Educator of the Week

LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- Amy Neilson said, "when I leave and go home in the afternoon, normally I 'm smiling and I 'm laughing and I think about the fun things that we've done…

JACKS CREEK, Tenn. -- "Throughout life I had always said, from a little girl, that I wanted to be a kindergarten teacher," said Carrie Cherry a kindergarten teacher at Jacks Creek Elementary School.…

JACKSON, Tenn. -- "I know it's a cliché, but you can feel like you make a difference," Teresa Nichols said. "That's the best part about it. You can feel like you make a difference." Nichols…

HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Nancy Sims is a 3rd grade teacher for East Elementary School in Humboldt, the same school she attended as a child. "I am actually a product of the Humboldt City School…

CHESTER COUNTY, Tenn. -- "You know as a teacher you're making such a profound impact on so many student's lives," said Cathy Whitehead a 3rd grade teacher at West Chester Elementary…

ADAMSVILLE, Tenn. -- Wendy Bowers became a teacher a little later in life. She went back to school in her 30s to obtain her teaching license and says she did so to…

SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- Cathy Tyson is the choral director and drama teacher at Hardin County High School. "My day is typically full of the arts," Tyson said. "Drama and music all the way…

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Dr. Callie Dollar teaches middle school reading and language arts at the Montessori School at Bemis and says she's been an educator for about twelve years. "I love learning, I…

DECATUR COUNTY, Tenn. -- Sonya Stout teaches Spanish at Riverside High School and has been teaching for 17 years. "Sometimes it can be fun to learn and not always, you know, 'no, you…