P-CEP’s up-and-coming teachers receive grand surprise
The P-CEP Educational Careers seniors hold flags representing their respective universities.
A May 27 signing-day event to celebrate the graduation of several Plymouth-Canton Educational Park seniors who aspire to someday join the education profession turned into much more than a photo opportunity for the students and their families.
In a surprise announcement, P-CEP Educational Careers Teacher Chelsea Kaske revealed to the future educators that once they graduate from college with an education-related degree, they will be guaranteed a job interview with Plymouth Canton Community Schools.
“We are carrying on the initiative of ‘growing your own’,” said Kaske, whose idea to guarantee interviews to Educational Careers students was embraced by P-CCS administrators.
Positive boost
The aspiring educators will not be guaranteed a job following the interviews, but their budding careers will receive a positive boost from the experience at the very least.
“These students share a commitment to the leadership, service, compassion and patience it takes to become inspiring educators someday,” Kaske said. “By completing the two-hour block Educational Careers class, they’ve demonstrated they want to make a difference in the lives of children in our communities.”
Students who complete P-CEP’s introduction and second-year Educational Careers classes receive valuable in-class experience working with P-CCS elementary and middle school students — a rare benefit for high school students.
“I took the Educational Careers class at P-CEP before I went to college and it helped me immensely,” Kaske said. “A lot of my college classmates had little or no experience with making lesson plans and observing students in actual classroom settings, so it gave me a huge advantage .”
Interest in education careers trending up
Kaske noted that roughly 40 students completed Educational Careers classes throughout the 2025-26 school year, with over 50 signed up for the 2026-27 school year.
Plymouth senior Kylie Weissman, who shared that Plymouth High School teacher Scott Thomas was her favorite teacher throughout her K-12 experience, said choosing to pursue a degree in education was an easy decision.
