, I leonvince their own Mei-Tibere. and

' . . 'ti1en lire 1., . . l.. ;, fhatla lan- Widen ing Edu can on al H o r1zo ns 2?2-55'iiIiri”a35-i3l'"iin31T'2x?&5 nation is essential .ior the teacher of young children. Too many people,

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We need, then, a public relations programme which would be for the next five. ten. or more years the focusing point of all our endeavours as a. professional body of teachers.

.du..'tlioo much to claim that W” MIL. ol ou,r'50clGlY: of our '3" mil lll, dgpendl on how suc- wgnfhy W; solve these three 5

Pfablegmlly ",4 Quantity: How cull isle raise the general level of

among our N99” and .d:;ndlelOlelqu3ljty of educational -0p- ! tunity to all YOU"! 03-mam” Dorm”, of where they live, and Tithe same time do everything pol- abh W develop the best. minds, the nuintial leaders of our country?

Such a programme would have. I suggest. at least five aims: (1) to raise professional standards: at to win public confidence and esteem; (3) to win professional recognition; (4) to' attract to and hold in the profession the best of our young people; (5) to induce all teachers, the old as,well as the new, to as- sume their full professional respon- sibilities inside and outside the school.

a ree with Hilda ””,i,, Iimgmxiie is doing too little N” me minds of youth in our lolllaols While I am far from all?!- .” Wlll; much that Dr. Neatby said why book. and certainly not with

iv. Attracting and noiaini the Beat Teachers

While it is true that economic and other factors beyond our immed- iate control have caused the teach- er shortage, we teachers must take some responsibility for it. Have we all tried to leave with our pupils the impression that we like teach- ing? Have we set our standards high and striven conscientiously to attain them? Have we always up- held "the honour and dignity of the teaching profession?" '

Too often in the past. I fear, teachers have set a low value upon their services. some have spoken

some of them teachers I regret to say. still think that a teacher needs to know only a little more than the class he or she is teaching, so that a high school education with a bare pass in most subjects, plus a few

lectures

in methods.

Before

months of classrooms practise and is adequate preparation for teaching in the ele- mentary grades.

This complete misconception the nature of the teacher's Job, of the educator's responsibility for the mental and emotional health of the nation. cannot be dissipated by a few magazine articles, speeches. and discussion groups.

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III. Professional Recognition

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about their preference for teaching in the lower grades because "teach- ing theraiseasier" (savetne markli; some have looked fearfully upon

y campaigns because they were

era will be prepared to pay for the equivalent of a college education for all teachers with permanent cer- tificates. they will have to be con- vinced that the need is imperative. Actions will be required as well as

her solution for the problem. I think

maticaily. 1 am not so sure. We

afraid they might be pricing them-

The first and most imporiiiiit um) for teachers to win public esteem is to do a first-class Job in the ciass- l room. A satisfied pupil and his parents are our best advertiseme-nt.l Teachers' professional associations should not leave to provincial andl local. authorities the whole initia-l tive in this matter of improving in- struction. We should take a definitel interest in teacher-training pro- grammes and work toward their im- provement. We should encourage! in-service training and, to the ex- tent of our financial means, evenl offer courses and workshops of our, ijwn. Meetings of local teacher groups should give as much time to professional problems as to pro- tective problems of salaries? and tenure.

' The next thing iiiwt-ssaiy is to

wurdg well.u-mlled leame,-El Vul-llJl'0Vl(le information to paiehls and lll-lg lo work bgxyond the Call of taxpayers about the modern school. duty, will have to demonstrate the 1"0d"m ””"'5- "5 modem memodd very great benems lhal flow from I of instruction. Many parents are, mpg,-l.,r education ln ,, gupel-lor bewildered by the changes that havel school. lo”, ll”-5 llley Mll nelad me iaken place, with the result iliatl full support of their professional or- they bticome 5"5P1F"0”5 ”"d ”5em'l Eanization. fulti,f thetitr own lcililigdginiieriniigi 5t(;;l;1

. . r in 9 go ing so i ":2: D?a(;;kEnlfl.hT(.0ht lgemtlnvghann should, or as the parents think theyl ever the cause, tensions are incrcas- 5h”uld' T00 many 5?"”'”5 me mm! mg and mental mmss is mpmly iiig to follow the example of mod-

lier chief complaint merits our most ggrious attention.

