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Show Page Eight The Springville Herald July 25, 1974 allow students to study a given skill one step at a time. The program is also goal oriented. Each student will be given a sheet with specific goals for each program and can complete that program when he has accomplished ac-complished these goals. Another basic change is the graduation requirements for students declaring vocational careers. Their program will be designed in relation to their desired career. The basic education or general education portion of the program will be based on the attainment of certain understandings, un-derstandings, skills and concepts. con-cepts. For example, every student will be required to attain a certain level of proficiency in mathematics. The vocational students will not be required to take year long math courses, however, they will be required to show competency by performing math skills. The same will be true in the area ' of English, social studies, music and art. It is hoped that two things will be accomplished from a change in the program: (1; that more time will be available for students to gain skills and concepts in their selected career or related careers and (2) that they will have received a well rounded education. This will be achieved by requiring students to gain understandings and skills in areas which before have not been required. Hopefully, we will be able to virtually guarantee that every student has a minimum understanding in many areas of general education which prior to this time could be skipped if the student took only required courses. The proposed program takes into consideration that students do learn outside of school and that they can be given credit for learning skills and concepts by other sources. The whole program is based around the idea of goals and performance per-formance of these goals rather than so many hours in required courses. This is a major educational change and if you have specific questions about the new program, drop me a note and if they are of a general nature I will try to explain them in future columns. It is an exciting concept con-cept and the teachers, who are the heart of the program, have spoken very favorably of their work this summer and seem to be excited about the prospect of jmaking a stronger commitment to career education. From the superintendent's desk CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAM by Joe Reidhead The district has been working on some major changes in the area of vocational education during the past year. The first change, which is going to be difficult for all of us to get used to, is that we will be referring to the term "career education" rather than "vocational education". By career education we mean any activity that a student is engaged in which will help him earn a living or make a commitment to an occupation. This goes beyond the old definition of vocational education and recognizes that every student should have a goal in order to develop his skills and education sufficient to provide work opportunities for him in his chosen area of work whether it be a vocational technical job, a professional job, etc. A great deal of effort has been put into making changes this summer to prepare for the beginning of school. Over a hundred teachers have been involved for one month of intensive in-tensive work to develop the various parts of the new program. The changes center around orienting the classwork to an individualized media oriented program which wilf Fuel Saver Circa 1932 Resembling a Jules Verne creation, this was the first light-weight, stainless steel car made in the United States. It tipped the scales at 13,500 pounds . . . less than 110 the weight of typical rail cars of that day. W 0m pi i s ; j U. A yZkr'?: SEE I LI 2 ysg Thomas Alan Roylance, son of Alan and Venita Roylance of Springville will celebrated his first birthday July 28. Helping him to celebrate will be his grandfather Mr. Erling Roylance and his two sisters and brother. Construction on projects to aid wildlife Construction crews of the Division of Wildlife Resources have recently completed several projects that will definitely aid Utah's wildlife, according to, Lloyd Karren, construction engineer for the Division. During the last year, construction con-struction has been completed, or is in progess, on a bridge over the Green River near Brown's Park, a fish pond in Farmington, dikes on many of the state's waterfowl marshes, a new hunter safety rifle range in Ogden and many other projects that aid wildlife and man's enjoyment of the out of doors. "The many visitors to Farmington Far-mington Bay or the Springville Fish Hatchery marvel at the waddle of a duck or the splash of a trout but seldom realize the importance of construction in maintaining habitat for wildlife areas," commented Karren. Construction is a branch of the Division of Wildlife Resources, titled Field Services. This section provides a variety of services to other Division sections, sec-tions, such as Fisheries and Game Management. "It takes a great deal of money to provide wildlife improvements. The problem is that many times people do not realize what is involved," concluded Karren. Studies indicate that from the early teen years through their late 60's women generally have better hearing than men. This is especially true from the ages of 25 through 65 officials of the Beltone Crusade for Hearing Conservation point out. 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