March 4th, 2019- The education fellows had the opportunity to have a Q&A session with three High Point University Alumni’s who majored in education. This opportunity allowed the fellows to gain insight into what it is like to teach outside the public school system – charter and magnet schools in North Carolina — while also gaining advice on looking for jobs after college and the ups and down of being of teacher. The alumni described how their schools works compared to traditional schools and the amount of parent involvement within their schools. In each of the schools, parent involvement was a key requirement, whether the parents came into the classroom or provided supplies for the class. This allowed the fellows to see how they can incorporate parent involvement within their future classrooms. At the end of the session, the alumni provided personal testimonies from their experiences within the school of education and how they apply what they learned from HPU into their classrooms today. Through this experience, the fellows were able to learn about flexibility with lesson planning, classroom management, how to interact with parents and co-workers to understand the behind the scene works of being an everyday classroom teacher. The fellows left the session with more insight and knowledge into the world of education and their future careers as teachers. ~Miss Ednaya Hackney, EDU Fellows Student