Teena Jarmon is the Administrator for The
Promethean Foundation in Union City, TN.  She has experience as a childcare teacher and director, educational assistant, Head Start teacher and business administrator.

 

She is a member of TN Association for Children’s Early Education (TACEE) and has served on the Executive Board since 2014 as Public Policy and Social Media representative.  She also serves on the TN Northwest Council on Children and Youth (NWTCCY), TN Early Childhood Training Alliance (TECTA), Child and Family Grant Programs Advisory Board, and Obion County Chamber of Commerce.

 

Teena is a wife and proud mother of Nadia Treadwell, a TN pageant queen, who works in the tech industry in Nashville. Teena loves to cook and spend time with her dog Bella. In her spare time, Teena likes to think of herself as a fish, because you can always find her somewhere near the water.

Lisa Maddox-Vinson is very passionate about Early Childhood Education.  For 15 years, she was the Children's Library Director for the LaVergne Public Library, ranked 5th in the nation for its children's programs. Lisa worked as an Early Childhood Education Coordinator at Austin Peay State University with TECTA.  She has taken on a new position as TECTA's Leadership Advisor for the Middle/North area.  She has an award-winning children's recording, Snap, Clap, Wiggle, and Giggle, full of songs to enhance any Early Childhood Classroom.

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Lisa presents at many national, state, and local conferences across America.  She has led sessions at NAEYC, SECA, the National Kindergarten Conference, the Mississippi Early Childhood Association, the Kentucky Early Childhood Association, and many others conferences.  Lisa has served on many Early Childhood advisory boards, including the TACEE, Two Rivers Association for Children Early Education, and the Head Start Board.  She has been working with children and adults for more than thirty years. She feels it is an honor to serve the families of Tennessee.

Beckie Palmer has been in early childhood education for 30 years.  She has worked as a family childcare provider and a Childcare Resource and Referral Specialist.  She recently joined the Signal Centers team as a new Quality Response and Improvement Coach for the Central/South Central Region.  With her team, she provides support to DHS, CCR&R, and childcare providers on the QRIS.   Throughout her career, Beckie has had the privilege of training childcare providers, parents, HS/EHS staff, and childcare staff.  She is trained in Conscious Discipline and trauma-informed practices.

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Her philosophy towards leadership is to serve.  She believes good leadership comes from strong character, respect, fairness, teamwork, and emotional/spiritual safety.

Her goal is to ensure that childcare staff in our state feel well prepared to give children and families a quality foundation to succeed.

Misha Davydov has been a classroom teacher for more than a decade.  He has worked as a public school teacher in Japan and an outdoor educator at a little nature school in the
Nashville area.  He currently works as a kindergarten teacher at the University School of Nashville.

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He is an advocate for unstructured play, more time in the great outdoors, and diverse multicultural experiences for young children.  He has presented original sessions at TACEE, SECA, and the North American Association of Environmental Educators conferences.  With his students, he loves to investigate animals (especially bugs), plant and tend
gardens, and tell stories from all over the world.  ​When he is outside the classroom, he is a voice for the reclamation of play, the protection of childhood experiences, and the slowing of ever-increasing rigor in ECE environments.

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Misha's daughter Yvie is a spunky, 7-year-old bookworm.  His wife Zoe works as a Child Development Specialist in the Nashville area.  His dog Wyatt is 16 years old and recently retired from doing anything other than napping.

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He has previously served as TACEE's SECA Representative.