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Show Review - Wednesday, December 21, 1983 - Page 5 Farm Bureau calls for teachers merit pay pilot program The leader of one of the state's largest citizens organizations says his group favors the concept of merit pay for teachers, but believes educators and legislators ought to establish a "carefully monitored pilot program for merit pay" in a limited number of Utah schools which could evaluate teacher career ladders, sludenl testing methods and other techniques to assure that "higher taxes for merit pay programs will actually result in improved educational excellence." "There is an obvious need for innovative improvement in classroom teacher effectiveness, but the issue is becoming so politicized we arc afraid reasonable solutions may be overlooked in favor of rhetoric," said Frank 0. Nishiguchi, president of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation, which represents nearly twenty thousand Utah families. Nishiguchi, a Garland area farmer, said Farm Bureau has taken a position on the seemingly issue because "we are citizens before we are farmers or ranchers" and because many of the organization's members live inr ural school districts "which con-stantly struggle to find the money and resources to adequately teach our children." "With the rapidly-changin- g technology now available in agriculture, our children simply teacher compensation and measured student achievement," he said. Nishiguchi said the career ladder compensation program suggested by Governor Scott Metheson's Kducation Reform Study Com-mittee and the merit pay concept suggested by some legislators should meet two criteria before statewide adoption. "Any plan must be fair both to teachers and to taxpayers, and any plan has to result in belter quality education," he said. "We can't know those things without trying them on a limited basis first." lie said the legislature, the Slate Board of Kducalion and the Utah Education Association should work together, seeking citizen par-ticipation, to develop a realistic teacher compensationimproved productivity plan that could be introduced to selected pilot school districts around the state. "We also believe that too much of the school dollar is spent for ad-ministrative and supervisory purposes rather than direct pupil uses such as classroom teaching," Nishiguchi said, adding that school districts should be agreeable to cooperative arrangements between districts to better utilize school facilities, "Those problems must also be addressed in any plan to improve our educational system," he said. inusi nave a nign quality education if they are to survive in our in-dustry. The business and our society are so complicated today our young people cannot afford to be undereducated." Teachers must be properly compensated for their work, he said, and facilities must be adequate, but simply putting money into untried programs is not the answer, he said. "There must be a direct relationship between higher Letters to Santa Hi Santa. I love you. Tell me what your elfs names are. I would like to see Baby Jesus. If you can bring me something for me Santa. I would like Strawberry Little and Big Short Cake dolls. Shalyn Jolley, 6 Hi Santa: I love you. I love your smiles and loves. Your a nice man. Please come and see me. Santa I hope all the nice kids fined a present under the tree. I hope my present is a race track. Be safe. Ryan Jolley I am 4 years old now. 1 pammy Panda. 2. Baby skates. 3. roller skates. 4. Barbie Dream bed. 5 Typewriter. 6- - Do" clothes. 7. 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Dean Davis at the weather reporting station here in town made tin; observation and recorded Jt in his record book. If we don't have a white Christmas it is not because Mother Nature and Dean didn' try. Date High Ijw Precip Dec. 12 49 33 .02 Dec. 13 36 29 .18 Dec. 14 34 29 .58 Dec. 15 38 30 .62 Dec. 16 34 1 8 Dec. 17 38 26 .03 Dec. 18 35 27 Families under Stress' series scheduled for January reruns The schedule of the rerunning of the series entitled "Families Under Stress" is as follows. The series will be broadcast over Channel 2 KUTV television, Sunday mornings from 6:30 - 7:00 a.m., beginning January 1, 1984, and going through February 5, 1984. The course is available for university credit, either one or two hours, depending upon the amount of work the person would desire to do. 1. January 1, 1984: "The Stressful Lives of Children," How parents can recognize and reduce stress in children's lives. 2. January 8, 1984: "Teenage Stress," Sources of stress in adolescence with coping strategies for parents and youth. 3. January 15, 1984: "Why Child Abuse Occurs," Major causes of child abuse will be examined by professionals and parents. 4. January 22, 1984: "Ways to Stop Child Abuse and Neglect," Suggestions will be given to parents who might potentially abuse a child. 5. January 29, 1984: "Death and Stress," Coping strategies for managing stress caused by the death of a family member will be presented. 6. February 5, 1984: "Family Stress and Marital Conflicts," How stress impacts marital conflicts will be explored and suggestions for management discussed. The series is sponsored by: Extension Services, Dept. of Family & Human Development, College of Family Life, Utah Council on Family Relations. For further information contact: Dr. Glen Jensen, UMC 29, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322; telephone (801) 750-154- |