Ready, Set, Teach is a program in the Career and Technical Education (CTE) department at Frenship High School. The program was designed for students that aspire to becoming educators and is structured to give students experience in an actual classroom.

At the completion of the program, Ready, Set, Teach students are able to obtain their Educational Aide Level 1 Certificate, which is exactly what Love did.

“The Ready, Set, Teach program helped me out a lot with being prepared for this job,” Love said. “It taught me about classroom management, how to handle he difficult times, and how to love each student.”

Love heard about the job at Legacy this summer and thought it would be a good idea to get some experience in a school setting while she is working toward her degree in college.

What Love didn’t know is that she would be able to directly work under one of her own North Ridge Elementary teachers, Chasity Holland.

Holland is now the P.E. teacher at Legacy. Holland began her career at Frenship in 2001, and like Love, was employed at Frenship as she worked to earn her teaching certificate at Wayland Baptist in 2007.

“Adilyn was my student at North Ridge,” Holland said. “As I watched her grow older, she was very much an introvert, and very reserved. She’s definitely made a turnaround. She’s more outgoing and outspoken than the little girl I remembered.”

Holland said that she was very impressed with Love’s knowledge and passion for teaching.

“I was immediately attracted to Adilyn’s confident demeanor during her interview,” Holland said. “When she spoke about her experiences with students, I knew that she was being genuine.”

Love expressed that when she learned that she got the job, she was overcome with emotion, ready for the opportunity ahead.

“Coach Holland was my P.E. coach when I was at North Ridge Elementary, I would’ve never thought that I would have the opportunity to work alongside her,” Love said. “Now that I have been given the opportunity to work with her, I know she will build me to be even better.”

Holland said that the Ready, Set, Teach program is important because it helps aspiring young educators get their feet wet.

“The program is clearly helping develop these students, so why not keep them,” Holland said. “They know what Frenship expectations are so in my opinion there’s no one better to teach than those who have been educated within our system. Adilyn is a completely different child from the young lady that I remember. I can attribute that growth and those changes to Frenship and the Ready, Set, Teach program.”