Madisson Mantooth is an award-winning educator who serves as a Tenth Grade English Language Arts Teacher, Yearbook Advisor, and Journalism Instructor at Bradley Central High School. Madisson was selected as a semi-finalist for the Tennessee Department of Education’s Novice Teacher of the Year program in 2026, building upon her previous honors as both the district and school-level Secondary Novice Teacher of the Year in 2025. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education English from UT Chattanooga and a Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction from Western Governors University. Deeply invested in her professional and local community, Madisson serves as a team member on the STEM Initiative at Bradley High School as well as a Chattanooga Public Education Foundation STEM Fellow, and an Academic Affairs Advisor mentoring college women.