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West

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

  • Benton
  • Caroll
  • Chester
  • Crockett
  • Decatur
  • Dyer
  • Fayette
  • Gibson
  • Hardeman
  • Hardin
  • Haywood
  • Henderson
  • Henry
  • Lake
  • Lauderdale
  • Madison
  • McNairy
  • Obion
  • Tipton
  • Weakley

Providing free training & technical assistance to child care educators

The West 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 West 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.

West

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.

Katherine Cothern

Katherine.Cothern

wth.org

West

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.

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Person

Jeray Cox

Coaching Support Specialist

Serves Shelby and West counties

Jeray_Cox

signalcenters.org

Shelby

West

Person

Tarina Laxton

Early Childhood Quality Coach

Serves Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, & Tipton Counties.

Tarina.Laxton

wth.org

Early Childhood Quality Coaches

West

Person

Brittany Galloway

Early Childhood Quality Coach

Benton, Carroll, Henry, and Madison

Brittany.Galloway

wth.org

Early Childhood Quality Coaches

West

Person

Hayley Wilkerson

Early Childhood Quality Coach

Crockett, Gibson, Madison, Obion, and Weakley Counties

Hayley.wilkerson

wth.org

Early Childhood Quality Coaches

West

Person

Candice Bates

Early Language & Literacy Coach

Serves West Counties.

candice_bates

signalcenters.org

Early Language & Literacy

West

Person

Ashley Richardson

Early Language & Literacy Coach

Serves West Counties.

ashley_richardson

signalcenters.org

Early Language & Literacy

West

Person

Randi Faulkner

Emergency Preparedness Specialist

Randi_Faulkner

signalcenters.org

Emergency Preparedness

West

Person

Erin Heathcott

Family & Group Quality Coach

Serves West Counties.

Erin_Heathcott

signalcenters.org

Family & Group Child Care

West

Person

Jennifer Haag

Family & Group Quality Coach

Serves West Counties.

jennifer_haag

signalcenters.org

Family & Group Child Care

West

Person

Meagen Huff

Family Engagement Coach

Serves West counties.

Meagen_Huff

signalcenters.org

Family Engagement

West

Person

Karen Vega-Romero

Family Engagement Quality Coach

Serves West counties.

Karen_Vegaromero

signalcenters.org

Family Engagement

West

Person

Katie Gray

Health, Safety, & Supervision Coach

Serves West Counties.

Katherine_Gray

signalcenters.org

Health, Safety, & Supervision

West

Person

Temeka Thomas

Health, Safety, & Supervision Coach

Serves Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion, & Weakley Counties

Temeka_Thomas

signalcenters.org

Health, Safety, & Supervision

West

Person

Ashley Tomlin

Inclusion Quality Coach

Serves West Counties

Ashley_Tomlin

signalcenters.org

Inclusion

West

Person

Brittany Foster

Inclusion Quality Coach

Serves West Counties

Brittany_Foster

signalcenters.org

Inclusion

West

Person

Alex Sharp

Infant & Toddler Quality Coach

Serves West Counties: Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion, & Weakley Counties.

Alex_Sharp

signalcenters.org

Infant & Toddler

West

Person

Emily Malec

Infant & Toddler Quality Coach

Serves West Counties: Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywoood, Henderson, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy, & Tipton Counties.

emily_malec

signalcenters.org

Infant & Toddler

West

Person

Michael Lantz

Outdoor Learning Specialist

Serves Statewide.

mlantz

utk.edu

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Shana Mehr

Quality Response & Improvement Coach

Upper West TN

Shana_Mehr

signalcenters.org

Quality Response & Improvement

West

Shelby

Person

Tia Simmons

Quality Response & Improvement Coach

Lower West TN

Tia_Simmons

signalcenters.org

Quality Response & Improvement

Shelby

West

Person

Paige Williams

Shelby Tech Coach

Paige

techgoeshometn.org

Tech Goes Home

West

Person

Elizabeth Bryant

Small Business Support Specialist

Serves West Counties.

Elizabeth_Bryant

signalcenters.org

Small Business Support

West

Person

Tammy Brewer

Small Business Support Specialist

Serves West Counties.

Tammy_Brewer

signalcenters.org

Small Business Support

West

Person

Briana Woods

Training Development Specialist

Briana_Woods

signalcenters.org

West

Person

Samantha Smith Goyret

West Tech Coach

West TN

samantha

techgoeshometn.org

Tech Goes Home

West

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