NAME:
Mrs. Janette Chesnutt Tackett
SCHOOL:
Rogersville City School
CLASS:
Second Grade
SCHOOL PHONE:
(423) 272-7651
I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. So, when I went to Walters State
Community College and received my Associates Degree, it was in Elementary
Education. I started working at Rogersville City School after I graduated as
a Para-Professional (teacher's assistant)in Kindergarten in 1984. I learned
so much from working with our wonderful Kindergarten staff. I worked here
during the day and went to school at ETSU at night. I graduated with my
Bachelors Degree in 1987. I was hired as a teacher almost immediately
following my graduation and have been working at RCS every since.
I received my Masters from Tusculum College in 1997.
To begin with I taught 3rd grade for half a year (I finished a maternity
leave for one of the teachers on staff). Then I was hired full time as a
4th grade teacher. I taught 4th grade for two years. Then I switched to
second grade. I have been teaching second graders for the past 19 years and
I really enjoy it.
In years past, I have worked with "Odyssey of the Mind" (a gifted program),
as our school's coordinator and coach for several years. Three of those
years my team made it to the state level in competition.
I also coached the Rogersville City School Girls Softball Team for 8 years.
I enjoyed the competition and working with the teams.
I have taught Summer School off and on through out the years. For the last 5
years I have been involved with our After School Reading Program. I worked
with second graders that were at risk or needed some extra help in Reading.
I am a member of the National Education Association, Tenessee Education
Association, and our local Rogersville Education Association. I am very
involved in my professional associations and have held several offices at
the local level.
I guess you can tell I am proud our school and I am proud of what I do. I
must say I just love my job! I would like to think that, that carries over
into my classroom. Since I'm excited about being here, I hope my students
will be as well. I love doing hands on activities, like science experiments
and using manipulatives in math and reading. I think technology is
important, so I use it in the classroom. I also use drama, music, and art in
my classroom quite often. I want my students to get excited about learning
and feel free to ask questions!
On a more personal note, I am the youngest daughter of Jack and Edith
Chesnutt. I have two sisters that are also teachers, Mary Jo Weaver, who just
retired from teaching first grade here at RCS and Dr. Jackie Walker who
teaches 8th grade Reading and is the Librarian at Clinch. My older brother
Ralph Chesnutt, works at TRW here in Rogersville.
I am married to Woody Tackett. He is a wonderful man and we are very
happy. Between us we have 5 children. Zack (the only boy in the bunch)is in
the seventh grade here at the City School. We have four lovely daughters.
Holly is a Sophomore at Cherokee High School. We have two going to be at
Walters State Community College. Haley Reynolds, is going to be a Freshman
and Abby will be a Sophomore. Our oldest daughter Tanna is married to Keith
Rainey and they have a handsome baby boy named Keaton. Most of our children
love drama, art, music, and sports. They are very active in church and
various clubs at their schools.
I am a member of Persia Baptist Church. I enjoy singing in
the choir and doing activities with the children and ladies of the church.
I love the fine arts. In my free time, I like to read and do arts and crafts
of all kinds. Photography is one of my favorites. I am really beginning to
get into scrapbooking! I am very involved with my children and their
activities. My family is very important to me. We enjoy traveling across
the USA together.
I want to make learning fun! I enjoy teaching and I use a variety of
teaching methods and materials. I give the children many opportunities to
experience technology, and hands-on manipulatives. I want to get the
children excited about learning, especially in reading, writing, math, and
science.