UTAH STATE BOARD Office of the State DIVISION OF ADULT oe Li ol! " ; Af Ic Ub, EDUCATION REFERRAL SLIP ; To OF EDUCATION Superintendent £3 if 7 i 4 L LAL 7 Vil “yt nal & & : J dy lf AntinA 7 , ON Le oe Prom My |p P ah ELIS DG oe: ; Cy ue fi Please discuss with me: ( ) Please prepare ) ( ) Please get file on items listed below or attached as Please look into this and let me have your recommendations ) As you wish soon as possible by: ) Please take ) Please return ) At our next meeting For your information & such disposition make ) letter for signature to necessary action ( ) Please send me a copy ) Please schedule ( ) Please note, pass to: ) Please arrange ) Please order for preview ) Please schedule ) ForI.M. process ( ) ( ) ( ) Send on i Agenda. ( ) ( Zz 7 ( ) Hold for my ' copies initial & to: Per our conversation For your files meeting with: meeting preview Center--Please room Minutes of the Administrators Conference Planning Committee Rehabilitation Conference Room May Members 24, 1973 Present: Jesse Anderson Loren Crank Lloyd Elldredge A. GiFaust David Gailey Jack Gillespie Antonio Gonzales John Guy Elliott Howe Douglas Merkely Katie Misaka Voyle Munson Frank Nicoll Riley Newton Jerry Ortega Jean Pugmire Avard A. Rigby Don Sanchez Lyman Tyler Richard Ulibarri Dorothy Watkins Lerue Winget Dr. Lerue Winget extended a welcome to members of the Committee, expressed appreciation for their willingness to participate in this planning exercise, and briefly outlined the purpose of the Fall Administrators Conference which is scheduled for August 16 and 17th. He stated that this semi-annual conference for the school administrators and supervisors of the State would be devoted primarily to the educational problems and needs of ethnic minorities and the disadvantaged. Each member of the Committee was then invited to introduce himself/herself and to identify the organization or agency represented. Chairman Avard A. Rigby distributed copies of the suggested meeting agenda and noted that, by design, all reference to handicapped persons had been omitted from the proposed conference theme. He indicated that this will permit greater emphasis on ethnic minorities and the disadvantaged and enhance the efforts of conference participants to influence the scope and quality of educational services to persons in these two selected categories. I - Conference Objectives Upon approval of the items included on the Planning Meeting Agenda, members of the Committee were invited to identify and articulate recommended conference objectives. In response to a question, disadvantaged persons were defined as those “who have need for special educational assistance in order that their level of educational attainment may be raised to that appropriate for children of their age. The term includes children who are handicapped or whose needs for such special educational assistance result from poverty, neglect, delinquency, or cultural or Dei ace : REGULATIONS, Title isolation I of the from the community Elementary and at large." Secondary Education Act of 1965. | suggested that the committee proceed to consider other items on the agenda, and that a Steering Committee be appointed from among members of the Planning Committee to deal with such program details. A motion was made that the Chairman appoint a Steering Committee, which would include at least one person from each minority group represented, and that this sub-committee refine the objectives and develop further conference program details for the subsequent consideration of the total Planning Committee. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. After a discussion of this issue, it was recommended further that the Administrators Conference should deal with the needs and problems of the disadvantaged rather than restricting program emphasis to ethnic minorities, only, as proposed by some members of the Planning Committee. _ a Conference Specific a. b. c. Format and Program recommendations under Plan this agenda item included the following: Ethnic minorities and disadvantaged group representatives, in addition to school administrators and supervisors, should be invited to participate in this conference. Selected minority group representatives, as well as general speakers from ethnic minorities, should have an opportunity present their story and articulate their educational concerns needs. session to and The conference program should be developed around a carefully staged production which would dramatize the central conference theme rather than relying on the more conventional pattern of lectures and panels. d. The lunch hour should provide opportunity for small-group interaction among representatives from the various ethnic groups. The menu might include dishes representative of minority cultures. e. Begin where participants What a they people are -- provide an opportunity for conference to learn what other ethnic groups know and feel and have achieved. Note what changes Slow down the tempo of the Conference program deal with fewer issues in greater depth. have -- occurred. allow time to It was also reported that a representative committee functioning under the Chairmanship of Dr. Lerue Winget had recently completed a study on "Cultural Pluralism in Education" and that the Committee's written report the position of the had incorporated several policy statements which reflect State Board of Education and the State Course of Study Committee concerning educational services to ethnic minorities. Copies of this document were then distributed to all members of the Conference Planning Committee. After were much discussion, the following general conference objectives suggested: (1) Identify and describe ways in which prejudice and discrimination are practiced by students, teachers, and administrators in Utah schools --sometimes unconsciously. © Develop a procedure whereby the needs and problems of ethnic minorities, as seen through the eyes of these groups, may be transmitted to conference participants. Help and School Administrators problems stated in Item to identify #2 and understand the needs above. Describe who the disadvantaged and ethnic minorities are and demonstrate the unique strengths and contributions of each group. Develop an awareness among conference participants socio-economic levels within ethnic minoritiy groups educational and that all | have unique cultural needs. . Identify resource people and develop a specific plan for implementing the recommendations and proposed solutions to problems which emerge from the conference procedings. Create a wholesome climate conference participants. of inter-cultural relationships among Develop a process for modifying the attitudes and behavior of some administrators and teachers which contribute to prejudice and discrimination within the schools. (9) Determine alternative methods of individualizing instruction and evaluation which are fair to all socio-economic groups and which reduce "stereotyping" of children and youth. Dr. Rigby noted that all of the proposed that they needed to be reviewed, consolidated, objectives were excellent but refined, and prioritized. He Rev. Davis New Rev. Parker Church Rev. Monroe New Rev. Larkin Trinwuty vack Lyon Clothier Rev. Reed Pastor Rod Browning Courtland Py Se. John Mrs. B. Mrs. Sue He Jim C.. Peoples McIntosh Massey Gillespie Donald Rev. Robinson Cope Hudson Zion of God un Chrget Pilgrim Bank of .Utan University of Utah University of Utah -— Stete Salt Tare @eamm CAP CAP Che NAACP Coordinator Calvery — Department g. Structure the program so that there is firm commitment on the part of local district personnel to vigorously pursue conference h. objectives immediately Costumes and emphasize and special following food the fundamental, disadvantaged. items their return home. are Entertainment the Conference program. te Conference positively Li Conference but the participants should in small groups. have should an be program of minorities a minor opportunity should component | of to interact Site a. Cottonwood High School, which is air-conditioned, as the Conference site if we choose to go there. b. Some committee members expressed the opinion that the Conference should be held in an area where there is a concentration of minorities and disadvantaged people, and in a facility that is less representative of upper middle-class caucasion affluence. c. <A significant the effective The next meeting in late June or early July preliminary work. The fine, intellectual concerns Meeting adjourned part of the Conference use of media. should be is available "staged" through of the Conference Planning Committee will be called after the Steering Committee has concluded its at 4:10 p.m.