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Michele Young 

Academics, SEED School

Head of SEED School



Biography

Michele Young has a Bachelor’s degree in elementary education K-8 with early childhood endorsement and Master’s of Educational Administration PK-12, both from Belmont University. Young served in Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) for twenty-four years. During her time at MNPS, she taught pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first, third and fourth grades. She served as a mentor classroom teacher, reading support coach and professional development trainer. She worked three years as a district data coach in the MNPS Research, Assessment and Evaluation department where she assisted teachers and school leadership in disaggregating assessment data to better drive instruction. She spent a year of intensive study in the Principals Leadership Academy of Nashville at Vanderbilt. During this experience, she created a strategic initiative for differentiated practice with a focus on the school administrator's role. She served three years as an elementary assistant principal and was a member of the social-emotional learning and restorative practice initiative. Young joined the Lipscomb Academy SEED School as director in 2018.