Jenna Weinberger (left) and Elian Fabbrini (right), Clarke Central High School math department co-chair Heather Julian’s student teachers and University of Georgia students, grade quizzes for Julian’s Statistical Reasoning class. Even though UGA classes had not begun, Weinberger and Fabbrini started working with Julian during CCHS’ pre-planning on July 28. “We bring a lot of benefits. The difference (between CCHS teachers and student teachers) is (that CCHS teachers) have more experience, so they can bring that knowledge, but then (the student teachers) have the knowledge that we’re learning in real time from UGA,” Weinberger said. “So, we have more updated information and research, (and) we can bring those ideas (to CCHS).” Photo by Maya Pringle
Four UGA student teachers are working with the CCHS math department until Nov. 13.
Clarke Central High School math department teacher Mallory Thomas and CCHS math department co-chair Heather Julian each received two University of Georgia student teachers, who have worked with them since July 28.
Julian has been taking on student teachers since 2013 and has two for the 2026-27 fall semester, Jenna Weinberger and Elian Fabbrini. Weinberger and Fabbrini began working with Julian during pre-planning and will continue working with her until Nov. 13, the end of their stay at CCHS.
“I (will) jump in when I need to or help out individual students,” Julian said. “They’re very good about walking around during the work period and making sure nobody has questions. (They) check in on students, remind them what they need to be doing, refer them to their notes, all those things.”
“By Nov., I (want to) turn in an extended lesson plan that puts my first one to shambles. I want all of (my classmates) to be great, but I always want to be the greatest. And it’s tough because Weinberger is such a great student teacher.”
— Elian Fabbrini,
CCHS math department co-chair Heather Julian’s student teacher and UGA student
Weinberger and Fabbrini are co-teaching the Statistical Reasoning class with Julian and help with small activities in Julian’s Advanced Algebra class. In Statistical Reasoning, Weinger and Fabbrini will circulate throughout the classroom helping students and are responsible for the lesson plans.
“(The student teachers provide) a positive impact because they’re able to show us how to do certain things from different (points) of views, which is beneficial,” CCHS student in Julian’s Statistical Reasoning class senior Camren Potts, a senior, said. “It’s a reasoning class, so you have to reason, and it’s good that they reason in different ways.”
There are 12 total students in Weinberger and Fabbrini’s student teaching cohort, and four of them will conclude their stay at CCHS on Nov. 13. During the two months of Fabbrini’s time at CCHS he hopes to improve his student teaching skills.
“By November, I (want to) turn in an extended lesson plan that puts my first one to shambles,” Fabbrini said. “ I want all of (my classmates) to be great, but I always want to be the greatest. And it’s tough because Ms. Weinberger is such a great student teacher.”
