APRIL 17. 1'95:

THE GUARDIAN.

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study to qualify for a. license. so we have conflict between those parents who are asking for more mature and better trained teach- ms for their children, and those who have children ya :1, eeek. ing to be teachers.

"It is difficult to see how we can give the children of this Province a better teach' service by reduc- ing the general education, the pro- fessional education and the matur- ity of those who are to tench. would it be unreasonable to sug- goal: that one way to improve our teaching service is to give our pro- spectlve teachers at least high school education before they at- tempt training for their profession, and men to see that the profes- sional training is done thoroughly and well as it must be for any other profession?

”In 'this nection, 1 should like to quote from the 1899 An- nual Report of the Superintendent of Education, Mr. D. J. Macbeod: Perhaps the most urgent need is the establishment of an efficient Normal Department. If the chief aim of our College and Normal School is to train students for the profession of teaching, it should certainly give them a thorough course in the science and art of teaching and school nagement. While knowledge is the primary qualification of the teacher, yet no degree of it, general or special, prepares the teacher to do good work. Teaching is an art to be acquired only through practice. How he may gain this skill, which will enable him to undertake work on his own account with an as- surance of success, ought to be the primary object of a Normal School. It is surely unreasonable ind dangerous to submit the most vital of all processes to the experi- mentation of an unskilled work- :nan.'

Lazerte Report

"So said the then Superinten- dent of Education in 1899. Did time permit we could quote similar statement from departmental re- ports and reports of commissions down through the years. Refer- ence to one recent study and its subsequent report must suffice. Many of you will recall that in 1947 the Canadian Education As- sociation appointed a committee to study and report upon Canada's Teaching Personnel. The work of this committee, known as the La- zerte Committee, extended over a period of two years and A very comprehensive report was prepar- ed. Many recommendations were put forward and as the preface to the last report states, these re- commendations are offered by men in senior positions in Cans- disn. education who have had ex-

tensive training and wide experi-

ence in both educational and admmistration.

"In ' with the ' ” - and training of teachers twenty recommendations were advanced. i shall quote Just three of these: "That the minimum pre-service period of teacher education be two years beyond graduation from high school". That the two-year course of professional training cover a to- tal of approximately 60 weeks, that the hours of lectures or classroom instruction be no more than an average of 15 per week, that the -time for observation and practice teaching be not less than eight weeks (200 hours) and that ade- quate unscheduled time be ieft for reading, informal discussion, and other adtivities of value in the education of the teacher'. That where one year only is devoted to p. ssional training the number of weeks be approximately 30. that the hours devoted to lectures or classroom instruction average no more than 15, that the time for observation and practice teaching be no less than eight weeks (200 hours), and that dequat un- scheduled time be ieft for read- ing, informal discussion, and other activities of value in the educa- tion of the teacher."

"The final report of the cans- dian Research Committee on Prac- tical Education published in 1951 at the end of a four year period of study includes its many recommendations pointed towards better schooling .for Canadian youth, a reference to the Lazertc report and states that the find- ings of this latter study support the Lazerte Report and the com- mittec recommends that education authorities take steps to raise the status of the teaching profession.

More and Better Training

"These findings and recom- mendations together with my own experience as teacher in both rural and urban schools, as supervisor of schools, as one concerned with training teachers and as an ad- ministrator of schools, compel me to urge, and I would not be honest if I did not urge more and better teacher education both general and professio ml.

"But we must go further. So long as we continue to require our teachers to attempt ten grades of work (eight elementary grades and two high school grades) in our one teacher schools, we shall not im- prove to any appreciable degree the condition which now exists in- so-far as sound elementary educa- tion is concerned. Again I speak from experience when I say that only a very few of our most coin- petent teachers can handle even reasonable well all ten grades in our schools. They did it in the past you say - again experience as well as records and reports open to all do not bear out that

theory

statement. It must be borne in mind, too. that in past years num- bers of'the better t ” re-

f d in the profession for long- er periods of time. Today with so many enticing avenues luring them away, teachers are not going to spend long in a ten grade one room rural school. It is just as well for us to.be realistic about

at.

"What is to be done about it? Here again ,we come back to the larger unit of administration. No small district such as we have at present can afford a. high school nor could it provide sufficient pupils to warrant such a school. If, however, twelve or fifteen of these districts were organized as one administrative unit, then, I central high school could easily be maintained and could draw suffi- cient pupils from Grade 3 and up- ward to make possibl a good school offering a variety of activ- ities suitable to the needs of the pupils attending.

"The one room schools in the districts making up the large unit, relieved as they would be of the pupils above Grade 1. could do very satisfactory elementary work. given well trained teachers. The larger administrative unit and the Regional Composite High school are trends in rural education to which we should give heed if we are going to improve rural educa- tion in this our rural Province.

