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…

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…

DYER, Tenn. -- Aimee Patton teaches 4th grade math and science at Dyer School in Gibson County, the same area where she grew up. "This is my stomping ground, I guess you could say,"…

LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- April Greenway teaches 3rd grade language arts at South Haven Elementary School and has been in education for eight years. "We're always doing activities that kind of interest…

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Amy Dickson is a kindergarten teacher at Arlington Elementary School and says she has always wanted to work with children. "I think I've just always been drawn to them…

  HUNTINGDON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery teaches pre-k at Huntingdon Primary School. Brooke Cooper says she was meant to be a teacher. "I have…

JACKSON, Tenn. -- "All of our children are smart, and I have to believe in it first before they'll believe in it," Tia Foster said. Her mentality while working with her 7th and…

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Brenda Johnson teaches second grade at Jackson Christian. She graduated from Dyersburg High School and then went on to Freed-Hardeman University and eventually graduated from the University of…