About the Teacher

NAME: Mary Joan Weaver
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SCHOOL: Rogersville City School

SCHOOL PHONE: 423-272-7651


About The Teacher

I am married to David Weaver, a city mail carrier here in Rogersville.  We 
have one daughter, Amanda Spears, who graduated from ETSU (BS degree)Tusculum 
(ME degree) and Lincon Memorial University (EDS in Supervision and 
Administration).  Amanda teaches 4th grade at Surgoinsville Elementary.  She 
has two children, Austin Chase Spears and Ashleigh Nicole Spears. Austin 
starts kindergarten at RCS this year.  (David and I both love being 
grandparents.) 

David and I have one son, Cody Tyrel, who graduated from Cherokee High School 
in 2005.  Cody is employed by the U. S. Postal system in Elizabethton, TN. He 
married Ashley Pullon May 28th 2010.  We welcome her to our family.  We 
are so proud of our children and grandchildren.   

I graduated from Bulls Gap High school in 1973.  I hold an Associates 
Degree in Child Care Technology from Walters State Community College. 
I worked as a para-professional teacher at Bulls Gap Elementary School 
in special education for five years before completing my education 
degree. I earned a Bachelors degree in elementary education K-8 from 
ETSU in 1982 and have been teaching at Rogersville City School since. 
I attended ETSU in the evenings to obtain a Masters degree in 
Storytelling/Reading.  I hold Career Ladder II status through the TN Dept. 
of Ed. and am "highly qualified" to teach reading K-8 and elementary grades 
K-6 according to the recent NCLB federal legislation standards and the TN 
Housse Matrix. I received the Tennessee Association of Conservation 
Districts' Educator of the Year Award in 2005.  In 2006-07 I received 
Tennessee's Primary Teacher Rookie of the Year Award for Energy Education.  
My first grade class of 2006-07 earned the 2006-07 TN Primary Rookie of the 
Year award for Rogersville City School for their Energy Education Project. 

I retired from full time teaching at the end of the 2009 school year to spend 
more time with my grandchildren and my mother.  This will be my second year 
working part-time as RCS literacy leader.    

My hobbies are babysitting my grandchildren, water gardening, gardening, 
watching my son play softball, sewing, and personal computing. 

My family has pets.  At home we have a Persian cat, a dog, and 
fish. My husband and son are avid hunters, and we are all involved in the 
efforts of the Clinch Mountain Chapter of the National Wild Turkey 
Federation. 

My family and I attend Persia Baptist Church.

Mission:

I enjoy working with teachers, students and parents with an emphasis on 
reading.