Fourteen years in and Sara White loves teaching so much she was able to start a class that has been district wide in the state called Pathways to Teaching. Pathways to Teaching was introduced this year to FHN and is already a big hit to some students like Karis Skaggs and Jamie Beckerman.

“I like Pathways because I want to be a teacher, and I have wanted to be for a long time,” Skaggs said. “Being in this class has helped me figure out that I really do like to teach, and it’s cool because it also helped kids who thought they wanted to be one that they do not like it which is good to know before going to college.”

The class Pathways is still in trial and error mode, but in first semester, they learned about the basics of teaching. For example, they learned classroom management, technology, assessments and just the art and science of teaching. Then in the second semester, they participate in an internship. They select a teacher from the grade they want to teach and get to help them with little stuff. By the end of the year, they will get to teach the kids a lesson and have the teacher observe.

“I can’t pick my favorite lesson to teach,” White said. “I like giving them all a behind the curtain peek of the aspects of teaching of education in a way they don’t see it.”

Pathways of Teaching is just one of the many classes White teaches. She said she really enjoys teaching this class in particular, knowing that she is helping the next generation of teachers. She likes seeing the spark of passion that her student have for teaching, and she is all about helping her students get ready for life.

“I like the class Pathways because I’ve always loved helping little kids and I knew I have always wanted to be a teacher, and this class is really helping me with that,” Beckerman said.