BOLD NEW LOOK - County Schools Receive Grant | To Demonstrate Team Teaching By ED HUNT scheduled in May at Roy High School which will be attended by Intermountain Area educa- A bold new look at the effec- tiveness of team teaching’ techniques is now available for in- terested school districts tors. with the opening of a federally financed team teaching center at the Weber School District. Center director, Jay B. Taggart, said the first’ grant of - $367,000. The MANY COMPETED | | S erate District Supt. William R. Bor-| were competing for educators have visited the flexible schools such as the Valley View Elementary and Roy High '|North’ Ogden, and the H. Guy ;|Child in South Ogden. | Teams can be made up of two teachers or of seven as the sub- these a results of team been extremely| the district and| has been great- influence of the pioneer- in Roy, the A. Parley Bates in en said today, ‘‘We were extremely fortunate to obtain such a grant since hundreds of school districts throughout the nation funds.”’ : He said that teaching have encouraging in that the method a we ing Weber District has gone out to many areas as hundreds of to about : | Mr. Taggart said. $87,000 has been received to operate the program for 1966. To- _ tal funds will amount vie At least 10 Utah school districts are moving toward the team concept as an advanced method of reaching the goal of best education for the student, }Ject and need requires. ers can schedule sions during the JAY TAGGART Directs Program Teach- planning sesschool work- jday, and can give individual attention to the advanced or fast learner and also to the slower expanded in the county. Marriott, where pupil. a. team teaching schools. ok The federal grant will enable was first initiated in the district. DEDICATED TEACHERS the district to: , : The internship facet of the Because of this, team teachly —Enlarge its teaching program. present team | program Bs is also important in ing requires a more dedicated teacher, perhaps, director Tag-. —Set up in-service training for that the Weber District will pay Barrsaid. > wo * districts $18 per day for certiteachers. Oe ae | _ The partitio —sponsor summer workshops. fied teachers or administrators the multipurpqsenless classroom, rooms and ma—Develop an “‘intern’’ pro- participating in teaching situa- terials researc centers—built h gram. co |tions in working teams of the in clusters with carpeted floors/. District. Application and sound proofing materials on Provide a guide and tour Weber Service to visiting educators should be made to Jay Taggart, walls and ceilings —have been Center for Team designed through the new flexible class- director, as the district moved room schools designed for team Teaching, Weber School District, farther into the team program. | Ogden, Utah. a teaching. : There are presently three Experienced Weber. teachers types of teams in the district, SPECIAL LIBRARY will also act as consultants at —Collect published and un- the university level, particularly those working in grades one published materials on team at Utah State University, which through six; those in junior high teaching for special library. has worked closely with the dis- and in senior high schools. One of the first works for the, trict on the concept during the DIFFERENT BUILDINGS Shelves is, “A Preface to Team past few years. Team teaching is being carTeaching in Social Studies’? com- These specialists will also lead ried on in all types of buildings piled in Wahlquist Junior High, a symposium on team teaching from the latest elementary schools in South Ogden to the |newest Roy High School and even in one of the oldest con|ventional buildings, |School which |placed with the Wilson will soon the new be rePioneer | School in Slaterville. But because of the variety of situations, teachers and admin- jistrators from other districts |participating in the federally {financed téam programs can gain information as to how their districts can initiate ‘|vanced teaching method. the adeo remanence