1912 Report

"There is nothing new in this idea. Let me quote from the An- nual Report of the superintendent of Education, Mr. R. H. Campbell in l0i2: 'A careful study of the educational problem has convinced me that we need a re-organiza- tion of the whole system of rural school management to secure a more efficient and progressive school administration. Our sys- tem of school organization is what is called the district system, in which a small and irregular area known as the school district is the school unit.

in this little Province these dis-

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tricts number 4'19 and they are I”

managed by an army of nearly two thousand school officials call- ed trustees and secretaries, many of whom are but indiiferently qualified for their important duties and some of whom do not feel any very strong interest in promoting the efficiency of.the schools. 'These school districts and this army of school officials are but loosely co-ordlnated under Inspec- tors and Superintendent as parts of a provincial school system. The district system is fairly well adapt- ed perhaps to primitive conditions. and has no doubt done very good service in its time; but it is un- progressive and is not suited to the needs of the present, much less to the demands of the future. As a unit of management the dis-

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trict is ioosmsll to provide the kind of educstfion which the time or , -... :2". "1 as 't””"....."'h” ”."”'i.' or n n pat on rural life. 'If the unit of school government could be enlarged and extended to include a group of ten or more schools and school trlcts, so that one Board of School Trustees could manage several schools in- stead of one, the result would be better trustees and more efficient schools: and, what is equsuy im- portant, the way would be pre- pared for some much needed re- forms which in present circum- stances are very difficult of ac- complishrnent.'

Other Authorities Cited

"In 1923 Mr. R. H. Rogers, Sup- erintendent of Education offered this suggestion: 'Merge the dis- tricts in groups comprising ten or twelve of the present districts; in each of the large sections thus constituted. establish a single Board of Trustees who would be charged with providing school pnvucges for every child in the section!

"In 1981-38. Dr. H. R. show, my immediate predecessor, com- ments aa follows on the larger unit and on teacher education: 'The one-room school in this Province apparently must be continued so long as transportation difficulties for small children remain as they are - but the older pupils parti- cularly from the crowded schools might attend at central graded schools with much advant , even if some effort is required to reach them, and a larger unit of admin- Astration should greatly facilitate such as arrangement. In graded schools the work of the High School grades is carried out more efficiently while in the one-room- ed schools with only primary grades much better service would be given.'

"In the absence of such an ar- rangement the only hope for bet- ter service is through the employ- ment of more capable teachers. It asonable to expect that teachers who are only one grade in advance of their best pupils can cope with the difficulties that arise in instruction or discipline.

and no t ” should be licensed who has not had at least two years study in advance of the

classes he must teach. This is a minimum requirement in the other Canadian pl vinces and perman- ent licenses in several are only granted after a. year or more of successful teschingf

"Ladies and gentlemen, trend in rural .education in this Province in recent years have included the improvement of school building and equipment, including sanitary facilities; additional teacher edu- cation and the provision of voca- tional education. If we are to overcome some of the weaknesses still apparent in our programme and if we are to extend and en- large this programme to the end that all our pupils both elementary and secondary may have education suited to their needs. we should give immediate attention to the establishing of larger units of ad- ministration, and Composite High Schools in these larger units, and we should continue to improve the educational qualifications of our teachers both academically and professionally for it is upon the efficient, devoted, teacher that the whole education-l struc- ture must rest."

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town April 24th to 26th. Great interest is being taken in this Conference, and already large numbers from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have signified their intentions of attending it.

Miss Carrie Holman spoke of the work being accomplished with the Lone Guides, of which there are- fifty. She paid tribute to Station CJRW who has contribut- ed" free time so that Lone Guldc meetings may be held over the air.

In speaking for the internation- nl side of Guiding, Miss Gladys Hart stated there is keen interest in this phase of the program which is so vital to Girl Guides particularly In war-torn countries. Mrs. J. H. Cerry pointed out the necessity of all districts do- ing their share to promote Raisin Day so that sufficient funds would be forthcoming if the Guide program was to be extend-

if Mrs. Alex Horne, Summerside;

Elmer Offer, Summerslde; Thane Campbell, Summerside;

Mrs. Jack Watson, Mrs. Carrol F ' ,, Summer- side: Mrs. Charles Llnkletter, Summerside; Mrs. G. B. White- slde, Mrs. Gordon MacDonald, Mrs. Gordon Foster, Mrs. Walter C Hyndman, Mrs. Harry Cudmore, Mrs. Ivan Horne, Mrs. Christine Pickard. Mrs. Nell Matheson. Miss Mona Wilson, Mrs. A. G. MacMIl- lan. Mrs. John F. Connolly, Mrs.

