Show Pintail I L K O V By W Wayne neld n A Superintendent m J. J 1 1 1 UV-I I t jn O V 1 1 y 1 1 i I The Utah u State Board of Education and the State School Boards i to the State Legislature calling for a teacher teachers are engaged in a day con- tract with students attending It recommended that increase in the number of days would be in lieu of The Increment in 2 amounting to about would be paid in addition to the added con- tract Walter state dent of public has felt this move to be necessary If education is to be Improved He has felt we have been dumping more and more money into the same but with nothing provid- for really changing what teachers can Although this proposal projects that all of the additional time will be free of the Alpine School District is leading charge to this be deter- l that the local school board n mai SC mandated through that is doubtful that continuing to w maintain economic will ever buy higher quality I feel that at a time when taxes are being questioned and demands are being made for a higher return on public dollars being spent for it becomes appropriate for the state to move toward matters which are calculated for higher quality rather than just for those matters which Just maintain the The L time has come when teachers L cannot be expected to do the work re- of them in the traditional day The demands of the system and the public are such that teachers need time to teach without interruption for curriculum preparation and other profession Students from grater individual tion and continuous contacts with parents and many other activities which ought to occur from the teacher and which are now being done at the ex- pense of student time or at a time when teachers are already tired from a full day's Last the legislature mandated individualized programs at the dary I predict this movement will come to the elementary schools as ear- jy as next year From this standpoint the additional contracts will be needed to foster educational This extra time could be used to prepare these individual select textbooks and plan and a variety of other The Uintah School District will send the 2 for LEf If you have additional i ques- Pase ask your board member or call a member of the district staff for information It has been proposed as a part of the column that readers may wish to write in a question to Reid to have a response These questions will be The questioner should write the question address it to the Board of West and the question must be signed by the person submitting Thank |