“I’m here first of all because I care,” Davis said. “There will be correction, but part of my job is to teach them new, good behaviors instead of old, inappropriate ones. If I want to teach compassion, I’ve got to model that for them.”
The 1989 BMHS graduate earned her bachelor’s degree in 2000, her master’s in guidance and counseling in 2005, and is working on her Rank 1 in administration, all from Murray State University. She started teaching English at BMHS in 2001, and served the last three as guidance counselor there.
Davis said she wanted to know her students on a more personal level, and that prompted the change into counseling. “Teachers do a lot of that, anyway,” she said. She believes that background will be helpful in her new role. “I hope to be able to help as much as to discipline. I want to see if we can keep them from repeating inappropriate behavior.”
She said there will be additional emphasis on positive behavior reinforcement, as well. Davis said she hopes to be able to “catch students in the act,” and reward them for good things as they happen.
“It is an honor and a privilege to be here,” she continued with a smile. “I come from a long line of green.”
Davis and her husband Brad live outside of Barlow and have three children who are BMHS alumni.
