2012 Leadership Academy Fellows

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Byron Booker
Central High School
 
Mr. Booker has been in the education field since 2003 and at Central since 2004. He is an English as a Second Language Teacher, Lead Teacher, TEAM Evaluator; 2011-2012 Tennessee Teacher of the Year.

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Windy Clayton
South-Doyle Middle School
 
Mrs. Clayton has been an educator since 1997 and has been with the Knox County Schools since 2005, first as a teacher at Farragut Middle School and now as an Assistant Principal at South Doyle Middle School.

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Casey Cutter
Ball Camp Elementary School
 
Mr. Cutter has been in the field of education since 2007 and has been with the Knox County Schools since 2010 as a third grade teacher at Adrian Burnett Elementary and now as a fourth grade teacher at Ball Camp

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Laicee Hatfield
Central High School
 
Mrs. Hatfield began as a student teacher at West High School in 2004 and has been with the Knox County Schools since that time. She is currently a Science Teacher, Lead Teacher, and TEAM Evaluator at Central.

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Tina Miller Holt
West Haven Elementary School
 
Mrs. Holt has been an educator since 1993 and has been with the Knox County Schools since 1995 as an elementary teacher at Beaumont Magnet, Ball Camp, and Fountain City Elementary Schools. She is currently TAP Master Teacher at West Haven.

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Desiree Odom Jones
Austin-East Magnet High School
 
Mrs. Jones has been an educator at the Knox County Schools since 1996, teaching such classes as English, Journalism, and Creative Writing at South-Doyle High School and Hardin Valley Academy. She is currently a TAP Master Teacher at Austin-East.

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Nathan Langlois
Powell High School
 
Mr. Langlois has 15 years of experience in large urban/suburban school districts as both a teacher and an educational leader. He joined the Knox County Schools in 2011 as Assistant Principal and Athletic Director at Powell.

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Kathryn Marie Lutton
Fulton High School
 
Mrs. Lutton has been in the field of education since 2004 as a Literacy and Writing Coordinator and now English Teacher at Fulton High School.

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Jessica Schaefer Ruiz
Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Technology Academy
 
Mrs. Ruiz has been in the Knox County Schools since 2004, teaching at the elementary grade level at Green Magnet and Beaumont Magnet. She is now a TAP Master Teacher at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet.

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Tiffany Watkins
Hardin Valley Elementary School
 
Mrs. Watkins has been with the Knox County Schools since 1995, teaching at the elementary grade level at Ball Camp, Christenberry, Mount Olive, West Haven, and Fountain City Elementary Schools. She is currently First Grade Teacher and KCS Mentor Teacher at Hardin Valley Elementary.