1. culture and Technocracy: How cm ire raise the cultural level of W, soviet,-that is. how can we male our people and ourselves heppier and better men and wo- mm- and at the same time keep cmgda in the forefront of mechan- lcnl, scientific, and industrial ile- vglf)pm8Xll7 There appear! "3 M liiilr doubt that we can hold our

selves out of a job; others have set such a low value upon themselves as persons and upon their work in the school that they have been treated accordingly-hence the ten- ure problems that arise from time to time. If school trustees cln still be found today who Insist that any young girl from Grade K or X! is good enough to "keep school” for 3100 I month, the fault is ours. in- divldually and collectively.

have a lather long history to play-- ing second iiddle to others to live down. First we must overcome the ieiucianceof many teachers to step outside me classroom and work ior the profession as a whole. We must persuade more of our better teach- ers to take an active interest in their professional organization. They must he made to see that only through strong co-operative organi- zational eitort can our professional

ern business. and of pi-oiessions MK?!

m.hnl(.El Frrlvlency ml. V l . . V I ousting cancer and iuhcrciilosis as; W .h. h b l l V H l . V , I ialrdhahlllhe shortage of good science ”””S W e”””'e” 3” quickly iTh-art 13- Mull a vwiimllls mm -m U" "umber Om pmmem m W (l'.l:l631Uf)sl'l1l))llcylnll;tllpirlpllol Officer Philip Coylc, of 20 Stewart .81.. Charlottetown. is. shown above. P0001V'1l'IS - W. schonll, nllzht lo l"diseu. so an pmmo 0" H" 4'"W' 1310- healih in-iii. adutiiini-s-.ihai IS, 3 Dl;-C, CD. NDC. pllol Officer Coyle was one

gacczfiulnng Um. busmess l,,ad..,.5,. What form should this recogni- . .

teachers-should he as much con- confidence by 9Xl1lain:ng.s0m9llmP5lhlS H1015. VWNFZ5 from Gxc 13- M- Milrhenv . - - .- lion take? Brieily, this; Whenever l l but surely we are not satisfied with

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I earned ml, ms 53,.,ml,,,, as ,,hy.lii. glPaL detail. nevi tlieorieslzteivhlnlol the eighth gioup of RATO . pilots to achieve .Wll'lg SC '1 Charlottetown B.. , .81 amlnmems as 3 pm. cuucuumml uohcy is 061118 discussed W10” Pl0R”"""l9 35 ” Camlwlg” W chiatrlsis and dollars vi'()l'kPi's, pei'- "1q'""5- i”'0C9N5- 3'” the 1' 9' -,xo. 3 AFS, RCAF Sfaiion, Gimli. llc IS a son of Mi. James l 03 9, . V -

omimlmu l ii-fcrriniz only in Mm 9055”)-6 menses Considered by "'59 P””e55'0'"” 5””d”ds' mlhaps IMP? C0W'Pm9(l- SIIW each sh””1d "'”””””m "WP mmms micro enlisting in the R.C.A.F. he altoiiiicd Si. Dtinstanls University where he starred pk Wiilon or ihe best in. the lW'dl Ur v1'"V1"L'"" ed”"3”0” ”' M” We 18”" ”"Se1E55w””””l ”'”'adult pmblvin case our-o in-ni in WP” mm W”? Show what 18 no-lin football and hockey wpm” I 5”"lilschonl. Some drir the eiiiicaior will' mil ”” "l "laws Cla55m"””' we ' ' ' .

lection ought to be. in my opinion. as lntegral- a part of our public re-

am not

. . . 'iics. l":li.Nselll.aLlVe5 of the former. Slramze as it may -.

