[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 12, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING GEORGIA MILLER-McCORKLE

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 12, 2008

  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Georgia 
Miller-McCorkle, who immigrated to the United States in 1980 from 
Trinidad, West Indies, where as a child she always excelled in school, 
getting merit cards along with excellent report cards. As a child, she 
was asked, ``What do you want to be when you grow up?'' Her answer was 
always, ``I want to be a teacher.''
  At first, Ms. McCorkle settled in this country, got married, and 
raised five children: Sherwin, Vonetta, Fredericka, Tristan, and 
Robmesh. During that time, she worked at jobs fulfilling the basic home 
needs and helping to pay the bills, but something was missing.
  Subsequently, she attended Brooklyn College, receiving her bachelor 
of arts, BA, degree in special education and her master's degree in 
special education from Long Island University. She joined the 
Department of Education in 1989, where her teaching skills included 
student-centered instruction, educational technology, parental 
involvement in student learning, critical thinking, individual learning 
plans, student motivation strategies, and active and meaningful 
learning activities.
  Georgia Miller-McCorkle has worked with students from kindergarten 
through 12th grades, teaching science, music, and art, and was dean of 
students for 6 years. Further, she counseled mild to profoundly 
mentally challenged young adults, supervising their daily activities 
and developing long- and short-term goals at a group home for mentally 
challenged adults for 3 years.
  She provides cognitive and motor development skills for babies with 
developmental delays from birth to 3 years old in the Early 
Intervention Program and has been doing so for almost 12 years.
  This remarkable woman is certified in: LSCI, Life Space Crisis 
Intervention; TCI, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention; FBA, Functional 
Behavioral Assessment; CPR, Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation; beginning 
sign language; and first aid.
  Madam Speaker, it behooves us to recognize this woman who exhibits 
such passion for the teaching profession and still teaches the early 
childhood grades, K-2, enjoying her job to the fullest. She is indeed 
living out her dream.

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