Meet our Johnson City Tutoring Staff

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Great Teachers Inspire

Our tutors and staff in Johnson City consist of passionate educators who love inspiring children to succeed. Warm, caring and great at relating to kids, our tutors in Johnson City know how to engage and motivate each child in a personal way—building confidence and smiles, as well as skills and better scores. We selectively choose tutors who know local curriculum and can link Sylvan lessons to what’s being taught in school. Get to know our tutors and staff in Johnson City!

  • Dana Childs, Center Director

    Dana Childs

    Center Director

    Possessed with a desire to never experience boredom, Center Director, Dana Robbins Childs has been teaching English, reading, history, communication, business and economics, art, art history and math for over 30 years. When she's not at the center she loves to paint, hike and play with her grandkids.  
  • Layne Maddox, Tutor

    Layne Maddox

    Tutor

    Layne Maddox specializes in Geometry, higher level math and SAT/ACT Prep as a tutor at Sylvan in Johnson City. When she is not helping students get to that next level of learning, she travels the world, loves reading fantasy, archery and playing with her animals and video games.
  • Danielle Miller, Tutor

    Danielle Miller

    Tutor

    A super dynamo in advanced math, SAT, ACT and reading teacher, Danielle Miller teaches special ed at Unicoi High by day and boosts up the academic engines of students at Sylvan in the afternoons and evenings. When she takes off her cape she enjoys watching her daughter play T-ball, helping former students and hanging out with her husband and the family.
  • Brandon Shumate, Tutor

    Brandon Shumate

    Tutor

    Brandon Schmate specializes in teaching reading and math to the intermediate level. When not tutoring at Sylvan you can find Brandon spending time with his family, reading and studying history. Yes, folks, he does this in his spare time...it's the Sylvan Way! Having taught special needs at Unicoi High, he is now teaching closer to home at Hampton Elementary.
  • Renee Christian, Tutor

    Renee Christian

    Tutor

    With over 30-years in the classroom, Renee Christian enjoys her homestead in the mountains where she gardens, bakes and raises chickens. When she's not at Sylvan, she enjoys taking long hikes with her husband and continues to explore her passion of creative writing in her spare time and while volunteering for the Bonnie Kate Theatre in Elizabethton. She inspires struggling readers and writers to strengthen their skill set while tutoring here, at Sylvan.