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Show Don Hi II man will head Grand teachers this year f Don Hillman, history teacher at Grand County High School, has been named to serve as president presi-dent of the Grand Education Educa-tion Assn. during the 1978-79 school year, it was announced this week. Mr. Hillman also served as Grand County's delegate dele-gate to the National Education Assn. Representative Repre-sentative Assembly in Dallas, Texas, last July. Mrs. Jeanette Bretzke, math teacher at the Middle School, will be secretary-treasurer of the local association. Ms. Joan Gough, media specialist spec-ialist at Helen M. Knight and Southeast Elementary Schools was recently elected elec-ted as the President-elect, and will serve as president during the 1979-80 school year. Also serving on the board are Mrs. Dorie Wilson, past president; Ms. Maralee Roberts, representative from the High School; Bruce Neg-ley, Neg-ley, representative from the Middle School; Marcia Marshall, representative from Southeast; and Paul Radcliffe, representative from Helen M. Knight. The GEA is involved in several important projects at this time. Foremost is the new Teacher Center, which was one of the sixty proposals funded throughout through-out the United States. The School District is now in the process of selecting a director for the new Center. The main purpose of the Teacher Center is to give in-service training. The center will be a place where teachers may help other teachers do a better job. This proposal was prepared by Mrs. Barbara Ing, math teacher at the middle School, and Mrs. Aleene Nielson, media coordinator at the Middle School. Mrs. Nielson has just returned from a national Teacher Center meeting in Washington, D.C. Another committee in GEA is preparing a presentation for recognition recogni-tion of Grand County's Teacher of the Year award. This announcement announce-ment will be made within a short time. Grand County's nomination will then be in competition for the Utah award for "Teacher of the Year." The Gifted and Talent ed (Spark) Program Wa, -'.. an experimental program KV- during the last school Tr h W developed by a group of ) i "' teachers. It received fund ' ing from the state legist." ture for the 1978-79 school f :- year. 1 . ' Teachers at the elemen tary schools are in a !r'': special in-service training program in art education t i |
