苏珊·皮科塔（Suzanne Piechotta）是罗伯特·瑟克中学（Robert Thirsk High School）十年级教师，也是2020年埃德温·帕尔奖的董事会提名人。

皮科塔是一位一年级英语语言艺术和美术教师，校长马特·克里斯蒂森（Matt Christison）称她为“杰出的人类”。

她通过自己对艺术的热爱与学生建立联系，帮助他们找到灵感、热情和能够表达自己的地方。她总是以培养学生的能力为首要任务，让他们觉得自己能够成功。这也体现在她担任篮球和曲棍球教练的角色上，她帮助运动员认识到他们在球场上培养的技能可以延伸到他们的日常生活中。

皮科塔感谢她在罗伯特·瑟克中学的同事们，称“这所学校提供了一个支持、合作的环境，为我提供了与来自不同学科的经验丰富的教师一起工作的机会，扩充了我的知识储备，增强了我作为教育者的能力。”

埃德温·帕尔教师奖每年授予初出茅庐的教师，表彰他们的初步教学能力。如果她被选为区域优胜者，她将与来自阿尔伯塔省各地的其他五名优胜者一起，在今年秋季的颁奖典礼上受到表彰。

克里斯蒂森表示，所有与她接触的人都能够茁壮成长：“她具备我们寻找的教师的所有品质。”

苏珊·皮科塔接受埃德温·帕尔教师奖提名

从左至右：招聘和人员配备顾问道格·斯威夫特（Doug Swift），第一教育区教育主任克里斯蒂娜·达维斯（Christine Davies），苏珊·皮科塔，罗伯特·瑟克中学校长马特·克里斯蒂森（Matt Christison）

​Suzanne Piechotta, a Grade 10 teacher at Robert Thirsk High School (RTHS), is the Board of Trustees nominee for the 2020 Edwin Parr Award.

Piechotta is a first-year English Language Arts and Art teacher and was heralded by principal Matt Christison as an “outstanding human being.”

She uses her passion for the arts to help connect with students, helping them find inspiration, passion, and a place where they can express themselves. Her priority is always to build the student’s capacity so they feel like they can be successful. This carries over into her role of basketball and field hockey coach, where she has helped her athletes realize the skills they develop on the court can carry over into their everyday lives.

Piechotta thanked her colleagues at RTHS, saying “the supportive, collaborative environment at the school has provided me with numerous opportunities to work alongside experienced teachers from various disciplines, building my knowledge base and strengthening my skills as an educator.”

The Edwin Parr Teacher Award is given annually to a novice teacher who demonstrates initial teaching proficiency. If she is selected as the zone winner, she will be recognized along with the five other zone winners from across Alberta at a ceremony this fall.

Christison said that all people who encounter her thrive: “She embodies all of the things that we look for in teachers.”

Suzanne Piechotta accepts the nomination for the Edwin Parr Teacher Award

L-R: Recruitment and Staffing Consultant Doug Swift, Area 1 Education Director Christine Davies, Suzanne Piechotta, RTHS principal Matt Christison