The Mississippi Teacher Council has grown to 160 educators for the 2017-18 school year, with members representing K-12 classrooms across the state.
The purpose of the MTC is to provide feedback to the State Superintendent of Education on the initiatives of the Mississippi Department of Education and the Mississippi State Board of Education, to empower teachers to discuss topics critical to their success in the classroom, and to identify new opportunities for the MDE to support teachers in their work. Teacher Council members meet with State Superintendent of Education Carey Wright, Ed.D., in regional meetings set in north, central and south Mississippi throughout the school year.
Teachers often implement effective strategies in their classrooms that can be shared statewide and provide valuable insights that could improve MDE initiatives. The MTC provides a venue for teachers to become advocates for their students and their profession through input into the decision-making process.
2017-18 Mississippi Teacher Council Members:
| Name | School | School District |
| Amanda Rogers | Aberdeen Elementary School | Aberdeen School Distrist |
| Andrea Vasser | Aberdeen High School | Aberdeen School Distrist |
| Masha Laney | Amory High School | Amory School District |
| Kelly B. Heitzmann | North Bay Elementary | Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District |
| Lindsey Michelle Todd | Biloxi Junior High School | Biloxi School District |
| Leslie Slaydon | Jeff Davis Elementary | Biloxi School District |
| Amanda LeMaster | Biloxi High School | Biloxi School District |
| Elizabeth G. Williams | Biloxi Junior High School | Biloxi School District |
| Leslie Michelle White | Biloxi Upper Elementary | Biloxi School District |
| Cagney Weaver | Biloxi Upper Elementary | Biloxi School District |
| Bridgette Gilmore | Brookhaven Elementary School | Brookhaven School District |
| Myra Hall | George H. Oliver Visual & Perfoming Arts | Clarksdale Municipal School District |
| Lynn T. Speegle | Cleveland Central High School | Cleveland School District |
| LeDonnis Patrice Norwood | H.M. Nailor Elementary School | Cleveland School District |
| Ladreana F. Goins | Northside Elementary School | Clinton Public School District |
| Jennifer Gaston | Coffeeville Elementary School | Coffeeville School District |
| Ruth Rondon | Coffeeville Elementary School | Coffeeville School District |
| Jessica James | Columbus High School | Columbus Municipal School District |
| Veronica L. Wylie | Crystal Springs Middle School | Copiah County School District |
| Todd Willis | Pleasant Hill Elementary | Desoto Co. Schools |
| Tonya Lynn Porter | Center Hill Elementary | Desoto Co. Schools |
| Deidre Lovett | Lake Cormorant Middle School | Desoto Co. Schools |
| Candace Abrams | Olive Branch Elementary | Desoto Co. Schools |
| Chevonne Dixon | Walls Elementary School | Desoto County School District |
| Judith Worley Terry | Center Hill High School | Desoto County School District |
| Shuntay Chester | Southaven Middle School | Desoto County School District |
| Ida Rohrbacher | Lake Cormorant Middle School | Desoto County School District |
| Angela D. Kienle | Forest High School | Forest Municipal School Distrist |
| Mary Helen Lett | Forrest County Agricultural High School | Forrest County AHS |
| Denise L. Pitchford | Greenwood Middle School | Greenwood Public School District |
| Tricia C. Stoll | 28th Street Elem. Gaston Point Elem, West Elem. | Gulfport School District |
| Rebecca Whittet | Gulfport High School | Gulfport School District |
| Sheila Brachear | Gaston Point & Central Elementary | Gulfport School District |
| Miral Patel | Gaston Point & Central Elementary | Gulfport School District |
| Amanda Lovelace Pidgeon | Hancock High School | Hancock Co. School District |
| Ashley Rouse | West Hancock Elementary School | Hancock County School District |
| Wanda Anderson | North Gulfport Middle School | Harrison Co. School District |
| Heather Cates | D’Iberville Elementary School | Harrison Co. School District |
| Ashleigh Marie Syverson | Bel-Aire Elementary School | Harrison Co. School District |
| Scott Belham | West Harrison High School | Harrison Co. School District |
| Jennifer Anderson | Bel-Aire Elementary | Harrrison County School District |
| Sharon C. Taylor | Bel-Aire Elementary | Harrrison County School District |
| Renata Naylor | Rowan Elementary School | Hattiesburg Public School District |
| Shauneille J. Mason | Holly Springs Intermediate | Holly Springs School District |
