After moving to North Carolina from a state where teachers are taken much better care of, I was a little discouraged. I felt like people in this state didn’t value or recognize the important work that teachers do. The Kenan Fellow partnerships helped show me otherwise. It was good to see industry and higher education seeking out teachers because they realize the importance of quality education. I gained a lot of knowledge of the ‘real world’ from the partnership that has improved my teaching and even the view I have of the profession within North Carolina.