Ashley Adkins has been named Interim Assistant Principal in charge of Curriculum and Instruction at Paducah Tilghman High School.
Adkins has taught high school US History at PTHS for nineteen years and has taught Advanced Placement (AP) US History and AP Psychology for fifteen years. She received her National Board Certification in Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adult in 2019. She received the Gilder Lehrman Preserving American History Teacher of the Year Kentucky 2010.
As a history teacher, Adkins has been deeply involved in Kentucky National History Day. She has been the National History Day teacher at senior level since 2010 and has been the district lead National History Day teacher since 2014. She received the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award Senior Division- Kentucky Affiliate in 2014 and 2021.
“I am so proud to have Ashley Adkins join our administration team as Interim Assistant Principal in charge of Curriculum and Instruction,” said Paducah Tilghman principal Allison Stieg. “She is highly respected by our faculty and staff as she has taught almost every subject and level in the social studies department. Her almost twenty years of experience at Tilghman will go a long way in making decisions that best meet the needs of our students as we prepare to get them caught up after Covid and continue on the path to being college and career ready.”