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Show Thursday, January 17, 1974 ATTENTION PARENTS Public Hearing For Title IV Indian Education Act Application Uintah and Duchesne School Districts Wednesday, January 23, 1974 7:30 p.m,. Learning Center Fort Duchesne, Utah Refreshments will be served Parents and interested persons are urged to attend this meeting! CALIFORNIA VISITORS-W- iit for delegation to resume tour of the Southern California Regional Occupation Center during December. The vocational school was included on the ternary of the Uintah Basin group's visit to California as well as other model schools in the area. g"g information with one of the instructors is Todd Ekmdbtary School Principal Gerald Mitchell left. Completing the delegation are from left Carleen Ignacio, Amelia Serawop and Gladys Cuch. Education Group Tour California Model Schools, Explore Methods A welcome change from below zero Utah weather to warm, sunny California weather greeted 16 delegates from the Uintah Basin who visited schools in the southern and bay areas of that state last month. Parents, teachers, and school officials of highways eventually brought the Southern' representing the Ute Tribe, Bureau of group to its destination-t- he Indian Affairs and Uintah and Duchesne California Regional Occupational Center School Districts toured educational instilocated in Torrance. tutions in Los Angeles and Palo Alta OCCUPATIONAL CENTER The delegation landed at the Burbank Students attending this vocational Airport Dec. 6 and traveled by taxi school attend regular school for four caravan to downtown Los Angeles. periods each day and then are bussed to Representatives making the trip included the center from the home schools located Ron Egan, Coordinator of the Uintah in the six participating school districts. Basin Education Council; Gladys Cuch, High schools students are not required to n parent; Amelia Serawop, parent; pay fees and nominal fees are charged for Ignacio, Ute Tribe Education ofpost high school students and adult, fice; Maxine Natchees, Ute Tribe Public Relations; Dee C. Wilcox, Bureau of attending the institution. Experienced industrialists fill teaching Indian Affairs; Phil Ellis, Assistant at the center. One of the school . posts Superintendent, Uintah School District; officials explained the instructors were Lowell Caldwell, Assistant Superintennot necessarily college graduates but dent, Duchesne School District; Norwood were highly qualified in the field they Hardy, West Junior High School were teaching. Principal; George Phillips, Roosevelt Several areas of instruction are offered Junior High School Principal; Orvil to the 2400 students enrolled at the Hullinger, Union High School Principal, and include business, commerce, school James Duke, Myton Elementary School data graphic arts, cosmetoloprocessing, Principal; Gerald Mitchell, Todd Elehealth services, gy, mentary School Principal; Bruce Goodtransportation-mechanic- s rich, math teacher at Union High School; and environmental landscaping. A phase first grade teacher at ?race Gardner, of the course has to be mastered before School; Ronald Jolley, english and the student moves to the next phase and communications teacher at West Junior thus moves at his own speed. The SCROC High School; and Marlin Georgia, emphasis is to develop proficiency which counselor at West Junior High School. can be used on job entry level upon EDUCATOR TRAINING CENTER completion of study. Classes create a similar environment to actual work staAn introduction to the Schools Without tions so adjustment can be made with Failure concept was made through an some ease. The student body also inorientation meeting with the staff of the cludes the mentally retarded and physiEducator Training Center in L.A. The cally handicapped. Center was organized by Dr. William Glasser in 1968 to help schools work more CONTINUING EDUCATION SCHOOL effectively with students through reAfter touring this facility, the delegasearch to reduce student failure tion parted ways and visited two differparticularly at the elementary levels. Glasser is director of the Training Center ent schools. The elementary group visited the Tenth Street School while the and consulting psychiatrist in Los and Palo Alto schools. secondary group visited Metropolitan Angeles City The center conducts Schools Without High School. The high school is a continuFailure seminars to provide a way for ing education center for dropouts and is schools to plan and implement the kind of funded by the state according to the number of students enrolled. The 70 changes which produce successful students. Interested schools are assisted in predominately black students came from different school districts in the city. Eight the development of the philosophy and in faculty members completed the school planning the program to implement it. The Educator Training Center sends population. The principal said they offer the stu-staff members to work with the schools. A project was recently initiated on the dents everything they can in curriculum. He added they range academically from Makah Reservation in Washington state. one end of the scale to the other. They are An early morning expedition on the L.A. freeway system tested driving skills graded A.B.C and if they don't pass they of elected drivers of the visitors. A maze repeat the course. Car-Illee- - electrical-electronic- metal-machin- . s, STRUCTURAL TUTORING-Instruct- ors recently hired to work at Todd Lillian Mrs. School to left are Reed, Mrs. Delilah Reyos, and right Elementary Mrs. Linda VanderHoop. The trio are employed under the Title IV program to help studets with their lessons. Additional aides will be placed in West Junior High School to help student success. The teacher-studen- t ratio was small and enabled highly individualized instruction. The teachers participated in workshops to give them an added background for instruction and gave an opportunity for discussion of problem areas. Parent involvement was very evident. The school faculty made parent contacts for positive actions of the students and not always for the negative ones they said. Upon admission, which is voluntary or by court referral, a standards contract is signed by the school, students, and par ents. This covered areas of bell schedule; lunch; attendance; closed campus; conduct; alcohol, drugs and narcotics; weapons; threats; dice and cards; radios; smoking; grooming, buses; automobiles; personcl property; and classroom rules. The schedule was based around a four hour program of no more than four classes. The main objective of the school is to provide a senior high school program which permits a student to work toward or complete credits for graduation. The two schools were covered in one day and the elementary group departed Los Angeles International Airport with destination San Jose while the secondary group left for San Diego. MODEL SCHOOL The Ventura School at Palo Alto is a model school implementing the Glasser concept of Schools Without Failure. A brief orientation period led by a teacher who was involved with the method from the beginning started the day, which was also observation day. Visitors from other areas of California including the Uintah Basin group were guided by a schedule which included observation of classroom meeting techniques. This concept is one of the essentials of the Glasser method. The Ute parents visited a class. Four and five year olds were directly involved with the teacher in the class meeting. In addition to the regular structure teaching, extra class activities were suggested by the students. The student body was a mixture of several ethnic groups. Stanford University is located in the area and many children from foreign countries attend the school. Children ranging from ages four to 11 attend the class. They were divided into age groups, i.e. 7, 8 and 9 year olds, 8, 9 and 10 year olds, 9, 10 and 11 year olds were grouped together, rather than grades. The teachers explained report cards are not used. Progress reports are given through parent consultations. Involvement and caring were two words which were evident as keys in the success-oriente-d school A film on school discipline problems was viewed by the group. This presented a new approach to the problem. Practical solutions using the success concepts of Dr. Glasser' s Reality Therapy were put into practice to achieve discipline. This Him emphasized discipline is not punishment but gives the student responsibility in evaluating his behavior and getting a commitment to correct it. A quick departure from the San Francisco International Airport ended the two-dawhirlwind tour of the shcools. y |