rig and loiii-is and to the d-cvclop- ”"f”t V . l H I . l . l- . i i '

fit?” "1 Canadmn "N" musm and "menus pwwhsmudl asst)”-anon liaclalylacliiingallgiriullgan rt:-Knodfputl) be the lmdnm-Nnsulmm mum up-IlhiulgosSxhOn(:0rvr:f:(l:h;:1lgmwl VV?l:i)lr;h3l9VPl eve-ntuallv the same corl firm in the humilhnuse was cut off recognition as a local of the 10- 4

lll'l'R'””- 'mp"rm"t "5 "ms? me snomq De mvllfd lo me d'lFlLuss(ljons lingrlocal rand prni ienrialtirthchiitiesy On when mum problems of HMS iflviiilpiii arenine led. pl operation will appear in local com- ht ;, ti-iehcd telephone cable Ger- iional Union of Public Servioo HG -. . A , , - - - 3 0 ' i' e - . . c. 1 . . . - r- - i, ,

md ""Fu,f.d as lmav hrjlwi be(:l?' :3.i".1.f;;,.0Ti'.Zlf ti-Zagfgnuit-i.ia::3.iige:,on the need for improved salaryj Elirggld nl::I,,.lh':11?.(;yn ?,f:”:,l:;f(ll,'ns,xe ltlmll Mn be done ;,, ml, nigald, niunities. aid Lama. 36, and Ernest Druer. plnyees. l l

in fun llllz 0- 19 5 n ' . n .. r ,' i 3 s ' . i, f - m...(s - 2.'l. - h E d ”th i-eating n 'rr”mm'" v - jIOC:Iye of all educational endeavour conuuiiing voice in adniinistiativel scal.s. the Reneial public. the tax? ing the i-umiiir, of thzii day. and the if lriciidly relations are established l,;VAulCEBURG' Om. mph P” Pllhll:rPl'9,H.:(':ilvL?-8 Tgxily acre twn of CmM"' whnm enormous w..lt '

Am, ”"pl.,,vc,m.m 0; our people. decisions affecting the schools. A.sill-1lClS- must be 501d 8150- If 5-lldrylm-sl lhmg mimilll ls mm-ii hlghor liciuecii the provincial teachcis 01-. and Waterworks hpmme Nnvmlhlal. was g km h .

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Th” mm1.m,emem does not comelpuoiic servants we lEi'UgnIZC thatf1lf31SflllMl0llfI31'9;'.ll.Y1dl1CWd mm dig.l5lRildfil'l'lS of eiiiiniicr to tho uxii-li-A tiaiiizaiions and similar groups of lit-it arrested two striking employ- lour views cannot alWH)5 ue decislvelln l R5 we 85 Lmness. and ifbilm mg p,.0lL.5wm um, Darwin 3, m.,,5g pu lc ,

minyiiatically amid the tempo and tensions of modern life. The schools gennnl ignore the fact that mental and Plil0ll0ll8l ills are demanding more and more of the time and re- soiirirs or hi-nllli authorities. Teach- gre cannot be salisfiediolcarn from gmplii5Pl'S that their sudents have proved efficient and accurate in mm work. if there is doubt that. .. a people, Canadians continue to admire beauty. to love goodness. and lo seek the truth less than they should.

1. Teacher-Shortage and Teach-

hag Standards: It is obvious that ill! VPTV bi-st teachers that can be ywuri-d will hardly IUHICP to meet mg,-.5.:iii1ly lhe challenge pi9sPnl- ml by in! two problems just men- ilmled. Yet, at the very time when we might to be raising substantially the educational and professional reoiii-ements for teaching. there is constant pressure on provincial au- ilinrztles to lower standards in the effort to find more teachers. The lmmerllale problem..then, is to raise me minis of the teaching profes- urm in order to hold and attract the wit. and while doing this to in- HIRSP ihe supply of recruits into :l-ie p-ofesslon.

