Third Generation Teachers:
It’s a Family Tradition A
first-year teacher who teaches third grade at Red Bud Elementary School in Gordon County, Calli Davis is the daughter of two teachers. Her mom, 29-year teaching veteran Lynn Davis, taught elementary school for 12 years and is now a teaching as a profession instructor at Calhoun High School. Her dad, Michael, is a P.E. teacher and football coach at Rabun County High School. Davis’ grandfather, Ray Lamb, retired from teaching in 1989 after teaching and coaching football for more than 30 years. She also has an uncle and three aunts who are all distinguished coaches and teachers. Davis had the unique experience of having both parents as teachers while in high school. She took teaching courses from her mom, who was also her tennis coach, and her dad was her
Calli Davis (center), a third-grade teacher at Red Bud Elementary School in Gordon County with her mother, Lynn Davis, and grandfather, Ray Lamb. Lynn, a 29-year teaching veteran, is the Teaching as a Profession instructor at Calhoun High School. Lamb retired in 1989 after teaching for over 30 years.
weight training coach during her time on the basketball and tennis teams.
you will get out of those kids. That has really helped me in the classroom.”
“Maybe it was the teacher’s kid in me, but I always loved building relationships with my teachers,” said Davis. “Growing up with my grandfather and parents, they were always big on relationships, which had a big impact on me wanting to be a teacher.”
Davis said her mom is her main sounding board when she needs teaching advice.
The profound impact her parents and grandfather had on their former students is something Davis has witnessed firsthand all of her life.
Davis welcomes students back to the classroom.
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“I’ve seen kids and adults come up to my grandfather, who is now in his late 80s, and say what an impact he had on them and the same happens with my mom and dad,” said Davis. “They have always said that you have to let kids know you care. The more you build those relationships, the more
“I definitely ask my mom for a lot of advice,” said Davis. “I talk to her every day, and she shares strategies to help with all kinds of things.” For Lynn, having her daughter follow in her footsteps was welcome news. “I was thrilled. She’s teaching third grade, which is what I taught,” said Davis. “Teaching is tough and teaching in a pandemic is really tough but the rewards outweigh the negative. I told her one of the biggest things is to be flexible. A lot of the time, everything gets pulled out from under you. You have to be flexible and go with the flow.” August/September 2021
