Teacher of the Year in Dickson, TN


At Alexander Chevrolet Buick GMC, we like to appreciate some of the local teachers who educate our children each and every day. In honor of these wonderful people, we are proud to present the Teacher of the Year Award. Here is the biography of the teacher you have chosen from Dickson County to receive a $1,000 cash reward and recognition as the Teacher of the Year!
	Pam Hayes Dickson County For as long as I can remember, I have been a teacher. Teaching is my profession, my hobby and my passion. After graduating from David Lipscomb College, I went on to receive my master's degree in Reading from Tennessee State University. I have since completed 32 years in the classroom. Though I taught first grade for two years, I have spent the remainder of my career with second graders. My desire to reach others first appeared when I was five years old, during the summer after my first year in school. Playing school with the neighborhood children was the highlight of my days, and it was a real treat when I got to play the teacher. However, I was only allowed to substitute teach when my nine-year-old sister, Linda, was away from her post. Since my days in the neighborhood classroom, I have gone on to fill my room at Oakmont with close to 700 students, and I find that I have learned just as much from the kids as they have learned from me. I always come home to my family with a story to tell, and I hope that I have had a positive effect on the lives of my students as well.
I have been married for 28 years to my husband Robert, who has always supported me patiently and lovingly as I tell him about my ideas for school and drag him around in search of the newest classroom item. We have a daughter, Paige, who is twenty and a junior at UT Knoxville. She has been subject to many of my lessons and is the one student who gets to stick with me for a lifetime. Our family has a prissy little Yorkie named Roxy, who, unfortunately, I have not been able to teach a thing. Some students are just out of your reach, I suppose! When I'm not at school, you can find me on Pinterest looking for new ideas to share with my students. However, in my spare time I enjoy scrapbooking and reading. I always love shopping and traveling to warm and exciting new places with my sister, Linda (who, yes, became a teachers as well).