Tennille Bowser is an eleventh grade english teacher at Wilson High School.

Ms. Tennille Bowser has been a teacher for eight years – six of which she has spent in DCPS. Ms. Bowser was inspired to become a teacher after growing up in a family of educators. She shares, “I grew up grading papers for my aunts, helping them decorate bulletin boards before the start of school, and working in their classroom to organize materials and supplies. I think it is in my blood.”

Ms. Bowser serves in a variety of leadership positions in the district including the English department chair at Wilson, a Teaching in Action consulting teacher, a Teacher Selection Ambassador, and a Common Core Reading Corps member. She describes her classroom culture as, “Fair and rigorous. I work hard to push my students to think outside of the box and demand that they think deeply about the literature they read in class.”