Manley Elementary Teacher Receives Tammy Wells Literacy Award
October 1, 2025

Award Honors, Encourages Educators
Lindsey Winstead, a speech pathologist at Manley Elementary School, received the Second
Annual Tammy Wells Mid-East Tennessee P-16 Regional Council Literacy Award.
Winstead received the award during the 14th East Tennessee Annual Literacy Conference,
planned by 蜜桔直播 and the Mid-East P-16 Regional Council. The award recognizes
and encourages educators, especially those involved in literacy.
The award is named for Tammy Wells, whose efforts were key to the start and growth
of the literacy conference. At the time, Wells served as an information processing
specialist. She now works for the college鈥檚 Instructional Department for Educator
Advisement and Success.
鈥淭ammy played a crucial role in making this conference the best conference of its
type in East Tennessee,鈥 said Dr. Matthew Hunter, dean of high school programs, Newport
Center and P-16. 鈥淪he spent many hours developing materials, handling speaking arrangements,
and taking care of the last-minute needs and details of the conference since it began
in 2011.鈥
Plans are already underway for the 15th Annual East Tennessee Literacy Conference,
which will be held on Sept. 11, 2026.