KIPP Nashville College Prep Elementary School Team - KIPP Nashville

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OUR TEAM

Meet the KIPP Nashville College Prep Elementary team – our school leaders and featured teammates.

 

At KIPP Nashville College Prep, we believe our Kings and Queens are born with royalty. Through a focus on joy-filled learning and small group instruction, our teachers and leaders are unleashing the immense potential that is already inside of our students inside a nurturing environment.

Leadership Team

Cameron Frazier

Assistant Principal

University of North Florida

Shannon Green

Assistant Principal

Tennessee State University

Tray Herndon

Director of Operations

Vanderbilt University

Christa Thomas

Principal

Spelman College

Featured Team Members

Robert Churchwell

First Grade Lead Teacher
Martin Methodist College

I come from a long line of educators, but it wasn’t until a few years into my career as a psychologist that I realized I wanted to join the family profession. When I met Christa, KNCPE’s school leader, I fell in love with her vision and I fell in love with all my kids. It gives me so much joy to work with our students and connect with our families. I never thought I’d be in education. I dodged it on purpose, which is why I stayed in psychology for over five years. Then, I couldn’t avoid it – Christa will do that to you.

Amelia Payne

Lead Kindergarten Teacher, Kindergarten Grade Level Chair, Kindergarten Instructional Coach and Regional Kindergarten Math Lead
Middle Tennessee State University

This work is very personal to me. At 19, I became a mother and due to financial restraints, I moved to a low-income neighborhood in Nashville. While living there, my son attended the zoned elementary school. It was at that point I saw the real educational inequity that lives in the inner city of Nashville. After months of researching teaching strategies and working with my son one-on-one, I made a decision to obtain a master’s degree in education. Ultimately, I do this work because of children like my son who deserve a quality education. I do this work because of mothers like myself, who simply want the best for their children. I do this work in an effort to end the educational inequity that exists in Nashville.