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Show Workshop Draws Garfield Teachers purpose," Dr. Ivan Muse, director of Rural Education at BYU and professor at the College of Education, said. "First, it provides opportunities for the teacher to have valuable inservice training. It gives them the opportunity to get together as a total group to build closeness and harmony. By holding the workshop during regular class time, Dr. Muse feels the teacheis are more receptive of the opportunities and will relate better to each other, their principals and the administrators, he stated He added that it gives the opportunity to place student teachers in rural schools "Most of the teachers training is done in urban areas and allowing JE sVskss sV sW Panguitch High School principal Alden Black, right, hadn keys lo high school to BYU professor Dr. Garn Coomb to act as principal 4 Garfield County School District teachers are attending a three-day workshop given by Brigham Young University staff members. While attending, student teachers from BYU were placed in the classrooms throughout the district. "The program has a three-fold while Black attends wirkshep uh teachers ad principal of (he res' of the district. Mary Jean Ys.iie. center, left, Diane Feck' ell. them to teach in rural schools they learn that the students are just as willing to learn as in the urban areas," he stated. This is the 15th time a workshop of this type has been held by the BYU group and according to Dr. Muse, the experience the student teachers receive is far more valuable than student teaching. "This is a very positive experience for all concerned,'' Dt Muse said. Staff members taking the place of the principals of each of the schools watch closely over the student teachers. "I try to go to every class every period. If I see any problem I put more student teachers in that class making the teacher-student ratio smaller," Dr. Garn Coombs, associate professor at BYU said. Some 60 student-teachers participated with bringing their experiences and resources from 10 different states. Besides the teaching experience the students are allowed 10 siay m ran-munity homes, giving them a better chance to become acquainted with the community and students. Two Spanish-speaking student-teachers are spending the last period of each day holding a special Spanish class giving the three exchange students at Panguitch High School a better opportunity to learn to speak English. "This is the first time in some of the classes we have been given any work and the first time in other classes we were allowed to play," one of the Garfield County School District students said of the student teachers at the close of the first day. Besides the workshop for the district teachers held in Panguitch Tuesday, two days will be spent at BYU One of the days will be an outdoor workshop which will include such skills as going down a 90 foot cliff; rope walk across a river and blind walk up the side of a mountain "This experience does more to build closeness among the par ticipants than any of the othe. workshop presented," Dr Muse said He said they are all working toward a goal that is very hard for most of them to achieve. Each is encouraging their fellow participants, generating love and concern for those aroun j them The teachers will have an op- portunity to visit other classrooms in the Provo-Orem area. They will learn classroom strategies, technics in the classrooms and management of the classroom. The only expense to the Garfield County School District is for travel and noon meals for the BYU participants. saBflHMHHsa nnEjnuHfF ' nununV fWttr V Qtp ' jufl &agtijssMM Dr. Ivan Muse, director of the Rursl t duration at BYU and professor at the college of educaJor conducted on; of the workshops attended by the G.rffeM County School Dltlrtci Ksci.r. principals and Administrators BYU Student teacher tough! the students of Ike dutrkt |