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Show gathered a good many facts relevant to the phases of education specifically mentioned in our agenda itemo Some of the important ones are listed belowo . Teacher Load ·· pupils. 50 to 15 from 1 o Class siz·e ranges 2. An inordinate amount of time is spent by teachers being policemen instead of being teachers. 3o Much time is spent by teachers as bookkeepers and file clerks. 4o .Teachers spend excessive time as disciplinaria ns and counselors. Much of this work, they felt, were jobs the parents should do, but .don'to 5. Teaching work is hampered by lack of such supplies as papers and books. Counseling The guidance program in SLC schools is centered in the home room and classroom teachers, supplemented and assisted by the principal, the counselor and specialized personnel as needed. • 2. Other sources of guidance include Vocational classes, Psychology classes, vocational conferences, mimeograpn~d material on guidance, and the public address systems, available .~n :some high schools, which presented guidance discussions • o • ·. - .. , ., Supplementar y Teachers - • : ·- ., : In 1954-55 one-sixth of ;SLC i~achefs were htr~d on a supplementary basis~ Many of these had excellent training, but for various reasons such as being over the m~x,imum age requirement for. regularly hired teac:t:iers, they have no t:e:riure and serve 6n a "year ·,, t.o year basis. Each year, the priricipal under whom they ser;v.e fills out an evaluation report, which is used . as the basis for .d eteiimining their future , .· '. --·. -.· . . employment. ·-the SLC schools 1n teacher:s supplementary • for •• The primary reason Not enough war. the since is the tremendous schoo~ population growth needs. schools t~e fill ~o regularly qualified teacher§ are available_ After we had complet,ed our unit meetings on thi.s Agenda item, we took action. A general ~eeting wa s called at which a ~~nel of four people discussed varicn.i'.S: aspects of educational problems facing the people of Utah. The pan:~r members were Miss Dorothy Zimmerman, then president of the SLC leach~.r.s Association, Mr. Jewell ;Rasmussen, econ- . , omist who had recently pub,'lished a research report on· Utah tax structure·; Mr. H. Wright Volker, a mtfmber of the White House Conference on Education and Mr. A. Arnesen, in charge of finances of the SLC Board of Education. They discussed and answered questions of League members on a variety of topics which ipc1uded federal aid to education, fin·a ncing of school buildings, and ·.) problems of teacher load and its effect on the quality of education our pupils receive. In addition, we wrote letters to all members of the SLC Board of Education informing them about our study and our findings. We also stated that we would;- support their appeal for a bond issue and an increase . in the mill levy . . !:'. ' 11 June Kadish |