| Ravi Dutt | Holmes County Central High School | Holmes County School District |
| Rebecca Asha Victor | Holmes County Central High School | Holmes County School District |
| Greg Smith | Mantachie High School | Itawamba County Schools |
| Victoria L. Killingsworth | East Central Lower Elementary School | Jackson Co. School District |
| Gina M. Stork | Vancleave Lower Elementary | Jackson Co. School District |
| Angela C. Nelson | East Central Lower Elementary School | Jackson Co. School District |
| Christin Burlison | Vancleve Lower Elementary School | Jackson County School District |
| Penny D. Dearman | East Central Middle School | Jackson County School District |
| Heather M. Darby | Vancleave Lower Elementary | Jackson County School District |
| Keesha Clayton Harris | Timberlawn Elementary | Jackson Public School District |
| Beverly W. Frederick | Forest Hill | Jackson Public School District |
| Jason Eifling | Bailey APAC Middle School | Jackson Public School District |
| Janet Wallace | Davis Magnet IB School | Jackson Public School District |
| Cassaundra Watkins | Isable Elementary School | Jackson Public School District |
| Allison Sabbatini | South Jones Elementary | Jones Co. Scool District |
| Lisa Crosby | Kosciusko Junior High School | Kosciusko School District |
| Patricia Frazure | Kosciusko High School | Kosciusko School District |
| Debbie Smith | Purvis Lower Elementary | Lamar Co. School District |
| Anna Morris | Oak Grove Lower Elementary | Lamar Co. School District |
| Kimberly Beightol | Oak Grove Upper Elementary | Lamar Co. School District |
| Tina Smithey Cooper | Sumrall Middle School | Lamar County School District |
| Sheri Thornton | Northeast Middle School | Lauderdale County School District |
| Shelia S. Garrett | Shannon Middle School | Lee County School District |
| Latoya Richardson | Leland Middle School | Leland Public School District |
| Katherine Wiseman | Leland School Park | Leland Public School District |
| Stacey Smith | Loyd Star Attendance Center | Lincoln Co. School District |
| Caroline Bartlett | Long Beach High School | Long Beach School District |
| Allison Catchot | Louisville Elementary School | Louisville Municipal School District |
| Marsha Roeland | Nanih Waiya Attendance Center | Louisville School District |
| Miranda P. Kincaid | Louisville High School | Louisville School District |
| Nicole D. Dozier | Golden Triangle Early College High School-GTECHS | Lowndes County School District |
| William Brett Mayfield | Madison Central High School | Madison Co. School District |
| Christine Marquez Davidson | Ridgeland High School | Madison County School District |
| Allison B. Ruhl | Madison Station Elementary | Madison County School District |
| Tanya Robertson | Madison Station Elementary | Madison County School District |
| Jennifer Sills | Madison Middle School | Madison County School District |
| Shelly Fuqua | Mannsdale Upper Elementary School | Madison County School District |
| Leonia Bozeman | West Marion Primary | Marion County School District |
| Sarah Brown | Higgins Middle School | McComb School District |
| Annette M. Williams | McComb High School | McComb School District |
| Shawna Robinson | Monroe County Advanced Learning Center | Monroe County School District |
| Jennifer Hamilton | Moss Point Kreole Primary | Moss Point School District |
| Lillie Bryant | Natchez High School | Natchez-Adams School District |
| Kasey Edwards | Neshoba Central Elementary School | Neshoba School District |
| Heather Gifford Ferrell | New Albany High School | New Albany School District |
| Tamra Mills | Newton County Elementary | Newton Co. School District |
| Vera Taylor | Virgil Jones Jr. Elementary (Wilson Elem) | Noxubee County School District |
| Ashley Bowen | Ocean Springs High School | Ocean Springs School District |
| Donna Crosby Floyd | Ocean Springs Upper Elementary | Ocean Springs School District |
| Ernest P. LeBatard | Ocean Springs Career & Technical Center | Ocean Springs School District |
| Catherine Melchi | Ocean Springs Middle School | Ocean Springs School District |
| Allison Meleones | Ocean Springs High School | Ocean Springs School District |
| Jacie Meyers | Ocean Springs Middle School | Ocean Springs School District |
| Patches Calhoun | Della Davidson Elementary | Oxford City School District |
| Chasity Arbuckle | Della Davidson Elementary | Oxford School District |
| Clemmisa “Misa” Presley | Oxford Elementary School | Oxford School District |
