"Education is not an affair of 'telling' and being told, but an active and constructive process" -John Dewey
Project Based Learning (PBL)
My Mentorship Experience
My Profile: My name is Sarah. I am currently a junior at Flowery Branch High School. This year, I was
able to be a part of the Honors Mentorship Program. For as long as I can remember, teaching has always
been a career that has interested me. Each year, seeing what all of my teachers do, has inspired me to
pursue teaching as a career. Now that I am in this program, I am able to experience what it is really like
to be a teacher. I love it!
My Mentorship: This year in Honors Mentorship, I am working in an Eighth Grade Georgia Studies class-
room at C.W. Davis Middle School. I am working with my amazing mentor, Mr. Cantrell -The King of PBL-,
who is always encouraging me to be as interactive as possible. He is teaching me about the everyday
tasks of a teacher.
Later this year, he is going to teach me how to use the technology that a teacher must use on a day-to-day basis. He will also teach me how to use some technology that can help my future students to better understand the material I will be teaching. In the classroom, I am observing how Mr. Cantrell is teaching and interacting with students (to see what helps students learn and how it is best to teach them). I am walking around the classroom while his students are working on their assignments and helping them. Later this year, Mr. Cantrell will allow me to teach a lesson to his class! Lastly, I must mention my favorite task of the day, helping stacking up the chairs at the end of the day.
My Future: Next year, I hope to be a part of the Honors Mentorship Program again. However, I would be working in a different classroom to learn more techniques of teaching. This mentorship is really helping me because I will already have a good understanding on ways to easily connect with and teach different types of students. This is helping me prepare for my own classroom in the future and making me more passionate about teaching as my future career.