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lan, Mrs. Emile Gauthier, Rus- tico President Gulders' Club: Mrs. Wendell MacDonald, Mrs. Lemuel MacDougall, All Commissioners. Council Members: Mrs. Maurice Mill. Summerside; Mrs. J. A. Arsenault, Summerside; M r s. Henry Wedge, Summerside; Mrs. D. T. MacNelll, Summerside; Mrs. C. Gavin Duffy, Mrs. L. W. Good- win, Mrs. W. D. Gillis. Mrs. Wal- ter Jones, Mrs. E. M. Malone, Mrs. Ewen MacDougall, Mrs. .1. A. Lawson, Mrs. A. E. Arsenault, Mrs. B. Earle MacDonald, Mrs. G. D. DeBloia, Mrs. George Tweedy, Mrs. H. C. Bohaker, Mrs. W. E. Hyndman. Mrs. Harold Shaw, Mrs. T. H. B. Somers. Mrs. A. B. Cutclitfe. -Mrs. W. J. P. Mac- Milian, Mrs. Frank Burke, Mrs. H. L. Palmer, Mrs. Robert Largo, Mrs. Fred MacMillan, Mrs. J. D. Davison, Mrs. J. T. Irwin, Mrs. H. E. D. Ashiord, Mrs. Les Tit- combe, Mrs. James Blake. Mrs. H. M. Simpson, Mrs. J. A. MncMlllan, Mrs. Louis Sadler, Mrs. J. P.- Lantz, Miss Jessie Fullerton, Mrs. Alex Matheson, Mrs. N. H. De-I Blois, Mrs. W. A. Reddln, Mrs. Ralph Dumont, Mrs. J. E. Bur- nett. ' Provincial Camp Commissioner, Miss Gladys Hart: International Commissioner, Miss Gladys Hart; Provincial Lone Commissioner, Miss Carrie Holman: Public Re- lations Commissioner, Miss Lil- llan Duchemin; Head of Training. Mrs. G. E. Hartlen; Finance” Mrs. James Cerry; Awards, Miss Mona Wilson.

Division E District Commissioners i

Division of Queen's, Miss LI Arsenault; District. South "Chur- lottetown, Miss Suzanne Mac- Kinnon: Division of King's, Mrs. L. H. Poole; District, East King's. Mrs. Peter Sinclair; Division of Prince. Mrs. J. R. Holman; Dis- trict, West Prince, Mrs. J. J. Mt.-Nally: District East Prince, Mrs. Blair Elderkin (acting): Field Secretary, Miss Phyllis Cui- cliffe; Auditor, Mrs. E. M. Ma-I lane.

The Honorary President, T. W. L. Prowse, then graciously, presented Medals of Meritlfor ex- ceptionally good service to the Girle Guide movement to Mrs., Fred Plckard and Mrs. Fred Jc a kins, and Thanks Badges to Mi C. G. Duffy and Mrs. Frank Mur- ray as a token of appreciation of work done for Guiding.

A number of Guiders who had qualified for Warrants then had same presented to them by Mrs.

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Mrs.IProwse, as follows:-

MacDonald, Mrs. J. 0. MacLean, Mrs. Gordon Patten, Miss Marian Lsngllle, all from Charlottetown.

Beryl Mrs. W. Perry, Summerslde; Mrs. . Delaney, Summersldc; Cyrus Lorne Arsenault, Margaret town.

Arthur Wellner, Mrs. Leonard A. Dowling. Charlottetown; Mrs. MacDonald, Mrs. J. D. Mnc- W. A. Chandler, Parkdale. Guigan, Mrs. G. M. Avard, Mrs. Tawny Owl Warrants: Mrs. A. H. Duvar, Mrs. L. E. Prowse, James Burke, Parkdalel Miss Mrs. G. E. Hartlen, Mrs. James Velma Munn, Charlottetown. Cerry, Mrs. (Dr.) J. A. MacMil- At the conclusion of the meet-

ing a motion of adjournment was iven by Mrs. Thane A. Camp- ell. Summerside.

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ed. There is a great need for a voluntary training program su'.'.. as the Girl Guido Organization has to offer, but there are also necessary expenditures in promot- ing and expanding same. Raisin Day is to '.'.ur held on June 7th, and a". present were urged to do their utmost to make it the most successful one yet held.

With regard to the training of Guiders, Mrs. J. G. Hsrtlen stat- ed a most successful Guiders' Training Course had been con- ducted in Charlottetown under .tho leadership of Mrs. Harry Cudmore and Miss Phyllis Cut- ellffe. Also. a Book Fair was on display which contained many valuable books of assistance for

Guides, Gulders, Commissioners, and those interested in Guiding generally.

Miss Suzanne MaeKlnnon an- nounced that twelve Girl Guides and two Gulders have been ac- cepted for attendance at the Na- tional Camp, Ottawa, next July. Miss Betty King has had the hon- our of having her application ac- cepted as being Councillor at one of the Girl Scout Camps in the United States for a period of six weeks next summer.

Provincial Commissioner, Mrs. Hutcheson. then gave her report, which will be published later. At the conclusion of the re- ports, Mrs. J. A. MacMIIlsn con- gratulated most highly those who had worked so hard during the year and said the Guide move- ment had reaped splendid bene- fits u a result of their unselfish and concentrated efforts.

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