If School An t^ y our .Child ?
vp a
ft time.
tn ? m*v
of each of ITT teach
City, Mich., elementary
by the svatem's former
superintendent. Charles B. Park.
The educrator found that an
average 26 per cent of a "teacher'a
priceless rift ? the ability to taach
? ?n betaf squandered on rou
tine chorea: watering planta. clean
ing blackboard!, monitoring lunch
rooma. noticing paygrounds. putting
on chfldren'a leggings. filling out
elaborate attendance sheets, col
lecting claas fundi for dozen* of
causes."
At the time of the survey, Bay
CttVa erowin? school enrollment
had jammed the existing clan
rooms and burdened individual
teachera with up to SO pupils.
Superintendent Park, now a di
rector of special atudiea at Central
Michigan University decided that
more effective uae of the training
and skill of teachei alreadv on
h'a staff could answer h'a problem
until additional claasrooms and
onalifled teachers became avail
able.
Hia solution: employ local people
as teacher aides to handle the over
worked schoolmarma' routine du
ties. Hospitals capitalised on the
same idea in World War II by
using nurses' aidea to relieve over
burdened nurses
Park encountered no fwMe I"
recruiting fine aides. To PTA of
ficers and orominent cttliwns. he
d??c*bed the tvne of people want
ed. He aaya, "No former teecber
or trainee wsa considered. Tho*
chosen were the kind of people
available in any community They
had at least a high school educa
tion " .
Within a few daya Park had 84
names. He and his staff selected
eight persona to pioneer the teach
er aide program. Theae candidate*
ranged from a 19-year-old drug
store clerk to a 42-year-old grand
mother. Each posaeaaed desirable
tog diaposition . I
Aid as rmutmt MS a waefc. b
wis strictly subordinate to the
teacher. In cm* of conflict, the
those of non-professional nature,
Mch as clerical work and grading
objective-type tests.
Is 1964, Park and his colleague!
appraised the fine year's experi
ment with a crttiesi eye, compar
ing classrooms with aide* and
those without
Pupils with aides made above
average progress. Achievement
tests revealed that in a 7-nooth
period they were at "the stage
normally reached only after 1.3
months The children la rooms
with only a teacher war* found to
be at the 6.4-month stage."
Further, new stopwatch atudies
at teachers with aide* have re
vealed that the teacher:
Spent one-fifth more time mak
ing .assignment.
Added more thaa a full hour of
classroom recitation each day.
Oave 27 per cent more individual
help to each pupil; when the aide's
own contribution was considered,
each pupil was found to have re
ceived BO per cent more individual
help than previously.
Spent 48 per cent less time
on non-professional and clerical
chores.
Cave more personal counseling
to students.
Spent over twice as much time
on important lesson plans.
Today, approximately 42 Michi
gan school systems utilize aides in
elementary schools and in iunioi
and senior high tchools. Other
communities throughout the U. S.
have sdopted variations of the Bay
City plan.
Not only is the plan applicable
wherever overcrowding exists be
cause of a shortage of classrooms
or teachers, but "beyond that the
increased uae of aides to relieve
teachers of paperwork has proved
useful even where classes are of
manageable sixe."
(More can be learned about the
I neer schsel MMrlmnti from
'ScbooArtr
Arthur i). Harm. PwMwUr. >u?
Garden
Time
Br V. K. GAHDNZR *
Medical science U about to prove
that "an apple a d ay keeps the
doctor away." 1 I oneaday won't
do the job, then we should eat
two a day.
At a recent American Heart As
sociation meeting, Dr. And) Keys
reported that 16 grama of pectin
a day (or three weeks can lower
the cholesterol and other fatty
materia le content o I the blood, one
of the major causes of heart fall'
ure. Two ripe luscious apples will
approximate the 15-gram-a-day sup
ply of pectin. Can you imagine a
more delightful way to take your
medicine?
What about high blood proaaure?
This is another common ailment
in this day of faat, furious and
devil-may-care living. A Ruasian
scientist has found another impor
tant pace for an apple diet in the
relief of thia trouble. Dr. B. S.
Levine reports a definite curative
effect upon a large percentage of
his patients.
Dr. Lovine used 180 patients, all
suffering from "slow progressive
hypertension." Is summary, he re
ports "that blood pressure was re
duced in lip patients" of whom
two-thirds were restored to nor
mal Some improvement was noted
in 85% of his patients who ate
the apple diet. He further reports
that the functional state of the
central nervous system was con
sidered to be improved.
Another report tells of the value
of fresh apples in reducing in
fluenza attacka, and other illneaaes,
in the student body of a large
Burley Meet
To Be Held
How can we grt mere dollars
far ?ur lMt hurley crop?
Which variety should Watauga
tiem will be dlimilill at the Bur
lap ' Tobacco meeting Thursday,.
February M, at 2:00 pjm. to lit
held ill the Courthouse by the
County Agent' ? Office
North Carolina State College
CAem Maxwell, will aaaiat in the
diecesaton of how Watauga growers
can ?et the highest income (ran
their allotments Watauga growers
planted 737 acres of burley to 1*60
The increaae to allotments oa most
farms will amount to about 48
acre*. The average price par pound
for 1960 (64c) time* the average
yield for our county (XM7 lbs.)
ghree a per acre value of $1910.
If we do this well on our added
4g acres in 1981, the increase in
sales. will amount to about (63,000.
The meeting will be open to all
tabeceo growers is Watauga Coun
ty. according to the County Agent's
Office.
In 1060, an inbound plant pest
waa stopped every minutes on the
average at V. 8. ports of entry,
says UBDA's Agricultural Research
Service.
mid-western university.
Try this ene. Select one of yourj
eight-year-olds and let him eat a
piece of cake. ' a cookie or some j
candy. After he finishes, take a
good look at the residue in the
mouth. Now give him an apple to
eat and notice how the residue
disappears and the teeth glisten.
I saw a color movia last week
dealing with the importance of
fresh, raw, ripe apples as an aid
to oral hygiene in preventing
tooth decay. This was one of the
most instructive lessons of its kind
I have ever seen. Maybe you should
arrange to show it in the school
of your choice.
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