The Huron Expositor, 1972-02-24, Page 3Board
Considers
Music
Proposal
Although them was no formal
report concerning ,Professor
Dawson Woodburn's request that
music courses be begun In the
' schools of Huron County, there
• was some informal discussion
concerning the matter during the
discussion of curriculum cievel-
13PFn ant-. - -
At that time it was pointed
out by Principal Joe Wooden,
South Huron District High School,
that only six people had indicated
• an interest in music although It
was offered on a sheet listing the
possible courses of study for the
coming year. Wooden said three
Grade S'students and three stud-
ents presently enrolled atSHDHS
had indicated their desire to be
taught music at the secondary
school level.
Wooden also told the hoard
that had music become a subject
in South Huron for September,
it would have entailed a complete
reshuffling of classes - if not
a building program to accommo-
date it.
I don't 'know where we
would have taught a music course
at South Huron," mused Wooden.
He also explained that courses
like music which required spec-
ial.teachIng skills and equipment
were very expensive in sparsely
populated areas like Huron be-
cause of the usually small num-
bers-of children benefitting from
the course.
Further discussion showed
that although It had been suggest-
ed that plenty of qualified teaching
staff was available, recent ad-
vertising had not proved. this to
• be true. Since music wpuld not
be a full-time, course for any
teacher, other teaching Skills
must be possessed by the teach-
er. Few music specialists are
qualified to teach other subjects,
it was discovered. .
Dublin 'Pee-Wee Hockey Team have been busy this year
under the direction of coach Harry -Cook. The boys practise
regulawly at the Seaforth Arena, Members of the team are:,
(13ack from left to right) Pat O'Reilly, Mike Rowland, Bill
McCreight, Frank Claessens, Ken Bruxer, Jerry Kramp,
(Front) Jim Van Bakel, Bob Cronin, Jim McCreight, Frank
Flanagan, Rick Ryan. Absent Jim :McIver, Ron meiver.
(St.iff Photo)
At The 7Huron B of E
Teachers Discuss Curriculum
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After almost two years. of
'disastrously low egg prices,
most, if not all,- egg producers
are in very severe financial dif-
ficulty. In fact according to
Ontario Federation of Agricul-
ture President Gordon Hill, "the .1'
entire industry...is on the verge
of bankruptcy. , "Most inde-
. pendent producers" mr. Hill
says, have exhausted their
credit' sources and need help
.until prices improve.",
That is why the Federation
„a proposed last weekthat the
' , Ontario government
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Introduce a
special loan program for egg
producers, a program that would
allow producers tp borrow $2,
a bird up to a maximum of
$40,000. -1.Tritier the Federation
proposal the loan would be avail-
* able at five per bent interest re-
payable over five years, although.
the first two years Would be ,
interest free. '
"Many egg produce s owe as
much as $40,000, $50 000, even
$80,000 to feed .dea. rs in un-
, paid feed bills," Mac.
"Through, no fault "of
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They can't change dealers to
get a better feed price: They
can't negotiate with the dealer
they owe money to.','
Mr. Hill added that a govern-
' tit ment loan would let these pro-
ducers pay off their feed bills and
get into a position where they
can negotiate a better feed price,,
"This program would just
buy-produCeris-a--fittle-ti-ifie-tint41-
Ontario adopts a marketing plan.....
with supply management for.eggs
„*„., and the national scheme takes
affect," Hill Says,. "Producers
'would not, of course, be allowed
to use this loan to finance new
expansion. In faq,t if &producer
did expand his facilities during
••
the time -he .had a loan, it would
'"become immediately repayable."
ementary and secondary school
A group of Huron County el- in' this direction, it was shown.
Murphy said that when curr-
teachers,,w-ho have been studying iculum development is consider-
Curriculum development for pre- ed, there are as series of steps
sentation to the board Of &ica- which'inust be followed., .Teach-
Hon told trustees MOnday"after- ers must consider the rationale'
noon in Clinton that every teach- of Hie course, the aims and ob-- er is free to develop his or her jectives of the courSe-;"the con
-own curriculum and prefers ft tent, the textbooks available, re-
that way. ference materials, the costs in-
Although the Ontario Depart- volved, the methodology and tech-
ment of Education came under 'niques of instruction, the quali-
criticism by the committee be- ties of the teacher who' will give
cause of its lack of direction in 'the course and the steps involved
some courses of study for some in obtaining approval for the
grades, it was evident -from the course.
presentation Made by the Huron Murphy also talked about the
teachers that most modern ed- need for evaliation of courses.
He spoke about almost daily eval-ucators enjoyed the freedom they
possessed within the broad gulde uation •wheroe the teacher would.
lines set down by the department. assess wkiether or ..Rot the, part
Ralph Smith, Principal of of the course taught that day had
Robertson Merborial. School in met the aims and 'objectives set
Goderich, compared the detailed down.
courses of study of former years "Every day should be evalua-
to the very loosely structured, tion day in the classrobm," said
Murphy, "but Once a year Or guidelines provided by the De- .
partment pf Education these days. possibly once a term or semest-
He noted his belief that more def- er, there 'should be an overview
inite courses are valuable-espec- of the work to date. A depart-
ially in the kindergaiten toGrade ment could profitably set aside a'
'6 area, because It is important whole week, either -in June or
that certain skills be taughttoall spread out through the year,' to
children., • evaluate its total program, poss-
Herb Murphy, Science depart- ibly on the basis, of one day per
grade level. In some Instances, ment head at Goderich DCI spoke
of the need to co-ordinate the °members of another department,
courses taught in the Intermed e or parents, or outside consul-
late grades seven,eight, nine' tants might be invited te attend."
