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A Scholarship in Honor of Dr. Jeannette Veatch
Dr. Jeannette Veatch, a national reading authority,
teacher, friend to many educators in our Valley,
and founder of Individualized Reading Instruction,
passed away on April 18, 2002. The Maricopa Colleges
Foundation is creating a four-year ,teacher education
scholarship in her name. These funds will be available
for students in the Maricopa Community Colleges
who have been involved in literacy or math-outreach
programs, such as America Reads/ America Counts.
Donations can be made by writing a check to Maricopa
Colleges Foundation with a notation to "Jeannette
Veatch Scholarship." Address your envelopes to
Development Office, Mesa Community College, 1833
W. Southern Ave., Mesa, Arizona 85202.
A few weeks before her death, Jeannette Veatch
was excited about coming to Mesa Community College
to conduct a workshop for Maricopa College reading
tutors in the America Reads program. She knew
that without training, people usually teach the
way that they were taught. She also knew that
teaching reading one-on-one the same way that
most teachers teach reading to a whole class is
not effective. She was excited about training
college reading tutors and future teachers in
the approach that she founded, Individualized
Reading Instruction. Her method is not a one-on-one
version of "lecture, listen, and learn." Her approach
focuses on learning by doing in which the teacher
responds to needs moment by moment AS the child
reads. In Individualized Reading Instruction,
the content is person matter, not subject matter.
A complete set of her Individualized Reading training videos are being donated
to the MCC America Reads program and are available to all programs in our District.
Also, part of the proceeds from MCC's summer benefit play for America Reads/America
Counts will be put into this scholarship.
At 92, Jeannette Veatch's life was not ending;
it was just beginning. At her death, her contributions
to education will not be ending; they will be
just beginning. That is a promise.
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