As we prepare to start another
school year, the Public Schools of
Robeson County has undertaken another
regimen intended to concentrate
more effort than ever on improving
the reading ability of our students. It
will be referred to as "Every Teacher
is a Teacher of Reading" and will help
to train teachers in how to go about
impressing upon students the importance
of not only being able to read
but, also, to comprehend what they
are reading.
My vision is to make certain that
all of our students are able to read at
an acceptable level by the time thev
graduate from high school. To work
towards that goal, we will utilize the
ability of 16 people in our system
specially trained to work with all of
our teachers to help them realize that,
regardless of the subject they are teaching,
the ability of the student to read
well is vital to the student's success in
that course. Reading is the essential
skill and foundation for all other subjects.
60-70% of math, 70-80% of
science, and 80-90% of social studies.
writing and language arts is
attributable to reading. It's also a
necessary skill for critical thinking,
problem solving, and other higher
order skills.
According to research, how much
reading students do has a definite
effect on how they perform in school.
That research shows that students
scoring in the top 5% read 144 times
more than students in the bottom 5%.
It also shows that nationally, on
average, students only read 7 minutes
a day and only 3 minutes in high
school. Needless to say. doing something
about that is what it will take to
make for literate adults. That something
is to require 60 minutes of
in-school reading practice for all students
in grades 1-12 and 30 minutes
in Pre-K and Kindergarten. Beyond
simply reading, as I said earlier, comprehension
of what is being read is a
must. Reading may be the tool for all
learning, but without understanding
what was read, it would be very difficult
to accomplish another value of
reading and that is the ability to transfer
w hat the student has read to another
area of learning or to another individual.
Monday and Tuesday of this week
teachers met with the 16 trainers I
referred to to receive direction in this
regimen. Having received that, all of
our schools must now make arrangements
to assure that every teacher
will receive a minimum of 10 hours of
training in how best to improve reading
achievements by our students.
That training will include using the
best practice for reading. Some examples
of that would be to have a
variety of interesting reading materials
in the classroom and to provide
opportunities for reading aloud from
those materials. For reluctant readers,
recorded books could be used and
opportunities for silent reading followed
by discussion might be another
way teachers can teach reading and
comprehension. Participation in the
Accelerated Reading Program is still
another practice that will encourage
progress in reading.
Regardless of the subject being
taught, the ability to read and comprehend
is a must for the student to be
able to leam the subject matter. Thus
it is that, not only is it true that "Every
Teacher isa Reading Teacher," every
teacher is the person behind a successful
student and, eventually, a
contributing citizen.
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By Dr. Stan Knick, Director-UNCP Native American Resource Center
Once again the fall semester rolls
around here at The University of
North Carolina at Pembroke. As
always, this fall the American Indian
Studies Department will be offering a
program of courses to educate
students about the rich diversity of
American Indian history and culture.
Three courses will be offered at
the introductory level. Dr. Linda
Oxendine, department chairperson,
will present "History of the American
Indian Since 1865" (AIS 111). This
course surveys North American
Indian history since the Civil War,
with emphasis on intertribal and EuroAmerican
relationships, prominent
personages, political and economic
developments, and adaptation to White
culture. This course will meet on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
mornings from 9 to 9:50, in Old Main
room 221.
Dr. Manuel Conley will present
"History of the American Indian To
1865" (AIS 110). This course surveys
similar topics in North American
Indian history from the time of their
earliest arrival on the continent up
through the Civil War. This course
meets on Thursday evenings from
6:30 to 9:30 in Dial Building room
221.
Dr. Margaret Houston will
present "Introduction to Cultural
Anthropology" (AIS 105). This course
surveys the various processes and
conditions involved in cultural
development and change, including
the relation between technology,
religion, art, literature, language and
personality. Emphasis is placed on
human ecology and cultural contacts.
Two sections of this course are
available on Tuesday and Thursday
mornings: one which meets from 8 to
9:15, and another section which meets
from 9:30 to 10:45, both in the
Business Administration Building
room 222.
Dr. Linda Oxendine will also be
offering an intermediate level course
enliUed "American Indian Education"
(AIS 239), which studies the history of
.Indian education policy and practice
in the United States. The course
focuses on traditional tribal methods
as well as contemporary federal, state
and tribal programs. This course meets
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
mornings from 11:30 to 12:20 in Old
Main room 221.
Three upper level courses will be
offered. Dr. Oxendine will present
"Colloquium in American Indian
Studies" (AIS 401), a course which
investigates selected topics in the field
through the reading of significant
books, discussions and supplementary
reports. This seminar meets on
Tuesday andThursday mornings from
9:30 to 10:45 in Old Main 221.
Dr. Bob Reising will offer
"Seminar in Lumbee Literature" (A1S
450). This course will examine
important readings by and about
Lumbee Indians. The seminar meets
on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to
9:30, in Dial Building room 122.
1 will be offering a seminar
^entitled "Contemporary Issues of
American Indians" (AIS 405). This
course examines the principal issues
of concern to American Indians in
modem times. Both national and local
in scope, topics include: politics;
economics; treaty relationships with
federal and) state governments;
^education; substance abuse; the
environment; cultural identity and
survival; relations with non-Indians;
religious freedom; tribal sovereignty
and other contemporary issues as
they arise. This seminar meets on
Monday afternoons from 4 to 6:45,
here in the Native American Resource
Center.
To find out how to enroll for any
of these classes, see the individual
professor or Mrs. Jackie Clark,
director of Admissions (heroffice is in
Lumbee Hall). For more information,
visit the Native American Resource
Center in historic Old Main Building,
on the campus of The University of
North Carolina at Pembroke (our
Internet address is www.uncp.edu/
nalivemuseum).
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