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East

Providing child care resources, referral services, and quality coaches for the following counties:

  • Anderson
  • Blount
  • Campbell
  • Claiborne
  • Cocke
  • Grainger
  • Hamblen
  • Jefferson
  • Knox
  • Loudon
  • Monroe
  • Sevier
  • Union

Providing free training & technical assistance to child care educators

The East Child Care Resource & Referral is committed to improving the quality of life for children through support and training of child care professionals and collaboration with families, community, professional organizations, services, and resources. Our staff offers child care professionals in the East area the following services:

TN-CCPT workshops

These workshops typically offer two hours of training that have been approved by the Tennessee DHS.

On-site Consultations

Our Quality Coaches can arrange to come to your child care facility if you are having any issues or concerns for which you would like their help.

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East Coaches

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East

Coordinator

Have a question or need to connect with a coach? Reach out to our regional coordinator and they’ll connect you with the right resources.

Heather Lamb

hsander2

utk.edu

East

Assistant Coordinator

Have a question or need to connect with a coach? Reach out to our assistant coordinator and they’ll connect you with the right resources.

Ashleigh Stocton

astocton

utk.edu

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Person

Bethany Parker

Assistant Coordinator

Serves East counties.

Bethany_Parker

signalcenters.org

Family Engagement

East

Person

Ariel Singleton

Early Childhood Quality Coach

Serves Knox (37917, 37919, 37920, 37998, 37871) and Sevier Counties.

asingl13

utk.edu

Early Childhood Quality Coaches

East

Person

Donna Carver

Early Childhood Quality Coach

Serves Blount, Loudon, Knox (37902, 37909, 37924 and 37921), & Monroe Counties.

dwcarver

utk.edu

Early Childhood Quality Coaches

East

Person

Jennifer Huffaker

Early Childhood Quality Coach

Serves Jefferson and Knox (37806, 37914, 37922, 37923, 37931, 37932) Counties.

jhuffak1

utk.edu

Early Childhood Quality Coaches

East

Person

Kim Thornhill

Early Childhood Quality Coach

Serves Claiborne, Cocke, Hamblen, Union, and Knox (37721, 37918, 37938) Counties.

kthornh1

utk.edu

Early Childhood Quality Coaches

East

Person

Rhonda Del Carmen

Early Childhood Quality Coach

Serves Anderson, Campbell, Grainger, Loudon and Knox (37849, 37912, 37915, and 37934) Counties.

rdelcarm

utk.edu

Early Childhood Quality Coaches

East

Person

Ashton Babb

Early Language & Literacy Coach

Serves East Counties.

ashton_babb

signalcenters.org

Early Language & Literacy

East

Person

Maranda Hughes

Early Language & Literacy Coach

Serves East Counties

maranda_hughes

signalcenters.org

Early Language & Literacy

East

Person

Rhonda Post

East Tech Coach

rhonda

techgoeshometn.org

Tech Goes Home

East

Person

Beth Allard

East/Upper East Admin Specialist

eallard

utk.edu

East

Upper East

Person

Sarah Vinson

Emergency Preparedness Coordinator

Sarah_Vinson

signalcenters.org

Emergency Preparedness

East

Person

Brandi Mezime

Emergency Preparedness Specialist

East Region Counties

brandi_mezime

signalcenters.org

Emergency Preparedness

East

Person

Jessica Turner

Family & Group Quality Coach

Serves East Counties.

jessica_turner

signalcenters.org

Family & Group Child Care

East

Person

Lauren Farmer

Family Engagement Quality Coach

Serves East counties.

Lauren_Farmer

signalcenters.org

Family Engagement

East

Person

Emily Thais

Family Engagement Quality Coach

East Counties

Emily_Thais

signalcenters.org

Family Engagement

East

Person

Lacey Devine

Health, Safety, & Supervision Coach

Serves East Region: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Loudon, Monroe, and Knox county zip codes: 37902, 37909, 37919, 37920, 37921, 37922, 37923, 37931, 37932, 37934

Lacey_Devine

signalcenters.org

Health, Safety, & Supervision

East

Person

Syeta Young

Health, Safety, & Supervision Coach

Serves East Region: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Loudon, Monroe, and Knox County zip codes: 37902, 37909, 37919, 37920, 37921, 37922, 37923, 37931, 37932, 37934

Syeta_Young

signalcenters.org

Health, Safety, & Supervision

East

Person

Rachel Converse

Inclusion Quality Coach

Serves East Counties

Rachel_Converse

signalcenters.org

Inclusion

East

Person

Tracey Standridge

Inclusion Quality Coach

Serves East Counties

Tracey_Standridge

signalcenters.org

Inclusion

East

Person

Lizaida Negron

Inclusion Specialist- East Region

Serves East Counties

Lizaida_Negron

signalcenters.org

Inclusion

East

Person

Melissa Hobbs

Infant & Toddler Quality Coach

Serves East Counties: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier, & Union Counties.

Melissa_Hobbs

signalcenters.org

Infant & Toddler

East

Person

Tonya Ray

Infant & Toddler Quality Coach

East Counties: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier, & Union

tonya_ray

signalcenters.org

Infant & Toddler

East

Person

Michael Lantz

Outdoor Learning Specialist

Serves Statewide.

mlantz

utk.edu

Early Childhood Quality Coaches

East

Central

Mid Cumberland

Shelby

South Central

Person

Jan Madden

Quality Assurance

Jan

signalcenters.org

East

Person

Stacey Lazos

Quality Response & Improvement Coach

Lower East TN

Stacey_Lazos

signalcenters.org

Quality Response & Improvement

Southeast

East

Upper East

Person

Jill Spencer

Small Business Support Specialist

Serves East Counties.

Jill_Spencer

signalcenters.org

Small Business Support

East

Person

Travis Burnett

Small Business Support Specialist

Serves East Counties.

Travis_Burnett

signalcenters.org

Small Business Support

East

Person

Amber Freeman

Training Development Specialist

Amber_Freeman

signalcenters.org

East

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