Early Childhood Education
 

 

Faculty

PhotoAmy Davis, Instructor, 615-353-3519
Amy has comprehensive experience working with young children in public schools. Through her time in public schools Amy taught pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade.  As part of a pilot program for universal preschool in Louisiana, she co-led a model class for mainstreaming special need preschoolers.  Amy has also served on advisory committees for implementing preschools in public schools.  As a teacher, she designed and implemented parenting clubs, mentored colleagues, supervised preservice teachers in preschool programs, led professional development workshops, and served on curriculum teams. Amy has twice been awarded Teacher of the Year by her colleagues.  She recently joined the faculty of Nashville State. 

Education
M.Ed. In Curriculum and Instruction, 2001
University of Mississippi

B.S. in Elementary Education, 1999
Mississippi State University
With emphasis in Social Studies, Math/Computers, and Reading

Additional Graduate Hours in Early Childhood
Austin Peay State University
Belmont University

Early Childhood Add-On Certificate, 2003
Nunez Community College

PhotoNancy Ledbetter , Associate Professor, 615·353·3616
Nancy has over 25 years diverse experience as a preschool teacher, home visitor administrator, college instructor, CDA advisor, and early childhood consultant.  As a teacher, Nancy has taught 4-year-olds, young toddlers, and children with special needs.  She has been a director of three early education programs:  a parent-cooperative child care, a inner-city community-based early education program, and a corporate-sponsored, hospital-based child care program.  Two of these early childhood programs received national accreditation from NAEYC while under her leadership. She has been on the faculty at Nashville State since fall, 2000.

Education
M.S. in Psychology, Child Development Specialist Program, 1979
George Peabody College, Nashville, TN 
Tennessee Teacher Certification Grades K-8, 1974
B.S. in Child Development and Family Relationships, 1972
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
PITC Certified Trainer for Program for Infant and Toddler Caregivers.
(Modules I, II, III, & IV), 2000

PhotoPeggy Sharpe , Associate Professor, 615·353·3365
Peggy has taught Early Childhood Education at the college level for 17 years. She was the coordinator of the program at a community college in Ohio for 13 years before moving to Nashville in 2001. Besides developing and teaching the courses for the community college in Ohio, she and her husband started a non-profit organization. That organization has grown to include two child care centers and three before- and after-school sites. Peggy also does a lot of consulting and training sessions to help improve quality at early childhood centers.

 

Education
M.S. with emphasis in Early Childhood Curriculum
School of Home Economics
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio

B.S. Home Economics
Harding University
Searcy, Arkansas

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