Jessica Tiller started her teaching career at High Shoals Elementary as an EIP teacher for multiple grade levels, followed by teaching in first and second grade most recently.  She is currently teaching second grade and holds a Gifted and ESOL endorsement.  

Jessica believes that teachers are facilitators of learning and that it is extremely important to understand that there are very diverse learners in each class that she may encounter. She strives to instructionally compliment her students based on their particular strengths while promoting problem-solving, creativity, and critical thinking!  Jessica helps to foster students' creativity by encouraging their curiosity, exploration, experimentation, questioning, testing, and development of their creative talents.  She trusts showing students that their ideas have value by listening to their ideas and considering them.  Once the students believe in themselves and understand that their ideas matter, we begin to see a world of difference in their abilities.  

She also knows beneficial it is for the students and teachers to have a moment of reflection each day on what they learned and how they arrived at those understandings. Having her students reflect on their past learning experiences provides her with an insight into how they feel about certain aspects of the learning patterns and process.  It allows her to catch a glimpse from their perspectives of what they think are their strengths and weaknesses, as well as their own motives and ideas.

Jessica has always had a passion for working with children.  Before coming to HSES, she served as the Youth Program Coordinator for Oconee County Parks and Recreation's Afterschool and Summer Day Camp Programs.  Jessica resides in High Shoals with her husband Cory and their two children, Mason and Charlsie.

She is dedicated to making a difference in the children's lives she touches and enjoys being able to work in the community that she calls home.