The Kenan Fellow/Mentor partnership is the foundation of our program and what we do.  What does this partnership mean to you?

I was very fortunate to have been paired with two wonderful mentors during my fellowship, Elizabeth Edwards from NC DPI and Dr. Sandra Warren from East Carolina University. Through the summer, we would meet together to discuss ideas and lesson plans. I learned a lot from both of my mentors through their guidance as I wrote science lesson plans related to the Extended Content Standards. As I was creating the plans and going through the rough draft stages, the both were very helpful with their feedback.  They gave ideas that led me to changes in how I write my lesson plans now.  With the format I used for the Kenan lesson plans, I have now embedded those details into my other science units.  I  appreciate all of their help and encouragement as I have gone through the Kenan Fellowship.