Dr. Kay Shepard
Dr. Kay Shepard has been a professional educator for 30 years. She has taught grades K-8 and has served as a school administrator for eleven years. Her teaching assignments include Alex Green, Cumberland, and Rosebank Elementary Schools. She also taught at Bellevue Middle School. Buena Vista/Jones Paideia Magnet School was where she began her administrative career. Then she served at Tusculum Elementary, J. T. Moore Middle School and currently serves as principal of Una Elementary School.
Dr. Shepard was born in Illinois, graduated from George Peabody College in Nashville, TN, and received her Master and Doctorate Degrees from Tennessee State University.
She has been serving as secretary of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Principals Association. She is a member of the Metro Nashville Association of Elementary Principals and the National Association of Elementary Principals.
She and her husband have two children and four grandchildren. Two of her grandchildren attend a metro school. Likewise, the other two will also once they are old enough. They are the “light” and “joy” of her life.
Dr. Shepard is actively involved in church work. Her husband has been a pastor for almost 45 years. She has served as a teacher, choir member, and the church organist in most of the churches her husband has served.
Traveling has been an important part of Dr. Shepard’s life. She has traveled to more than half of the states, Israel, and taken cruises to many islands. She also visited denominational mission fields in Colombia, South America. In previous years her hobbies have included playing golf, softball, snow skiing, water skiing, playing the piano, and reading. Her main hobbies now are spending time with her family and having fun with her grandchildren.
Mr. Terrance Haynes
Terrance Haynes was born in Franklin, Tennessee. He was educated in the Franklin Special School District and the Williamson County School System. While attending Franklin High School, Terrance participated in football, basketball, and baseball. He is a proud member of the class of 1990.
In the fall of 1990, Terrance packed his bags and moved to Holland, Michigan to attend Hope College. While at Hope College, he began to work with children through the Big Brother/Big Sister Program, Upward Bound, and Children After School At-Risk Program. These experiences, along with the wonderful memories of his elementary school experiences, led him to the education profession. Terrance's hard work and dedication earned him recognition from Hope College's Education Department and they awarded him the 1994 Elizabeth Vanderbush Scholarship.
Terrance left Holland, Michigan in the fall of 1994 to take on the challenges of working in a large school system in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While there he successfully completed his student teaching at Dimner-Beeber Middle School in an eighth grade class and earned his Bachelor's of Art in Elementary Education from Hope College in December 1994.
In January 1995, Terrance returned to Franklin and began working in the Franklin Special School District as a substitute teacher. He was soon hired as a full-time Resource Assistant to work with students receiving special education services. In August 1995, Terrance began his first teaching assignment as a sixth grade teacher at McKissack Middle School in the Metro-Davidson County School System. He did not waste any time becoming an active leader at McKissack and the West Nashville Community. He began an after school tutoring program his second year at McKissack and soon became the volunteer/tutor coordinator. He also began coaching flag football, basketball, and baseball. His leadership was recognized by his colleagues and they voted him Teacher of the Year 2000.
Terrance received his Masters in Educational Leadership in May 2001. At this time, he decided to take on a new challenge and teach second grade. He joined the Cockrill Elementary School staff in August 2001. He immediately accepted leadership roles such as the Project Grad Advisory Committee, Project Grad Math Task Force, Math Teacher Leader, and served as the second grade Early Success after school tutor.
Terrance received his first opportunity as an administrator with the Charles Davis Foundation during the summer of 2001 when they asked him to be the Director of the Camp P.E.A.C.E. program. He has continued to work in this capacity every summer and has been instrumental in designing one of the best summer camps in Nashville. In 2003, Terrance began his administrative career with the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System as the Assistant Principal of Dodson Elementary School prior to being assigned to Una Elementary School in January 2006.
Terrance is committed to the field of education. He knows that it is the key that unlocks all doors. He was the first member of his family to attend college and graduation was one of his family's proudest moments. He has experienced the power of education and knows that opportunity comes with knowledge.
Terrance has accomplished many things throughout his life and will accomplish many others, but his greatest contribution to the field of education will always be his passion for the profession and his love for children.