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Jackson, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery teaches here in Jackson. "I like to inspire my students to see that love of teaching math, that love of learning something," Denise Phillips said.…
HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery teaches in Henderson County. Tammie Wulfert is a kindergarten teacher at Westover Elementary School. She has been teaching for 28 years and says her favorite…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- This week's Tennessee Education Lottery Educator of the Week teaches right here in Jackson. Heather Davis is a fifth grade teacher at Andrew Jackson Elementary School. "My favorite…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery isn't the first teacher in his family. Jimmy Coleman says he is following in his sister's footsteps. He…
CARROLL COUNTY, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery teaches music in Atwood. Randy Wilson has been teaching music for 27 years. He picked up his first…
LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is a teacher in Henderson County. "I'm high on life. I love these kids, and I want…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery teaches here in Jackson at Pope Elementary School. "If a child can come back to you many…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is from right here in Jackson. Clayton Ramsey is a first-year teacher at Issac Lane Technology Magnet…
BRUCETON, Tenn. -- "I've been teaching 25 years and the kids keep me coming back," said Sharon Hedge. Hedge is a veteran in the classroom at Hollow-Rock Bruceton Central High School. "It still…
HENDERSON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery teaches in Chester County. Belinda Anderson has spent seven of her 19 years of teaching at East Chester…
SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is from Savannah. "You have to educate the heart as well as the brain." Nell Mattingly has…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery works right here in Jackson. "You're born to be a teacher — it's just who you are," said Dave…
McLEMORESVILLE, Tenn. -- This week's educator of the week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery teaches at West Carroll Primary School. Mallory Autry is a Clarksburg native starting her teaching career in…
MILAN, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery teaches pre-kindergarten students in Milan. "I've been in pre-K my whole teaching career," Vivian Janda said. She…
HORNSBY, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery winner teaches at Hornsby Elementary School. "This is my way of making a difference in the world,"…
CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is spotlighted from Maury City Elementary School. "I've taught everything from first grade to fourth, and math just…
DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- It's that time again — time to announce this week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery. "I've loved watching them grow up, literally, grow up on me. We've…
SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- Sandra Williams is Northside Elementary School's librarian. "I feel really well rounded in my library experience now because I've got to work almost with every grade level," she said. Almost 26…
CARROLL CO., Tenn, -- "If it makes it to the kitchen table, I feel like I've done my job," said 5th grade science teacher, Lori McClain. Experiments in McClain's class capture her students attention…
MARTIN, Tenn. -- Erica Myers' 3rd grade class is full of activities that keep her students moving, reading and even singing all day long. Max Kilburn, one of her students, said, "she's fun,…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- It's time to introduce this week's Tennessee Education Lottery Educator of the Week. Leslie Emerson will now be eligible for the statewide Tennessee Education Lottery Educator of the Month award.…
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…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Karen Morganti has been working in the classroom for almost 30 years. "I just love children. I've worked with them since I was in high school," said Morganti. "I…
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…
GLEASON, Tenn. -- Amy Orr teaches reading and history at Gleason School — the first and only school she has been teaching at for 26 years. "I think that my responsibility goes beyond these…
HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn. -- Stacie Carlton teaches second grade at Haywood Elementary School. "I want parents to know that when they drop their kids off with me in the morning, I'm going to…
