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WSC to Host Local Educators For Workshop on Poverty in Worcester County

Worcester State College will present the one-day workshop, “A Framework for Understanding Poverty,” Wednesday, April 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Student Center Blue Lounge.  The workshop will feature nationally recognized educator and counselor Rita F. Pierson, Ed.D. [1]

Educators, counselors, administrators, and support staff, from around the region will learn how to deal with the poverty our children face while examining local Worcester County poverty data.  Attendees will learn:

Rita F. Pierson, Ed.D. of Houston, Texas, has been a professional educator since 1972. She has served as an elementary school teacher, a special education teacher, junior high school teacher, counselor, assistant principal, director, testing coordinator, and consultant. Pierson is also a Licensed Professional Counselor. She has developed and implemented a school/community involvement program for a large urban elementary school, and organized and trained an in-school crisis team for students in need of immediate intervention. An experienced consultant, Rita has presented numerous workshops for aha! Process, Inc. [2] since 1997.