Michele Dunker came to TJ in 1999 after teaching Pre-Kindergarten, 1^st, and 2^nd grade in Carthage. Mrs. Dunker and her husband are the alumni parents of a son and daughter. Mrs. Dunker earned her Bachelor’s degree from Missouri Southern State University, where she also studied early childhood education as an area of concentration. Mrs. Dunker received advanced training at the Gesell Institute of Child Development.