February 2010 Nina Wood Morel (TN '05) and a colleague were selected to design and coordinate an Instructional Coaching program for 46 Sumner County Schools in TN.Read More
December 2009 Joel Giffin (TN '99) and his research partner Sharon have completed their online training module and have successfully implemented it with a number of school districts.Read More
February 2009 Joel Giffin (TN '99) is serving on the Tennessee State Board of Education Middle School Curriculum Committee.Read More
February 2009 Donna Hardy (TN '93) was selected as Delta Sigma Theta's Educator of the Year by the Knoxville, TN Alumnae Chapter.Read More
March 2008 Delise Teague (TN '99) has completed her MA in Journalism at the University of Mississippi.Read More
December 2007 Hardy Elementary School Principal Natalie Elder (TN '06), whose school participates in the Benwood Initiative in Chattanooga, Tennessee, discussed her experience with the comprehensive performance pay initiative at an event held by the Center for American Progress (CAP) on December 4, 2007, titled, "Principal Incentives: A Promising Reform?". The panel focused on how best to structure principal pay initiatives to attract high-quality candidates to high-poverty schools.Read More
February 2007 Delise Teague (TN '99) is undergoing training so that she and local teachers can launch a district-wide implementation of Thinking Maps in the spring of 2007.Read More
February 2007 Tracy Hoilman (TN '03) has recently received three impressive awards.Read More
December 2006 Joel Giffin (TN ’99) has written a paper, "The Giffin School Reform Model", documenting extraordinary improvements in a single “needs improvement” elementary school.Read More
November 2006 Pamela Burish (TN '94) is the Coordinator for Technology Outreach for the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), a two-year service program offering college graduates the opportunity to serve as full-time teachers in under-resourced Catholic schools across the southern United States.Read More
November 2006 Delise Teague (TN '99) works in the McNairy County Schools Central Office as an Instructional Coach and Community Relations Coordinator. Read More
November 2006 Kathleen Lange (TN '98) coordinates her school's science lab and received an Energy Star Grant from the state to purchase Energy Star products for the lab.Read More
November 2006 Donna Hardy (TN '93) is the Assistant Principal at Carter Middle School in Knoxville and received one of the city's "Making It Happen" awards for her efforts in Education/Community Volunteering. Read More
November 2006 Joel Giffin (TN '99) made four different "Value-Added" presentations at the Ottawa/Geauga County/Lake County Ohio Educational Service Centers.Read More
September 2006 Joel Giffin (TN '99) is involved in Commitments for Presentations, a part of South Central Ohio Gifted Services in Springboro, Ohio.Read More
September 2006 Kathleen Lange (TN '98) has moved from the classroom to a newly created position within her school as the science lab teacher responsible for hands-on activities in grades pre-K to 5th.Read More
September 2006 Dianne Rutherford (TN '93) was honored at the National Council of Teachers of English Convention in 2005 with an Excellence in Secondary Teaching Award.Read More
June 2005 Dr. Sharon Chaney (TN '99) served on two Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) peer review teams last month, both of them in new schools applying for initial accreditations.Read More
June 2005 Diane Rutherford (TN '93) recently served on a Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) peer review team.Read More
June 2005 Joel Giffin (TN '99) has been hired by the East Tennessee Public Schools Foundation to help schools improve their value-added test scores and student performances, and will serve as the project director for the first school in East Tennessee that has been chosen for assistance. The project will last three years, with a major redesigning of the school envisioned.Read More
March 2005 In June 2004, Julie Williams (TN '95) retired from her position as assistant superintendent, 9-12, for Metro Nashville Public Schools.Read More
March 2005 Joe Malloy (TN '96) is an adjunct faculty member in the Education Department of Maryville College in Maryville, TN. One of his responsibilities is supervising student teachers.Read More
March 2005 Kathleen G. Lange (TN '98) was named the 2004-05 Distinguished Classroom Teacher for Normal Smith Elementary School in Clarksville, TN.Read More
