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Show 2 Sun Advocate Price, Utah Thursday August 16. 2001 Superintendent maps for them and theyll see exactly sometimes, that they like, to what needs to be taught, exteach, but those things arc no plained the new 'superinten. dent. : longer part of the standards, will be will be continued Armstrong. The standards are what the offered in the sixth grade and students are being tested on. So consultants will be provided to the accountability has to be- - 4th, 5th and 6th grade teachers come for the teachers to teach to pfepare them for that evenwhat the state says the students tuality. ... need to know, added the Principals will also be putschool superintendent. ting teachers on a performance Teachers in the school dis--, improvement plan (PIP) after trict will be directed to indicate first quarter. , Im not looking to fire anyon their lesson plans which of ' the standards they are working one, stressed Armstrong, What I want to do is improve "on. Tkachers will be prepared the quality of instruction. What we need to do is work with ; for future years by pulling the educators together in commit-- . those teachers who are on pertees to pace the standards and ; formance improvement plans decide which standards will be ; to become stronger, teachers; Staff developers within the covered in which quarter,' As a teacher, trying to put school will be utilized to work; ; ' your arms around all of the with these teachers, or someone standards is rather complex, so will be brought in when the ifwe can pull them in and help school doesnt have an availthem to do it, it will be good able staff developer. (Continued from page in '' : RAG American Coal, theparent company of Plateau Mining; announced on Wednesday that the corporation. planned to present a $70,000 scholarship endowment fund to the Collie of Eastern Utah ; : RAG American Coal Company and Plateau operated the Willow Creek mine until an explosion that killed two men closed the local underground coal production ' : The companies awarded the money to the college to be used to provide scholarships to Carbon and Emery students who want to further their education. The money, which will be totally administered by the college, will provide one to two financial scholarships every year, according to a representative of the coal min; ing operations. ;:.' RAG and Plateauofficials view the money as a gesture toward the Castle Valley area for ail the business the mining operations have conducted in Carbon and Emery . counties over the years; even though the companies are no longer active in the coal industry In eastern Utah. .. . . : ; . . . : . M v . . . lty . . . ' : developer in every school. Part of staff development end. .'V. Mentors for beginning will involve teaching strategies, teachers will also be part of the like flexible grouping. ; One challenge teachers face districts effort to improve inis both the achievement and instruction. This will Involve scheduled activities and real .. tellectual span in the population they receive. support " Research has shown that v Mentors will not exist in name only, said. Armstrong. there is an eight year differenThe new superintendent tial as early as first grade that also has goals for himself many times increases as students advance in grade. Armstrong plans on spending Flexible grouping creates ;a great deal of time in the heterogenous clusters of indi-- ; schools. viduals. Dont be surprised to see A: Research indicates that both .me bn the lunch line, he said.; ends of the spectrum benefit , ' He also hopes to free up a from the interaction." "V; great deal of the principals- The Matthew effect (the rich. time by.freemg them from the .' get richer and the poor get unnecessaiy paperwork that poorer) also applies to lcarn- -' originates in his office. By do- -, ing. Heterogeneous grouping' ing so, be hopes to provide ad--; provides equal access for all mmistrators with more time to . ; . : , ing more enjoyable and stu- dents more successful in the , Pre-algeb- ra . , facil- -. beginning, but will make teach- - Future plans include ma- -. nipulating ninds to (dace a staff 1) : -- ; . . : visit classrooms in! their sdwols.... ers have not been instructed on " I plan on knowing every how to apply flexible grouping. ' teacher and every classified em- Differentiation of instruct ployee by the end of the school tkmfbrthe groups often seems year, indicated Armstrong. ' After working in a school overwhelming to the teacher who has not been trained in the district with 3,000 teachers, the ' students.... Many of the distincts teach-- 1 . : - . : .strategy. Remedying that "situation dis one purpose in hiring a staff developer for each school. The goal is to assist teachers -- in becoming strong. It will hard srark and leaving. ' comfort zones behind in the : ; in-vol- ve s , ' ; goal seems the easiest accom-- l plished, particularly in the face of the other tasks the superin- tendent has identified for him-- f self 's s .. Sure I get overwhelmed; But Im not a man who likes to" ;play," condluded Armstrong. . .. ' ' 'J' $ ' . . is; '.'X, f ' ; V. ... f '. 'j ' .r ' , ninllpnnfK fthprtirin hn (Continued tnm peQe1) v : tion to 5762. That would have freed up $2.6 million for Utah to distribute to other school districts across the state, ' .. according to the associations analysts. The taxpayers association analysis indicates that five i' school districts - Salt Lake; Park City, Ogden, Logan and . Rich - are being subsidized due to excessive use of redevel-- . opment agencies . In turn, the states remaining 35 school districts are as a direct result of the actions. suffering v.. The act that the five districts are robbing the 35 public school systems is not the worst part of the situation, em- -: phasizes thetaxpayers watchdog organizatiem. Salt Lake schools are receiving money back in what the district terms as an Redevelopment agency hold harmless . . . .. -- . ' Quality Log Style i: a. "provision.";''..,: ,j; In effect Salt Lake is getting extra state monies to make ; up for property taxes .While receiving an additional $1.2; million kidebade from the redevelopment agencies the a-.- " , Sofa & Loveseat ."-''- ; trictauthorizeWX' Vv';A, fj.,. Because the money is not counted toward the weighted ,;i pupil unit, state funding is not lessened. ;. The situation results in a financial windfall for Salt Lake sriwol district for authorizing the redevelopment agen- - I.. cies, concludes the Utah Thxpayers Association. ; . $200 SAVE Gotiutlons? ' - . 1 5 & ?-- .O- m - lS6 A. V IT-:- . ' .wV4,;v:1v . . A -i w ' iv--' v ' Ansvj&rl an!! t v: patton, V- - JVC 50" Big Screen Candidate for :A Television r,: & Free Delivery & Set Up .. : J : i - t f i . ''!v Streets, Water, Sewer, Parks, Recreation, Economic Development, Taxes, ; Management Style, Public Safety. 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