Mrs. Tackett

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About The Teacher
I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. So, when I went to Walters State Community College and received my Associates Degree, it was in Elementary Education. I started working at Rogersville City School after I graduated as a Para-Professional (teacher's assistant)in Kindergarten in 1984. I learned so much from working with our wonderful Kindergarten staff. I worked here during the day and went to school at ETSU at night. I graduated with my Bachelors Degree in 1987. I was hired as a teacher almost immediately following my graduation and have been working at RCS every since. I received my Masters from Tusculum College in 1997. To begin with I taught 3rd grade for half a year (I finished a maternity leave for one of the teachers on staff). Then I was hired full time as a 4th grade teacher. I taught 4th grade for two years. Then I switched to second grade. I have been teaching second graders for the past 19 years and I really enjoy it. In years past, I have worked with "Odyssey of the Mind" (a gifted program), as our school's coordinator and coach for several years. Three of those years my team made it to the state level in competition. I also coached the Rogersville City School Girls Softball Team for 8 years. I enjoyed the competition and working with the teams. I have taught Summer School off and on through out the years. For the last 5 years I have been involved with our After School Reading Program. I worked with second graders that were at risk or needed some extra help in Reading. I am a member of the National Education Association, Tenessee Education Association, and our local Rogersville Education Association. I am very involved in my professional associations and have held several offices at the local level. I guess you can tell I am proud our school and I am proud of what I do. I must say I just love my job! I would like to think that, that carries over into my classroom. Since I'm excited about being here, I hope my students will be as well. I love doing hands on activities, like science experiments and using manipulatives in math and reading. I think technology is important, so I use it in the classroom. I also use drama, music, and art in my classroom quite often. I want my students to get excited about learning and feel free to ask questions! On a more personal note, I am the youngest daughter of Jack and Edith Chesnutt. I have two sisters that are also teachers, Mary Jo Weaver, who just retired from teaching first grade here at RCS and Dr. Jackie Walker who teaches 8th grade Reading and is the Librarian at Clinch. My older brother Ralph Chesnutt, works at TRW here in Rogersville. I am married to Woody Tackett. He is a wonderful man and we are very happy. Between us we have 5 children. Zack (the only boy in the bunch)is in the seventh grade here at the City School. We have four lovely daughters. Holly is a Sophomore at Cherokee High School. We have two going to be at Walters State Community College. Haley Reynolds, is going to be a Freshman and Abby will be a Sophomore. Our oldest daughter Tanna is married to Keith Rainey and they have a handsome baby boy named Keaton. Most of our children love drama, art, music, and sports. They are very active in church and various clubs at their schools. I am a member of Persia Baptist Church. I enjoy singing in the choir and doing activities with the children and ladies of the church. I love the fine arts. In my free time, I like to read and do arts and crafts of all kinds. Photography is one of my favorites. I am really beginning to get into scrapbooking! I am very involved with my children and their activities. My family is very important to me. We enjoy traveling across the USA together.

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I want to make learning fun! I enjoy teaching and I use a variety of teaching methods and materials. I give the children many opportunities to experience technology, and hands-on manipulatives. I want to get the children excited about learning, especially in reading, writing, math, and science.