Posted by Staff Reports | Aug 31, 2026 | Bartow News | 0 | Georgia Highlands College has unveiled a new Education Lab at the Cartersville site designed to give future teachers an immersive, hands-on experience in a classroom environment before they enter the workforce. The new lab was developed to resemble a real K-5 classroom, providing GHC education students with a space to practice teaching strategies, develop lesson plans and gain confidence in front of a classroom. The project was nearly two years in the making, with Jennifer Carpenter, Division Chair for the School of Business and Professional Studies, providing the vision for the lab and Instructor of Education Deb Stephens helping bring that vision to life. The lab will also become an important part of GHC’s coursework. Stephens recently developed a new Foundations of Reading course in which students will build a lesson plan throughout the semester and ultimately deliver a teaching demonstration in the new classroom. “They will feel like real classroom teachers,” Stephens said. Carpenter said the Education Lab represents an important investment in the college’s future educators and the communities they will eventually serve. “This newly redesigned classroom was intentionally created to model the kind of engaging, student-centered learning environments our future educators will lead one day,” Carpenter said. “From flexible seating and collaborative spaces to interactive teaching tools, every element was chosen…
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