Joe woodem ' principal of and ten - so that the transition
from elementary school to sec- South Huron DHS, chairmen of
ondary 'school can be 'as smooth the committee, told the board it
as possible, causing the least was poSsible for courses to dev-
amount of upset to the ,fewest elop. in one school which we re
not befrig' taught in' any. other number of students. •
.It was pointed out that each school in the same county.
department, in the secondary "Yet all- courses would be
theliool twist •funetion;as a currfc,-. ,V4-ider, the ,department's . guide-
ulum •Corn•-nittee. DepaDenienksiLthes;.becia` trse, ;the guidelines are
at the present time do develop soproad," Wooden said. .
courses and work ,on curriculum, ' "Teachers approve of the
'but' niore locaj work must be done present system," observed
Wooden. "It allews.much broad-
er development and permits the
teacher to utilize the' special
skills • he or she possesses."
Murphy, however, noted that
could' be the "great weakness"
in the system. He said that in
Grade 9, for instance, students
carne from a variety of feeder
school's" to a central high school
with a variety of skills and spec-
ial interests. Murphy stressed
the need for the " core" which
would be common to all.
Mrs. Gordon Pullman of Sea-
forth Public School and KPn Scott,
--Brussels Ptiblic School, Summ-
arized some of the preSent work
being done i,n the' county toward
curriculum development. others-
on the committee were Superin-
tendent Jim Coulter' and Trustee
Don McDonald.
There were 13 recommenda-
tions set. down by the committee
for study and possible implemen-
tation by the board. of education
in Huron. They are:
' 1. „That Departments within
each secondary school increase
their efforts in the direction Of
curriculum development with•
special emahasis of relating-,
techniques of teaching to content
and upon other aspects of curric-
ulum other than content;„
2. 'That teaching 'staffs spend
more time in'curriculum evalu-
ation. This Should 'include soma
attempt to determine the degree
of success of secondary school
-graduates- -- from -41.u.ron.
secondary education, in business
and in industry...'.
3. That Subject Council.he
form ed .and operate thsuggested.
4, . That 'Secondary .School
Department Ireads of 'each sub-
ject hold regular Meetings -for
curriculum development purpos-.
es:5. ' That all teachers of a
subject at the secondary level
must occasionally for curricu-
lum developme,,rpurposes. . •
6. That a curriculum Devel-
opment Com ,ulttee be form -A in
each school in the county.
7. That curriculum guide-
lines for Kindergarten to Grade
0 be completed. K to 6 curricu-
lum should emphasize the basic .
skills,; reading, writing arithim..-
tical skills, spelling, etc. •
8. ' That county-wide meet-
ings for teachers in special areas
continue.
• 9. - 'That teachers of each
grade K to 6 meet regularly to
evaluate and develop curricfulum
as noted in. see.tion 8.
'10. That •n-yire preparatory
work 15e done before special
courses, •such as nritsic and ant,
prior to offering such courses.
For exairiple,-we, should do more
thap simply place the name of a
subject on a subject selection
sheet. „Curriculum and facilities
need , to be .-orisidered as welLas
staff.
11. That sorrno of the time
recoramended by .the Profession-
!al .Development Cominittee be
Spent uicurriculurn developMent.
12. That consideration be
given to freeing for liniqed per-
iods of tin-Ie certain mene)ers of
the county teaching staff to review
curriculum in a defined area and
then hold sessions witl, the teach- -
ers concerned. Such sessions
should concentrate on (•urricti-•
lum improvement:
That•nothing in our re-
porf.sug,gests that we should airn .
at a uniformity of curriculum
among the sc:hools of tire county.
Some agreenymt oftgeneral areas
and objective and upon sou? core
material is desfritile'but chnsid-
Crable freedom to interpret De-
partment guideline's and to devel-
op courses should remain' with
the 1w.4 school,
St. Collinibari
porrespoodeot
Mts., Joseph Kate
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A program and card par
was held in the parish hall 0
Monday. The program consisted
of music, songs, dances and
speeches, Those taking partwere
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred McQuaid,
Norman and Bernard; Anne.Marie
McQuaid; Linda and Anne Albert;
Vicki O'Rourke and Joanne Swart;
Judy Dorsey; Mary Ann McIver;
Rita Verberne.
Following the program, pro-
gressive euchre -was -played-with. -
II table& in play. Prizes for the
cards were won by Mrs. Dan •
O'Rourke, Mrs. Frank MurraY,,,,..-
Matt Coyne and Tom Murray, a
The prize for the lucky cup
went to Bob Duffy.
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