Born in: Nashville, TN
Colleges attended: Tennessee Tech University, Arkansas State University
Started teaching in: 2007
Favorite thing about my job: Working with the kids and helping them have an enjoyable school experience
3 things I love: My kids, Golfing, Fall weather
Favorite quote: "Never let the fear of striking out  keep you from playing the game." - Babe Ruth

I like playing tennis with water balloons, collecting antique tablecloths, and attending lectures on Egyptian mummification.

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Middle Tennessee State University and University of Tennessee at Martin
Started working with children in: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: Helping children be successful
3 things I love: watching movies, going to the beach, spending time with family

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: David Lipscomb College
Started teaching in: 1976
Favorite thing about my job: Making happy memories for children
3 things I love: shopping, traveling and watching movies
Favorite quote: “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” - Booker T. Washington

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: APSU
Started teaching: 2009
Favorite thing about my job: Watching how excited children when they learn something new
3 things I love: my family, my job, music

I like to dance to GoNoodles by myself, I love to Parkour in downtown Nashville, and I collect scented markers.

I was born in Nashville, TN and raised in White Bluff, TN. I attended Nashville State and Western Governor's University and received my Bachelor's in Elementary Education. I started teaching in 2022. I did my student teaching at TDS in 5th grade. My favorite part about my job is the bond you form with your students and their families. 3 things I love are my family, my friends, and shopping.

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Tennessee Technological University and Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2004
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing growth in my students
3 things I love: family, time with my friends and canoeing
Favorite quote: Pray more, worry less

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Belmont University
Started teaching in: 2005
Favorite thing about my job: Working with so many educators who have the common goal of making a difference in the lives of children
3 things I love: hiking, camping, and traveling with my family
Favorite quote: "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." - Maya Angelou

Born in: Houston, TX
College attended: Austin Peay State University and University of Tennessee at Martin
Started teaching in: 2008
Favorite thing about my job: Working with children
3 things I love: My family, my dog, and Amazon
Favorite quote: You can do hard things!

I like walking barefoot through acrylic paints, I like traveling to Third-World countries, I also love singing Taylor Swift karaoke.

Born in: Nashville, TN

Colleges attended: Lipscomb University

Started as an RN: 2011

Favorite thing about my job: Building rapport with the students and watching them grow.

3 things I enjoy: spending time with my family, gardening, and Bible study.

Born in: Nashville, TN
Started working with children in: 1995
Favorite thing about my job: Working with numbers
3 things I love: My family, My friends, and God
Favorite quote: "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela

Born in: Highland Park, Michigan
Started working with children in: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: Being a calm positive influence in a child's daily school life
3 things I love: Spending time with my husband and daughter, watching classic movies/documentaries and vacations
Favorite quote:  "Do your best work"

I like to walk on sidewalks, drive Jeep Cherokee's, and pick wildflowers.

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Belmont College and Middle Tennessee State University
Started teaching in: 2008
Favorite thing about my job: Helping to teach the love of reading
3 things I love: God, my family, and reading
Favorite quote: "Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else's shoes for a while." - Malorie Blackman

Born in: Dickson, TN
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started teaching in: 2015
Favorite thing about my job: Helping students transform into readers and writers
3 things I love: my family, football, my dog Dixie
Favorite quote: Don't stop until you're proud.

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Union University and Trevecca University
Started teaching in: 1992
Favorite thing about my job: Getting to work with some amazing children and co-workers
3 things I love: family, friends, nature
Favorite quote: Those who read are the ones who succeed!

Born in Dickson, TN

College Attended: Anthem Career College with an Associates Degree in Science

Started teaching as a SPED Assistant in 2021

Favorite things about my job: Seeing the children learn and grow

Three things I love: My husband & son, reading, and walking

Favorite quote: Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. Marilyn Monroe

Born in: Memphis, TN

Colleges attended: Nashville State

Started working with children in 2021

Favorite things about my job: Helping students further develop their computer skills. Seeing kids excited to learn something new and hearing about their day!

3 things I love: My family, My pets & Mexican Food

Favorite quote:

"It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot

Born in: San Diego, CA
College attended: Western Governor's University
Started teaching in: 2001
Favorite thing about my job: Seeing students grow in knowledge
3 things I love: My family, music, my dogs.
Favorite quote: "There's so much left to know and I'm on the road to find out." - Yusuf Islam

Born in: Nashville, TN
College attended: Welch College and Trevecca Nazarene University
Started teaching in: 2012
Favorite thing about my job: Building relationships with students
3 things I love: listening to or making music; spending time outdoors; and traveling with friends and family
Favorite quote: "Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Born in: Memphis, TN
College attended: University of Tennessee at Martin, Trevecca Nazarene University
Started teaching in: 1999
Favorite thing about my job: Building relationships with students and problem solving with faculty and staff
3 things I love: Spending time with family and friends, the beach, reading
Favorite quote: "Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be." - Rita Pierson

Born in: Waverly, TN
College attended: University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Started teaching in: 2001
Favorite thing about my job: My students
3 things I love: My family, Reading, Walking
Favorite quote: "The harder I work, the luckier I get." - Gary Player

Born in: Dickson, Tennessee
College attended: Austin Peay State University
Started working with children in: 1988
Favorite thing about my job: Making sure children know they are loved and that I care about them and their education
3 things I love: Being with my family, cooking, working in the yard
Favorite quote: "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." - Napoleon Hill