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2023-24 Milken Educators
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Abbey Kidwell (TN '23)
Assistant Principal, Clinton Elementary School | Clinton, TN
Clinton Elementary School Assistant Principal Abbey Kidwell, a former fourth grade teacher, draws from classroom experience in her role as an instructional leader. She received a Milken Educator Award on March 28, 2024.
Overseeing the Response to Intervention program, Kidwell visits classrooms and collaborates with the school’s instructional coaches to address students’ individual needs, while monitoring data meetings and follow-ups. Kidwell is an integral part of Clinton Elementary School’s comprehensive educator leadership and support structure, implemented through a partnership with the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching. She helps drive professional development, collaboration and mentorship across her school and district. As leader of the district’s new teacher academy, she creates a syllabus, provides regular trainings and check-ins, brings in presenters, and participates in site visits. Kidwell served on former Governor Bill Haslam’s Teacher Cabinet and School Safety Working Group and presented at the 2023 NIET National Conference.
Kidwell earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Carson-Newman University in 2011 and a master’s degree in leadership and supervision from the University of Tennessee in 2019.
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