4 x f a 4 cS \aa om | MT GPO 2 3 eat we ‘ oa ans My Mw ry eae Be ae 3 a ee fig S ee 7 Z L ‘i— \eseen " a mag 3s e 2 ‘ Bours? 4s i € = E ereni 12 : ao es 2 % 4 : ich f Aa . £ t* ab e ee si “ Ps APS : Ba:a 8 Ress Ree aN . eh : . : x 5 f i i r bi ; i 4 72 ; e Se ae < M atu Pa ; t . Bap < eS Ses “ia guy a pay aed er ; aan en a a * 5 ‘ ¥2 Je . i eae . a - Supervisors, Principals Will Hy ! , : = ea “ The superintendent alsoe mphas; sized Rate Educators On 34-Point Scale that in-service _ training ar would be started for tea@ers. found to have low ratings so that- — ged eases a step nearer merit fas they can improve. Teachers will get in advance a _ ngs last night as the Weber School Board accepted a teacher copy of the scale so that they ~ will know of what points they evaluating program recommended by Supt. T. H. Bell. i The evaluation scale, which measures teachers on 34 will be rated, and they will be | warned in advance of some rating ir oints, will be used by principals and supervisors working visits. Other checks will be made Weber County schools moved = Mf separately. Each administrator will make an evaluation sev- without advance warning., gee The evaluations should be ~ “Geral times a year when the program is fully in operation. something to build up teachers, — "3 A merit program generally; ‘consists of such an evaluating system, which is geared to a sal- ; not tear them doWn, he asserted. ee Although the evaluations “will high ratings. _|be carried on through the remainSupt, Bell said he had used the | ger of the current school year, — ary scale. Weber County evalua-/scale before and had found it because of the mid-year adoption — “Btions will apparently not now be|to be surprisingly accurate. It of the program it cannot be con‘related to the'pay scale, but will | originated, he told Board mem-|sidered fully in force until next s | : ro in the Stanford University! school year, the superintendent — be largely a device to improve bers, graduate school of education. reported. | a ; he quality of teaching within he district, Supt. Bell said. i He district which bt 4 J PR ip Bt os ie 4 i gee oe 2 3 eh @ @ @ @ @ within has of the new Step oe LON rents i ™ Re i eu “ A -—~ cnn ieee eernn oo rer ere ne 88] ; the participated a ee during the current school year in| a study ee RRP ie Approyal has been voted by aj Zteacher committee aggerer eter a sea FELIS _ TEACHER’S APPROVE. ; Cae 4 _ . e a 2 ng : EE system. os Supt. Bell told board médibers | | that teachers have expressed |. some concern about the evaluations, but said he regards the oe ly quist oe | ¢ Lunches Going Up 7 School lunches are ae oo i Prin cipal 1 schoeaeo! eli ! Junior High prin- | published in the January issue of | the “Bulletin” of the. National going ae | | Association of Secondary School %, in cost more in the Weber | Principals. | Cor wD 0 A School District; (ig us oe The article deals with educaee aeta,.7 4 recommendati by on Mrs| | tion work in three phases of || _ — 4Grace Hunter, school lunch dji- ‘ On school organization. It is conLs tector, board members last t | "| cerned with four junior high |” voted to increase price of nigh ele.| _| schools in Utah and partciularly within the district. Board mem-| - jmentary sc hoo] hot lunches , i reorganization in the junior high bers unanimously approved the | Wad 7 from | 18 to.20 cents; junior high schoo] recommendation. a _ | schools of Weber County. © ? | 20 to 25 cents; senor high éein1c Ols em ee The e 34 points on which teach- ~ 94e| 22 The three phases deal with the to 25 cents, : . and adult lunches, ers will be evaluated are grouped | | _ |formation of a criteria, science 25, to 90 30 CEcents. ees on the evaluation scale under | ' |films in the elassrooms and use Reason given for the increases! four general headings. These inof the core method in teaching. | was that fewer gov ernment s clude © personality, _ | The article first describes the professional | plus com mod iti es are competence, pupil reaction, available ‘work done in forming a set of proi oad fessional attitude and growth. “Key to the whole thing,” Supt. Bell said, “are ions required either. above or written explanafor any rating The administrator ratings anything thus below must average. making ees ne Aim of the administration is/| oe _ ) standards by which a junior high _ school make the |__,toSupporting,” | lunch program self. | but not - \ing, Supt. T. H. | Bell reported. or |i ue might be evaluated to de- _ termine what the student is actuao ally getting from his studies, It further Ihe _ Ment-is “document” in the way of low * the [anc gram asais. running result into. the lunch the red.pro-| shows being how the - instru; ’ tested for validity the Utah State Bo ard of Edues tion for official uses. x ae La Mae! Artic'¢ le/ For | cipal, is the author of an article district improvement. | He also recommended to. the board the adoption of a comprehersi} ve program | of achievemen en t ‘esting which would help determine effectiveness of teaching Writes | FARR WEST—Sidney L. Wy- ce a att, Wahlquist /Slightly In County. program as part of an effort to set up a long-range program for | a _» SCIENCE FILMS» The second phase discussed by oh ment now| tt is the inexp17eriUtah Mr. Wyaconducted being high schools, trol” (eight schools) effectiveness when used in of them to determine the] of science the classrooms. films With a testing program set Up by the Brigham Young University, this study is expected to reveal the effects that such visual aids have on student and teacher growth. The third phase | “con- er oon | . ean a | eh |) of the report ee has to do with a study of the ee core method of teaching, where several studies are combined in| ©” one class, extending over ale. longer period of time. This is Sa now in its second year in the eek ae four junior high schools of the) Weber County School District. A study of the core process and ee its strong and weak points is be- G5). ing sponsored by the University | f Utah under the direction of|\ | Fe executive secretaries of the| ‘Secondary Principals Assn., ae : ft 1 Mr. Wyatt is a past of- al > CHECKS RESULTS os This’ sthdy is to determine the effectiveness of the core in soly-| ne ing problems of orientation, guid-| "| ance, use of community resources, {> iiii | tive. use of teacher time and. Se a Of individual pupil needs.) att is assistant execu-| | ry of the Central Re-|)) ganization | as |