Clinton News-Record, 1980-05-08, Page 26PAG
l INTON NE'fySMRECGI D, THURSDAY, MAY 8 ,1980
By Bili Craig,
technical
recta,
Technical duCation at
Central Duron began in
1963 with the -opening
the new vocational Wing,
*This 'addition was Made
po ible by substantial
grantsfrom the federal`
°andprovincial govern-
raents through the
"Robart's Plan". It was
hoped. that this plan
would provide an op-
portunity for students to
combine academic and
vocational subjects into a
program which could
lead i to employment,
apprenticeship, or fur-
ther education.
Education Week
al education at
The Technical
Program
At its inception, the
vocational program at
Central Huron wase
designnedto provide in-
struction to students fromii
Exeter, Seaforth,
Goderich and Clinton.
Subsequently, South
Duron District Secondary
School and Goderich
District Collegiate
Institute added their own
vocational facilities so
students ° might receive "
instruction in their own
locality. These changes
required program in-
novations to best meet
the needsof the students
from Seaforth and
Central Huron.
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Program originally of-
fered three basic levels of
study:
Two Year Science
Technology & Trades
desigrid for students
with learning disabilities,
or those students not
wishing to remain in
secondary school after
two years.
Four Year S.T. & T. -
for students who wished
to secure additional in-
struction in academic
and technical subjects
and graduate after four
years.
presented -an opporfunity
for us to look at our
vocational program in
retrospect to see if it has
achieved the goals
perceived vat its begin-
ning.
The Facility
Central Huron has
eight shops where
vocational students may
study the following
subjects: Automotive,
machine shop, woodwork
& building construction,
electricity, electronics,
mechanical drafting,
sheetmetal & welding,
architectural drafting.
Five Year S.T. & TA -
for students proceeding
tu, 0rade 13 and
university who found the
technical programs to
their likine and beneficial
to l
to plarnd continu.ed
studies, Le. engineering.
When the credit system
was adopted, the
technical program was
changed .to comply with
it, Technologies, (a study
of two closely related,
subjects), were ,in-
troduced to allow
students more latitude in
subject selection during
years three nd.,four. The,
two year program was
'disrr'"`intied.
The Technical
Department at Central
Huron now offers
studentsthe following
program:
Year 1. - students may
study in four shop areas.
The :subjects are
presented, in semesters
and are evaluated as two
credits.
Year 2 - students select
fourtechnical subjects at
the year two level which
are presented in
"semesterso and .are
evaluated as two credits.
Year 3 - students are
now required to select a
majorarea of studyfrom
al
the following subjects:
i c*.
mechanical technology
hn l gy
(machine shop &
mechanical drafting)
electrical ..teehn:oldgy
(electricity & elec,
tronics), construction
technology (bldg.- cont:
& architectural drafting),
auto mechanics & related
automotive electricity,
In the auto shop, grade 12 auto students are Paul
Cartwright left, Bruce Penfound, Peter. Payne, Ray
In the mechanical drafting shop are - Grade 12 mech. technology students,
Dwight Cote, left, Robert Speir, Joe VanBa kel, Ken VanWonderen, Ian Reid,.
Mr. DeGroot, instructor and Jim Corbett.
Flynn, Kevin McDougall.
Courses keeping pace
In 1977, a sub-
committee consisting of
George Isford
(Curriculum Branch,
Ministry of Ed) ; John
Couch . , (Industrial
Training Branch) ; and
..Gor.:d . Young_ .. (Program ._
Resources Branch) were
asked to 'determine the
feasibility of linking
apprenticeship in -school
training with secondary
school education in a .
limited number of trades.
The Linkage Program
was officially announced
in April of 1979 im-
plementation.
m-
plementation.
Central. Huron has
received the training,.
profile for "general
machinist" which we
hope to introduce next
September. There are
several advantages to the
Linkage. Program which
should be beneficial to
our students:
-the course was
researched by a
Provincial Advisory
Committee;•
• -it is organized into
specific blocks of ap-
proximately 120 hours
,whichwill, tit -nicely into_
the required "credit.
system" time block;
-the completion of two
blocks exempts .ap-
prentices from the entire
Basic in, -school course;
-progress is recorded in
a training record book
issued to each student.
-students will be
credited with operations
recorded in their training
record book if they
proceed to Community
College for further study
in a related field. (The
record book goe5'With the
student).
We think this new plan
has merit and look for-
ward toimplementing it
A
Linkage Profiles will be
available for the
Automotive Trade in the
near future.
Some personal
reflections
When I made the
decislorl _rte .. -� .oxr more..
truthfully, felt compelled
to research and write this
article, I realized it was
no small task. Yet, as the
old ad'age goes, I got far
more out of it, personally,
than I put into it.
What' satisfaction to see
students we taught 5-10-15
years ago, well
established in their own
careers - what a euphoric
feeling when some
declared we'd helped
them achieve that goal.
My throat tightened a
little to hear the words,
"Mr. Craig, is it ever
good to see you again".
I shall return to my job
'with renewed vigor and
with the assurance that
the "blood, sweat and
tears" that go with this
profession are far out-
weighed by the rewards.
—And I speak not of
material matters—
sheetmetal Sz welding 84
related sheetmetai
drafting. Each area of
study isevaluated as
three credits.
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d�
Year' 4 - students
continue with their 'eat 8
major subject selection
at an advanced level to
earn an additional three
_credits.
Technical students are
advised that science,.
english and mathematics
are very important and
should be included in a
program which will give
the graduate maximum
.oppor4unity.
Courses for fourand
five year students are
integrated and graduates
proceed to work, corn--
_munity–conege,-pt.Gta r .
13 -upon the successful
completion of Year 4,
We feel th. e present
program is the most
appropriate for our
school at this time.
Pictures on this page
illustrate the Vocational
Shops at Central Huron
as they are today.
Acknowledgements
I would , like -to
acknowledge my ap-
preciation to the Clinton
News -Record and its
staff, and most especially
to our editor, Jim Fit-
zgerald. It takes.a special
kind of courage to put into
print, words that are non -
retractable. f take refuge
in the old statement that
"Only
y the idle are not
subject to criticism".
Thankp
ou "Scoop" A for
y
your courage,interest
and co-operation, without
which this article could
not have been published,
Working in the sheetmetal and welding, shop are
Grade 12 students Gary Bolger left and Ray Dallas.
Photos on
both pages
by
Verne Sawyer
Grade 11 electrical technology students . in the
electronics shop left to right are: Ron Walker, Liz
McNutt, Richard Delve.
Grade 12, ,electrical technology students in the Grade 11 and 12 construction technology students
Machine shop students are Tanya DeGroot grade 11 mech. tech. right, Jim electrical shop are left to right, Arnold Veenstra, are left to right: Brian Pickard, Paul Hartman,
Corbett, grade 12, meth. tech. Jack Hendriks, Steve DeGroof.
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Area technical grads from CHSS cover variety of jobs
Pay, `e v1a left, (1971 mach. shop grad.) is a_ partner in Lea's Aida Sales,
$eaforth, and 8111 Henderson (1999 auto grad.) is a lit. auto mechanic.
Laurie Kruse (1972 auto grad.) is
Seaforth.
liee auto mechanic at Rowclltfe Motors,
Ray Storey (1972 Const. tech. grad.) carpentry jotsstr'neylfnan is a owner -operator
Winthrop Const. Co.