Terri West is a retired Missouri public school educator. She started her career teaching history and coaching volleyball in 1989 and retired in 2019 as a special education process coordinator. Her career includes Social Studies and Science Teacher, School Counselor, and Special Education Consultant/Process Coordinator. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education with an emphasis in Science and Social Studies and Master of Arts in School Counseling along with certification in Secondary Administration and Special Education Administration at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. She started as a Pre-Employment Transition Specialist in 2019.

Terri serves the following school districts: Bell City; Bernie; Bloomfield; Charleston; Dexter; DYS (Sikeston); East Prairie; Oran; Puxico; Richland-Essex; Scott County Central; Scott County R-IV-Thomas Kelly HS; Sikeston.