Cindy Akin
Special Education Asst./ AfterCare Site Director
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.
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Katie Bear
Special Education Assistant
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)
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Beth Beasley
Special Education Assistant
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
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Greg Blaylock
Special Education Assistant
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
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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 Tennessee
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started Teaching Special Education in: 2021
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing students grow in their ability to read and cope with prevocational or social emotional struggles.
3 things I love: I love baking sweet goodies and tasty meals, photography, sewing and embroidery.
Favorite quote: Tomorrow is a gift not a promise.
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Delores Clifton
Special Education Assistant
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.
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Caycee Fort
Social Skills Teacher
Born in: Clarksville, TN
College attended: University of Maine at Presque Isle, Austin Peay University
Started:2022
Favorite thing about my job: students, relationships and growth
3 things I love: God, Family, Food
Favorite quote: The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched -they must be felt with the heart - Helen Keller
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Ashleigh Guthrie
Born in: Xenia, OH
Colleges attended: Austin Peay State University
Started working with children in: 2020
Favorite thing about my job: Observing and helping little minds change and grow
3 things I love: Photography, Coffee, My Kids
Favorite quote: "Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese Proverb
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Thorah Jimerson
Special Education Assistant
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
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Misty Liberty
Special Education Assistant
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
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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, 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”
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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
Colleges attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2022
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students of all levels grow into their potential
3 things I love: God, Family, TikTok
Favorite quote: "It's your real that makes you rare." Mark Anthony
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Amber Swigert
Special Education Assistant
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.
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Brittany Tressler
Special Education Assistant
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
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Rebecca Turbeville
Speech/Language Pathologist
Born in: New Castle, IN
College attended: Ball State University
Started teaching Speech/Language Therapy in 1994
Favorite thing about my job: Watching the confidence, independence and social interaction children develop as they learn to communicate.
3 things I love: Gardening, Reading, Decorating
Favorite quote: "We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails" Dolly Parton
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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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