On Oct 1, I had the pleasure of visiting a school that’s a new partner for the @KCS_EPP this year: Sevier Co HS where Mr Howard teaches Welding 🔥 and Mr Watson Fire Safety 💦 And yesterday I saw Mr Whitelaw in action with his Morristown middle schoolers 🤖

This week’s @KCS_EPP coaching visits went to Cumberland Gap & Claiborne Co. High Schools. Construction, Business, and one Cosmetology teacher worked well with their students and applied to their classrooms what they’ve learned in our EPP! Love seeing it all put into action! 💚

Yesterday was great for @KCS_EPP coaching visits at Karns HS! Mr Haskins’ students tried out the miter saw for the 1st time🤞🏼, Ms Thomas’ students explored the history of computers 💻 & Mr McMahan’s crew set up for broadcasting the evening football game 🎥 Learning by doing! 👏🏻

Judy and I have begun our @KCS_EPP coaching visits for this semester. Wonderful new teachers have started to lead their classrooms in Hamblen, Anderson, and @KnoxSchools! We debrief with them after our visit and set goals 🎯

Today, our @KCS_EPP is getting mentors and administrators ready to support our new teachers this year! @bobstokes12 is leading this training once again diving deeply into the Teaching 2 Lead curriculum🌟 @srebeducation

The Making Schools Work conference by @srebeducation is a great event every year for entire school teams with sessions for everyone from administrators to teachers to counselors. Lynn, Ron & I presented today. The Leadership Learning Community has been 🌟, too!#SREBsummer

Lynn & I are excited to announce that we will present at the 2026 Making Schools Work Conference in Nashville this July 14-17! Our session is designed for school & district admins looking for practical ways to support industry experts to make the switch to teaching. #SREBsummer

Today is Day 1 of the @KCS_EPP June Intensive for Cohort 5! Got a little rest last week 🏖️, now back to learning & planning for next school year 📝! We started with the teacher code of ethics and making a curriculum map for a new course. 👏🏻

This week’s @KCS_EPP coaching visits to Anderson Co HS on Tues & Oak Ridge & Clinton HSs today. Mr Hagen’s students worked on digital projects, Ms Robinson’s put the circular system in order! Ms Hutchins’ Ss practiced proper handcuffing & Dr No’s used manufacturing software.

Yesterday’s @KCS_EPP coaching visit to Cosby HS allowed me to see our new teachers: Mr Huffhines is practicing creating lesson plans with AI that fit his student population & standards & Ms Owen made ice cream for her Ss as they researched pasteurization laws in other countries😋

@KCS_EPP coaching visits led me to Morgan Co today: Ms Jade in A&P laid out the muscular system 💪🏼, Ms Walker had her students connect their career paths to supply chain 🚂, and Mr Smith’s kids salvaged metal for future projects in Machining 🔧.

Last night was the last @KCS_EPP session for Cohort 4 before they graduate next month 🎉🎓 Candidates finished their portfolios and instructional philosophy statements with support from EPP Instructor @judy_siebert

@KCS_EPP coaching visits in Grainger & Union County yesterday: individual feedback in DE Welding by Mr Cornett 🔥, Mr Hodge’s Dessert 🧁Madness bracket in Cul Arts, Ms Sexton’s students learning abt bones🦴 in Med Terminology, and Ms Holmes is digging into the nervous system.

Between 🌸 spring break & a snow storm ❄️ the @KCS_EPP was busy yesterday! I went to Lenoir City & Loudon Co to see Mr Murphy teach abt data life cycles & Mr Boyd’s students worked on the day’s newscast. In the pm @judy_siebert taught Cohort 5 abt how to best engage students 👏🏻

On yesterday’s @KCS_EPP coaching visit to Alcoa, Maryville & Blount County: hair dying, pizza baking, blueprint drawing and infectious diseases analysis for regional hospitals. These new teachers bring the real work world into their classrooms! 👏🏻

Made my way out to Hamblen Co Schools yesterday to coach Ms Lamb (Cul Arts), Ms Barnett (Health), Ms Bennett (Cosmo), Mr Clark (Construction), & Mr Waddell (Comp Sc). I loved seeing their students interested & engaged and that some of the teachers had new equipment or spaces 👏🏻

I got to see Mr Ellis (Culinary, AE) 🥗, Ms Campbell (Marketing, Central) 🏬, Ms Mitchell (Health Sc) Stethoskop 🩺 & Mr Quinton (AV, both Powell) 📸 in action this week. They were engaging students in real workplace problems, like running a store or taking viral signs. 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻

Picked up @KCS_EPP coaching visits again for the semester after several snow days caused a delay. These 3 teachers will graduate this Spring: Mr Mandell (CJ at HVA), Ms Pipkin (Health Science) & Mr Hicks (IT, Both at Bearden HS). 🎓🎉

Left #VisionCTE25 inspired & hopefully inspired others. Keynote speaker Amanda Brinkman had great points on living a purposeful life. Lynn Brown, Janet Flannery, Ron Blaylock & I presented on LEA EPPs in TN. I was also honored to join two panels on the CTE teacher pipeline.