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Show School began officially this week In the busy little community of Tlcaboo In the southeastern most part of Garfield County. Arriving just In time to be placed Teaching Techniques Add to Newest Town TICABOO Adding to the unique character of this new Garfield County town will be the very latest in teaching techniques and individualized instructions provided for the newly enrolled students by five pioneering teachers who have elected to try their QhTY 'ftVB niHH6HBMnnnnnBnW&:' 1 Teachers at newly opened Tlcaboo School, newest in the state, include Llzbeth Guymon, left; Norma Pollitt, Sherrie Griffin. Jim Pollitt skills in this out-of-the-way embryo community. Norma Pollitt has been named project director for Ticaboo this term as the neophyte school system is being studied by various state organizations and Rex Griffin School is located in remote area of eastern Garfield County where new mining town is being developed. in position, prior to the opening of the 1979-80 school term are four specially constructed modular units which have been leased from MICO Mobile Sales as a model of individualized education for students in sparsely populated areas. Mrs. Pollitt will serve as principal and teach elementary education. Sherri Griffin will also teach on the elementary level. Education for grades Kindergarten through 12 will be offered to the 25 students currently enrolled with new move-ins expected to swell the rolls to 125 by late December. Jim Pollitt will teach secondary English, social studies, and special education. Rex Griffin will teach physical sciences, biological sciences, and mathematics, while Liz Guymon will teach business, math, girls' physical education, and home economics. All Ticaboo teachers and Garfield School District superintendent, Henry Jolley, participated earlier this summer in a two day curriculum building workshop for individualized training at Ticaboo. They studied in depth professionally prepared curriculum' materials. They were introduced to such new teaching techniques as IGE (Individually Guided Education), GEMS (Goal-based Educational Management System), and U-SAIL. The workshop was presented in I Provo, Midvale, and Salt Lake City with all teachers able to use portions of the various programs and meet some of the originators of the individualized instruction techniques. Supt Jolley stated that "because of the unique nature of this curriculum at Ticaboo, the State will be supporting curriculum efforts by supplying technical assistance by way of consultants and training help." The Ticaboo teachers were highly 'pleased with GEMS presentation and plan to use this particular method of teaching the present term, also implementing other valuable techniques such as GIN 720 and U-SAIL. The GEMS program incorporates a specific and detailed record keeping system. Students first receive screening in various areas of study, with testing to evaluate their present level of comprehension. They are then Instructed at. levels for which they test out and accurate records of mastery of any particular concept are kept. The new program will be a national model for providing individualized Instruction. It is hoped that the program will provide a better delivery syctem to the student ultimately resulting in a higher mastery of each concept being taught. |