Book page 55
Book page 55
Read and choose a word for each line. There is one example.
Rita Pierson
0. Rita F. Pierson
_(0)_spent_ her entire life in or around the classroom,
A. spends B. spent C. pass D. passed
1. ...having followed both her parents and grandparents ________ a career as an educator.
2. Rita F. Pierson, ______ professional educator since 1972, taught elementary school, junior high and special education.
3. She ______ a counselor
4. ... a testing coordinator and ______ assistant principal.
5. In each of ______ roles, she brought a special energy to the role
6. – a desire ______ get to know her students,
7. show them how ______ they matter and support them in their growth, even if it was modest.
8. For the ______ decade, Pierson conducted professional development workshops and seminars for thousands of educators. Focusing on the students who are too often under-served, she lectured on topics like “Helping Under - Resourced Learners,” “Meeting the Educational Needs of African American Boys” and “Engage and Graduate your Secondary Students: Preventing Dropouts.”
9. “Parents make decisions for their children based (9) ______ what they know, what they feel will make them safe. And it is not our place (as educators) to say what they do is wrong. It’s our place to say maybe we can add a set of rules that they don’t know about.” “One of the things we never discuss or we rarely discuss is the value and importance of human connection, relationships.”
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Rita Pierson Rita F. Pierson passed away in June 2013.