The Need for a Public Relations Programme

all miss problems just outlined are the direct concern of teachers' professional obvious in the case of the first and fluid. In for the second, it may be argued that national culture. and in partlmilar the nurture of the souls of men and women, is as much the responsibility of the church and the home an of the school. That is true. But holh these agencies are operat- ed by men and women who once went to school. Moreover, nliools are paid for by taxpayers who will not find the money for the vow substantial improvements re- qulred until they are ”sold" on the need and the coat. The whole pur- pose of a public confidence and in- rreue public understanding. and the test of its value is whether or

The purpose of our public re- ter but not nearly good enough. not it serves the public interest . t ""1 lotions programme should be to Teachers organizations should be NESIIYVIIIUIQLWV 3 Yes! 53 P,ol(,SS,om,qmmY,oDls plus 63

if our country faces an educa- tional crisis-and I believe it does r4l1Iel.v the educators authori- Iieei are the group of whom the Public has the right to look for eadervihip in finding the remedy or remedies. If, for example. there was a arisiii in our medical profes- Mn in serious shortage of doctors. lhldsquefe training of doctors, and II indreau in disease and ill- lieelthi. would we not expect the medical profession, particularly the Drovinciiil and nationel associations at which all doctors are members, to

organizations. That is

the

in administrative policy. But in policy-in such niatters as teachers” qualliications ;;iil certiiiciites, cur- ricuium planning, major changes in ltlie school law, requirements for high school leaving and matricula- tions cei-tificates - the views of teachers, especially those views on- dorsed by their professional associa- tions, should always be sought be- fore important changes are made. One of the most effective ways of ensuring that this will be done is for teachers organizations to have one or more representatives on every provincial body. board, or committee which deaLs with education. In ad- dition to such rs-presentation, there

cial teachers' association and top representatives- of the provincial education authority - the deputy minister, chief superintendent, etc. -during which there would be not only an exchange of views and in- formation but an exposition of major policies on both sides in an attempt to secure support if pos- lsible or understanding at the very least.

It should be clear from all that has been said that more and more teachers will have to be ready. wil- ling, and trained to work hard at this business of education outside the school. More teachers must be- come experts in every branch of educational administration, includ- ing school finance. taxation. the philosophy of the curriculum. men- tal health problems. and many other specialized fields. We shall have to find more teachers willing to devote practically all of their time to teaching and the work of their professional organization. This- will be a twelve and not a ten months' job (with some time off for a vacation. of colirsel, and it sh uld pay a professional salary as a at- ter of right. This may seem a pipe dream, but I believe it will be a reality some day.

hasten the coming of that day.

master, radio, eic.

ought to be regularly scheduled, meetings every year between re-l sponslbie spokesmen for the provin-.

effort is made to knep the

what might be called educational 1nl0FM9d U11'0l-lgh DUWEC nieeunzs. --

the daily prcss, etc., the result can be (and experience proves this) not only better salary conditions for teachers but a higher regard for them among the people as a whole.

I know of no other way to keep the best people in the profession and to attract the best in the way of recruits than by lending profes- sional dignity to teaching through establishing stiff qualifications and a high level of professional remum- oration. Bargain-counter methods of engaging and paying teachers, and emergency short-term training courses. lowering of standards. and thii like. will never do It. They haven't worked in the past and they won't work now or in the fu- ture.

A sound tenure policy is also im- portant. Injustice in the treatment of teachers. unprofessional methods of dlsmising them. and soon. must be firmly opposed and, if need be. fought through the courts. In so doing, however. guard against leav- ing the impression on the public that we protect incompetence and support weakness. We should be as ready to weed out the lazy and incompetent and to discipline mem- bers for unprofessional conduct, as we are to fight on behalf of teach-

I. Raising Professional Standards

It is doubtful if teaching can pos- sibly command an honoured place among the professions and in pub- lic opinion until the required per- iod of preparation is comparable to that required by other professions. Five years ago Dr, M. E. Lazerie es- timated that the educational and professional preparation of Can- ada's 90.000 teachers averaged something less than Grade XII (senior matriculation). whereas the six professions of law, medicine. dentistry. pharmacy. engineering, and accounting. required an aver- age of 4 1-2 years beyond senior matriculation.

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