Memphis City Schools employs more than 6,000 full-time teachers in grades K-12.
Memphis City Schools has more National Board Certified Teachers than any other school district in the State of Tennessee. These are teachers who have earned the highest certification standard a teacher can attain.
Memphis City Schools has a number of teachers who have been recognized nationally for their effective teaching, including Rhonda Borden of A.B. Hill Elementary who received a 2006 National Educator Award from the Milken Family Foundation; Angel Perkins, a Science teacher at White Station High School who was selected to be a member of the U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher Training Corps out of more than 1800 applicants based on a submission of a classroom teaching strategy and the data proving its results, and Snowden teacher Myra Govea de Arce, who was chosen by a U.S Department of Education panel as an American Star of Teaching in 2006. She was one of only 51 recipients of the prestigious honor and was chosen from more than 4,000 nominees across the nation for their success in improving academic performance and making a difference in students' lives using the principles of No Child Left Behind.