March 2005 Joel Giffin (TN '99) retired after 33 years of service. He is now consulting educators and delivering presentations in several states including Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.Read More
January 2005 Sharon Chaney (TN '99) attended and presented at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention in Indianapolis, IN, November 18-21.Read More
March 2004 Julie Williams (TN '95) recently began a new post as assistant superintendent for grades 9-12 in Metro Nashville Public Schools.Read More
May 2003 The faculty and students at Hunters Lane Comprehensive High School in Nashville have honored Julie Williams (TN '95) by naming the school's library for her.Read More
March 2003 Eugene Wade (TN '97), director of employment relations and recruitment in Williamson County, recently received the Williamson County African Heritage Award.Read More
February 2003 At the request of Tennessee's state language arts coordinator, three Tennessee Milken Educators are serving on the 2003 Curriculum Revision Committee for 11th and 12th grades: Sharon Chaney (TN '99), Terry NeSmith (TN '95) and Delise Teague (TN '99).Read More
February 2003 Joe Malloy (TN '96) was recently elected by the Loudon County Commission to fill an unexpired term on the Loudon County School Board.Read More
January 2003 Donna Hardy (TN '93) recently received two significant awards: the Tennessee Association of Middle Schools (TAMS) 2002 Teacher of the Year Award for East Tennessee, and the 2002 Global Educator Award.Read More
November 2002 Julie Brown Williams (TN '95) is currently assistant superintendent for human resources for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools.Read More
October 2002 Donna Hardy (TN '93) recently received two significant awards: the Tennessee Association of Middle Schools' (TAMS) Teacher of the Year for East Tennessee, and the Global Educator Award, 2002. Several of her students have also recently won contests.Read More
October 2002 Julie Brown Williams (TN '95) has been named assistant superintendent for human resources for the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools.Read More
June 2002 Sharon Chaney (TN '99) is presently a member of the writing standards committee for Nashville Metro Schools for 2002-03.Read More
February 2002 In October 2001, Julie Williams (TN '95) was named High School Principal of the Year by the Tennessee Department of Education.Read More
February 2002 Sharon Chaney (TN '99) recently received a new High School Teacher of Excellence Award from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).Read More
February 2002 Kathleen Lange (TN '98) and her class at Norman Smith Elementary School recently experienced the thrill of a lifetime: speaking live to a scientist at the South Pole.Read More
January 2002 The Milken Family Foundation is profoundly saddened by the death of Melvin Blevins (TN '98), who passed away on January 9, 2002. Mr. Blevins was the principal at Lincoln Heights Elementary and Preschool Center in Morristown, Tennessee, where many students are considered at-risk or qualify for Title I. The Foundation extends its deepest condolences to Mr. Blevins's family.Read More
September 2001 Joe York (TN '93) is a Commissioner of the City of Bartlett and a member of its Historical Preservation Commission.Read More
August 2001 Sharon Chaney (TN '99) recently wrote an article about the Milken Family Foundation's Teacher Advancement Program (TAP), which was published by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in the May issue of its monthly SLATE Newsletter.Read More
August 2001 Rosemary McKnight (TN '94) has helped her class achieve Model Classroom certification in the past four years.Read More
July 2001 Kathleen G. Lange (TN '98) is currently chair of her local Read Across America program.Read More
July 2001 Pam Burish (TN '94) served on the Tennessee Department of Education's Benchmarking Committee for Reading June 19 - 21, 2001.Read More
May 2001 Donna Hardy (TN '93) was one of eight teachers honored by the National Peace Corps Association's Global Education Committee with its second annual Global Educator Award.Read More
Frank Vanzant (TN '93) recently co-authored a Goals 2000 proposal to form partnership problem-solving teams with students in Math for Technology and AP calculus.Read More
Kathleen Lange (TN '98) is serving this year as a reviewer for the National Science Teachers Association's (NSTA) "Science and Children" journal.Read More
Terry NeSmith (TN '95) has moved to Nashville to begin work as the new Reading Consultant (grades 4-12) for the state of Tennessee.Read More
