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From the Ted Talk by Larry Irvin: A program to empower Black teachers in the US

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So how do we do what we do? amtthnceat. We offer a three-year undergraduate fellowship to college-aged Black men. Our criteria are simple. You got to have a 2.5, be enrolled at least half-time in college and obviously be a Black male. The first year, the program is just an otaresivobn year, we like to take a gradual, slow approach to teaching. We have an old saying in New Orleans: “You can’t microwave gumbo.” You've got to slow-cook it. And that's the approach we take with teachers. Year one is a simple observation, you may lead homework activities, recreational activities for 10 or 12 hours a week. Year two and three are your lab development years where you learn the pedagogy, classroom management, snaoihdwg teraechs, lesson planning, things of that nturae. It all culminates in placement into the classroom. But the really special sucae of our program is our itrnaenl, personal and professional development, the ceihpr series. The Cipher series is where young men get a cchnae to break down and dissect, sort of recalibrate their compasses, if you will, in regards to being a bclak man in this world today, but also being a Black man in eduiatcon. Our topics of discourse range from masculinity, résumés, networking, relationships, you name it.

Open Cloze

So how do we do what we do? __________. We offer a three-year undergraduate fellowship to college-aged Black men. Our criteria are simple. You got to have a 2.5, be enrolled at least half-time in college and obviously be a Black male. The first year, the program is just an ___________ year, we like to take a gradual, slow approach to teaching. We have an old saying in New Orleans: “You can’t microwave gumbo.” You've got to slow-cook it. And that's the approach we take with teachers. Year one is a simple observation, you may lead homework activities, recreational activities for 10 or 12 hours a week. Year two and three are your lab development years where you learn the pedagogy, classroom management, _________ ________, lesson planning, things of that ______. It all culminates in placement into the classroom. But the really special _____ of our program is our ________, personal and professional development, the ______ series. The Cipher series is where young men get a ______ to break down and dissect, sort of recalibrate their compasses, if you will, in regards to being a _____ man in this world today, but also being a Black man in _________. Our topics of discourse range from masculinity, résumés, networking, relationships, you name it.

Solution

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  2. sauce
  3. observation
  4. education
  5. internal
  6. chance
  7. attachment
  8. nature
  9. shadowing
  10. teachers
  11. cipher

Original Text

So how do we do what we do? Attachment. We offer a three-year undergraduate fellowship to college-aged Black men. Our criteria are simple. You got to have a 2.5, be enrolled at least half-time in college and obviously be a Black male. The first year, the program is just an observation year, we like to take a gradual, slow approach to teaching. We have an old saying in New Orleans: “You can’t microwave gumbo.” You've got to slow-cook it. And that's the approach we take with teachers. Year one is a simple observation, you may lead homework activities, recreational activities for 10 or 12 hours a week. Year two and three are your lab development years where you learn the pedagogy, classroom management, shadowing teachers, lesson planning, things of that nature. It all culminates in placement into the classroom. But the really special sauce of our program is our internal, personal and professional development, the Cipher series. The Cipher series is where young men get a chance to break down and dissect, sort of recalibrate their compasses, if you will, in regards to being a Black man in this world today, but also being a Black man in education. Our topics of discourse range from masculinity, résumés, networking, relationships, you name it.

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