| Show Most Utah f h Teachers Like T Teaching Best Dest Seek Better Parent Relation I Seven out Mit of ten Utah teachers teacher said cald th they y liked teaching better i than anything else eh they could Uld think of doing and If It they had hadIt It all aU to La do O over Or r ag again ln i per er cent would choose teaching again as a career One elementary teacher teacher feather des dee how she felt about te teach ch- ch chI I In In to the following words I 1 f feel t that teaching brings more hap hap- i and satisfaction than any occupation n excepting motherhood I 1 love the children I teach and andI I 1 sometimes feel that I am really helping them to have a better life Those teachers said they liked teaching only moderately well wen or considered It an unsatisfactory unsatisfactory factory occupation gave as reasons reasons reas reas- ons Ins for their feeling Low tow pay scales unreasonable work loads load crowded classrooms and unsatisfactory factory status In the com corn While a majority of the teachers teachers teach teach- ers era were we're were either elther well welt satisfied with the results being achieved by the schools they had a number number number num num- ber of suggestions for ImprovIng improving ing sch school ol service Ideas IdealS to Improve For example teachers were asked naked what suggestions they would have for Improving communications communications communications com com- between the school and the public Closer relationships relationships relation relation- ships between parents and teachers teachers teachers teach teach- ers got the the i largest response Better Metter press relations with closer i cooperation and better understanding understanding under under- standing between the press and schools received the second larg larg- largest largest est vote vole Asked what changes would do most to increase their satisfaction t In teaching almost third one-third of the the teachers suggested a more reasonable work load by ng clerical work cutting extra extracurricular extracurricular curricular duties and reducing the work day One teacher expressed it this way Eliminate the mounting clerical work Give me five minutes time during the day that I can call can my own own Teachers were asked askE ProvidIng Providing Providing Provid ing there were no financial barriers barriers barriers bar bar- wh what t curriculum program program program pro pro- gram change would you suggest making to Improve service In I I i your district I i Program Change Among the suggestions receiving I ing lag the heaviest vote vole In order o of the number of responses were j ji I I i Reduce the number of ot students i per classroom Set up special classes lu s related to the ability of her students student's and change the curriculum curriculum cur cur- curriculum to Include more science less athletics and various other curriculum changes Utah teachers generally feel that they are encouraged to try tryout try tryout I out new Ide ides ideas s and methods In the tha I classroom one Eighty-one and six- six tenths p per r cent answered Yes Ye Yeto to the question Are teachers in your district generally encouraged to try new Ideas end and nd methods method or I not noU Features of the school program most misunderstood by the public teachers said were A lack of understanding of the general alms aims and goals goats of I I I Lion Including the academic programs programs pro pro- grams and teaching techniques In second place was school financing financing financing fin fin- problems of ot taxation methods of ot financing and the general general general gen gen- eral need for school funds |
