Education — Teacher Education Education — Teacher Education Family Relations Health Education Instructional Media Physical Education Physical Education (Teaching) Recreation Teaching of Reading Teacher Corps Luan H. Ferrin, Director J. Burdett Johnson, Program Development Specialist The Weber State College Teacher Corps Project is a cooperative effort involving the College, School Districts, and the communities they serve, in training teachers for areas of low- income families. Teacher Corps is a program financed by a grant through the National Teacher Corps, U. S. Office of Education, which will enable student interns to participate in actual teaching experiences while learning through specialized techniques and methods to complete requirements for certification through the School of Education. The purpose of Teacher Corps is "to strengthen the educational opportunities available to children in areas having concentrations of low-income families" and "to encourage colleges and universities to broaden their programs of teacher preparation and to attract and train teachers who will be made available to local educational agencies." The interns are students who have committed themselves to careers in teaching children in low-income areas. Teacher Education Professors, Harley K. Adamson, Caseel D. Burke, David R. Cox, Melba Glade, W. Blair Low, Evan J. Memmott, Jimmie D. Merrill, William P. Miller, Blaine P. Parkinson, D. Parry Wilson; Associate Professors. Florence Barton, Keith R. Burnett, Luan H. Ferrin, J. Burdett Johnson, A. Earl McCain; Assistant Professors, Ruth C. Gardner, Olive Maccarthy, Helena B. Watson; Associate Members, Arthur R. Adelman, Art; Bill Henrie, Business Education; Patricia Fernandez, Mathematics; K. Earl Ericksen, Music; L. Winslow Hurst, Student Personnel; Raymond Rhead, Margaret Waterfall, Carol Westmoreland, Richard Williams, Physical Education; Kenneth R. Adams and Oren E. Moffett, Foreign Language. Director of Professional Laboratory Experiences, W. Blair Low. The major purpose of the professional education curricula is to prepare teachers for the elementary and secondary schools. Programs are also provided for preparation of teachers of the academically handicapped. The foundation is laid also in the baccalaureate program for later specialization in such fields as administration, supervision, counseling and special education. The programs for elementary and secondary teachers are approved by the Utah Department of Public Instruction and are accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). In 1971 the teacher education program at Weber State received the Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Teacher Education from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. The professional education faculty is responsibile for planning and conducting the teacher education program in accord with the regulations of the State Department of Public Instruction, and for recommending graduates to that Department for certification as teachers, A campus-wide representative Council on Teacher Education assists in developing policies and procedures relating to teacher education and serves as a coordinating body on all matters relating to the program. Standards for Admission and Retention The student who plans to become a teacher must meet certain standards before he will be accepted officially as a candidate for teacher education. On declaring his intention of becoming a teacher he comes under the continuous guidance of the Education faculty, the purpose of which is to help him achieve and maintain the necessary standards and to succeed in his preparation for teaching. Prior to the time the student wishes to take professional education classes, he should complete an application for admission to Teacher Education. Normally this should be done during the quarter when the student is enrolled in Education 195. 262 263