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Teaching and Learning Institute students Kaylea Moore, left, and Cierra Norris, right, stand with Frank Brogan, assistant secretary in the U.S. Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, part of the U.S. Department of Education.<\/p><\/div>\n

Kevin Jackson decided he wanted to be a teacher after watching his mom.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom used to be a preschool teacher and just seeing people she used to teach and grew up and still remember her because of the impact she left, it really hit home for me. I thought, \u2018I would like to do that as well,\u2019\u201d said Jackson, a student at Tyner Academy.<\/p>\n

Only a ninth grader, he\u2019s already taking steps in that direction.<\/p>\n

Jackson is one of about 80 students enrolled in the UTC Teaching and Learning Institute at Tyner. The four-year program\u2014which is open to all Tyner high school students\u2014is designed to help them prepare for a teaching career.<\/p>\n

The institute is one of three such programs at Tyner and includes the EPB Institute of Technology and Networking and Institute of Health Sciences. All three are part of the Future Ready Institutes in Hamilton County Schools, which were established in 13 high schools in 2018 and are designed to offer students insight and education into careers that, among others, include teaching, engineering, technology, health, tourism and business.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Frank Brogan, assistant secretary in the U.S. Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, part of the U.S. Department of Education, toured the Tyner institutes to get a better picture of how they operate and their success.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s spectacular. It really is. I wish this was around when I was their age,\u201d said Brogan, who has spent decades in education, including stints as the chancellor of the university systems in Florida and Pennsylvania. But \u201cthe best job I ever had,\u201d he said, were his years as a fifth-grade teacher.<\/p>\n

In his mind, the Teaching and Learning Institute is a two-pronged approach to helping students.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne, it will help prepare those who do go on to a career \u00a0in education, but two, it will also give people a chance to see how the other half live in education and maybe decide it\u2019s not a career path for them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLots of the skills in teaching translate to the world of work, no question about it, but there\u2019s something also something to be said in giving young people a chance to step into a career to test the waters, to see if they like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Valerie Rutledge, dean of the UTC College of Health, Education and Professional Studies, said Brogan\u2019s visit is a testament to the hard work of everyone affiliated with the Institute of Teaching and Learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s recognition of the efforts that are being put forth to try to increase the diversity in the teaching population and ultimately, I think, it becomes a great pipeline,\u201d she says. \u201cAs these students go through and begin understanding what a teaching career looks like, then the people coming along behind say, \u2018Hmm, how about that?\u2019<\/p>\n

Students in Teaching and Learning are not only given classroom lessons, they also visit elementary school classrooms to observe and are given prep work before taking the ACT exam. In the summer, they can spend a week living on campus at UTC.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the Tyner students were working on a project focusing on methods for teaching special-needs students, including how to design a lesson plan that meets the students\u2019 educational goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is so cool,\u201d Brogan said to three students working on the project in the institute classroom.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Ellis, who is on the UTC School of Education\u2019s Executive Advisory Board, said it allows students to experience the realities of day-to-day teaching while giving them a clear idea of the path they need to take to become a teacher.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think has enhanced them and really gotten them excited about the opportunities for teaching,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Tyner sophomore Kaylea Moore says the institute has solidified her plan to become a teacher. \u201cIt\u2019s a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI love just learning about how to teach as a whole and all the different aspects and ways and everything about how it is to be a teacher,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd the experiences and the relationships throughout the classroom are just a different mindset from high school. It\u2019s like a different school.\u201d<\/p>\n

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