Welcome to

Upper East

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

  • Carter
  • Greene
  • Hancock
  • Hawkins
  • Johnson
  • Sullivan
  • Unicoi
  • Washington

Providing free training & technical assistance to child care educators

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

Upper East Coaches

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Upper 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

Upper 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

Beth Gaby

Early Childhood Quality Coach

Serves Greene, Hawkins, Hancock, and Sullivan (37660, 37665, 37662) Counties.

pgaby1

utk.edu

Early Childhood Quality Coaches

Upper East

Person

Marissa Tester

Early Childhood Quality Coach

Serves Sullivan (37663 & 37664), Carter, Johnson, Washington (37601), and Unicoi Counties.

Mtester

utk.edu

Early Childhood Quality Coaches

Upper East

Person

Yeannelle Thome

Early Language & Literacy Coach

Serves Upper East Regions.

yeannelle_thome

signalcenters.org

Early Language & Literacy

Upper East

Person

Beth Allard

East/Upper East Admin Specialist

eallard

utk.edu

East

Upper East

Person

Amy Wilson

Family Engagement Quality Coach

Serves Upper East Counties.

Amy_Wilson

signalcenters.org

Family Engagement

Upper East

Person

Ashlee Collins

Inclusion Quality Coach

Serves Upper East Counties

Ashlee_Collins

signalcenters.org

Inclusion

Upper East

Person

Brooke Moody

Infant & Toddler Quality Coach

Serves Upper East Counties: Carler, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicol, & Washington Counties.

Brooke_Moody

signalcenters.org

Infant & Toddler

Upper East

Person

Kelso Blair

Mid Cumberland Tech Coach

West TN

kelso

techgoeshometn.org

Tech Goes Home

Upper East

Person

Michael Lantz

Outdoor Learning Specialist

Serves Statewide.

mlantz

utk.edu

Early Childhood Quality Coaches

East

Central

Mid Cumberland

Shelby

South Central

Person

Michael Bowers

Program Coordinator

Michael

techgoeshometn.org

Tech Goes Home

Upper East

Person

Leslie Perry

Quality Rating & Improvement Coach

Upper East TN

Leslie_Perry

signalcenters.org

Quality Response & Improvement

Upper East

Person

Stacey Lazos

Quality Response & Improvement Coach

Lower East TN

Stacey_Lazos

signalcenters.org

Quality Response & Improvement

Southeast

East

Upper East

Person

Nicole O'Neal

Small Business Support Specialist

Serves Upper East Counties.

Nicole_ONeal

signalcenters.org

Small Business Support

Upper East

Person

Luke Swiney

Upper East Tech Coach

West TN

luke

techgoeshometn.org

Tech Goes Home

Upper East

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