 ?? Started working with children in 2000 Favorite thing about my job: Making connections and building relationships!! 3 things I love: hiking, football, camping, coffee Favorite quote: If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time!
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Jessica Wright
Special Education Assistant
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
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