| Candies Cook | Oxford Intermediate School | Oxford School District |
| LaJeremy Hughes | Della Davidson Elementary School | Oxford School District |
| Angela Sievers | Martin Bluff Elementary | Pascagoula -Gautier School District |
| Amy Manning | Trent Lott Academy | Pascagoula School District |
| Elizabeth Virginia Green | Pascagoula High School | Pascagoula-Gautier School District |
| Dalisay Louise Smith | Gautier Middle School | Pascagoula-Gautier School District |
| Leigh Hanna | Pascagoula High School | Pascagoula-Gautier School District |
| Lauren Carpenter | Pascagoula High School | Pascagoula-Gautier School District |
| Jodi McKenzie | Gautier High School | Pascagoula-Gautier School District |
| Amy Glenn | Trent Lott Academy | Pascagoula-Gautier School District |
| Scott Owen Job | Trent Lott Academy | Pascagoula-Gautier School District |
| Michelle D. McMillan | Jackson Elementary | Pascagoula-Gautier School District |
| Rachel Mowdy-Lawrence | Eastlawn Elementary School | Pascagoula-Gautier School District |
| Matthew J. Oliver | Pascagoula High School | Pascagoula-Gautier School District |
| Lauren Carpenter | Pascagoula High School | Pascagoula-Gautier School District |
| Amanda McCarty | Pearl High School | Pearl Public School District |
| Sherrill Adamo | Petal Elementary School | Petal School District |
| Lenette Stinson | Petal Elementary School | Petal School District |
| Amy Farris | Petal Elementary School | Petal School District |
| Amanda Rogers | Petal High School | Petal School District |
| Kelly Walker | Petal Elementary | Petal School District |
| Deidra Gammill | Petal High School | Petal School District |
| Luke Daniels | Petal Upper Elementary School | Petal School District |
| Kathryn Daniels | Petal High School | Petal School District |
| Lori Johnson | Petal Upper Elementary School | Petal School School District |
| Melissa Burge | Picayune Jr. High School | Picayune School District |
| Erin W. Stockstill | Nicholson Elementary | Picayune School District |
| Christy Murray | Pontotoc Junior High | Pontotoc City School District |
| LaDonna Griggs | North Pontotoc | Pontotoc Co. School District |
| TammyS. Krutzfeldt | Poplarville Upper Elementary | Poplarville School District |
| Latasha Marie Shaw | Quitman High School | Quitman School District |
| Evelyn H. Clay | Northshore Elementary | Rankin Co. School District |
| Brad Johns | McLaurin Attendance Center | Rankin Co. School District |
| Crystal M. Effler | Florence High School | Rankin County School District |
| Brandi K. Twillie | Northwest Rankin High School | Rankin County School District |
| Julie Ingram | Florence Middle School | Rankin County School District |
| Heather Bryan | Northwest Rankin High School | Rankin County School District |
| Patience Crockett | Northwest Rankin Middle School | Rankin County School District |
| Elizabeth Knight | Richland High School | Rankin County School District |
| Laura B. Gray | Richton High School | Richton School District |
| Aaron Williams | Mendenhall High School | Simpson County School Distirct |
| Cassie Hudson | Batesville Intermediate | South Panola School District |
| Amanda Lee | Batesville Intermediate | South Panola School District |
| Brittany Womack | Joyner Elementary | Tupelo Public School District |
| Kayla Applewhite | Lawhon Elementary School | Tupelo Public School District |
| Stephanie Allen | Tupelo High School | Tupelo Public School District |
| Twyla Crayton | Tupelo High School | Tupelo School District |
| Kimberly G. Brumley | Milam Elementary School | Tupelo School District |
| Cynthia E. Wright | Rankin Elementary School | Tupelo School District |
| Allison Metcalfe | Rankin Elementary School | Tupelo School District |
| Tina Fitts | Tupelo Middle School | Tupelo School District |
| Chequitta Ivy | Rankin Elementary School | Tupelo School District |
| Laura Lee Stockstill | Myrtle Attendance Center | Union County School District |
| Sim Ramirez | Water Valley High School | Water Valley School District |
| Jada D. Doherty | Beat Four School | Wayne County School District |
| Tammye Harvey | Wayne Central School | Wayne County School District |
| Michelle Green | Stringer Attendance Center | West Jasper School District |
| Bruce Mize | West Point High School | West Point Consolidated School District |
| Constance Marie Williams | O’Bannon Elementary School | Western Line School District |
| Darien C. Spann | Vicksburg High School | Vicksburg-Warren School District |