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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-10-26, Page 20PAtir SfttNAI4-•tilAli:',1111'ILS'1)AY. Or roilult 26 1972 •:Ever wonder what the Huron, County BOard of 4chication staff doe with their tune' A very comprehensive report Was.presented to the board by the Superintendent of Operation Don Kenwen On behalf of him and his staff, Assistant Superin- tenderris R.E. Smith and R.B. Allan, ft is for the period Sep- tember .Peptember 29 -awl 'illiCindes the following: "atiring the month 44 school • visits were made bythe Super:in- 'ertrient-airri 55-visits:were-made- by the two assistant superinten- dents. In addition to discussion • with the principals 66 classroom teachers were Visited, reports • written and discussions held. . with teacher and principal. "We.,_p_Lopose to Lisit each of jhe 130 Probationary Contract teachers before the end of Oc- tober. Of the 130 Probationary Contract teachers 68 were newly employed by the Huron County Board of Education,for 1972-73. • Probationary teachers would appear to be of a high calibre —•' - • enthusiastic and conscientious. •,ohOn the basis of one month's per• - formance and one visit. 59 of the 66 observed are functioning at the better than adequate level. "Psychological Services; During the.,scheol year 1971-72 our psyMlogist and psychometrist tested 341 students, held 124 parental irk- • terviews, 80 group counselling sessions and 68 teacher con- ferences. In September they tested 14 students, held one •parental interview and four group counselling sessions. They 'are currently conducting an ex- periment with eight elementary -schools involving Gr. 5 students 'in. a mechanical arithmetic behavioural modification motivation. study. "Development • Reading Prograrn: During the school year 1971-72 Mr. Henwood • worked with an average of 2,30• - Grade 9 students per month. In a • 10 -Month instructional and testing period the average gain in vocabulary and comprehen- sion ranged from 14 to 19 mon- ths. • Remedial Reading programs are now, underway at Clinton,, Exeter and . Wingham. Mr. Henwood during September also visited six elementary schools to confer with principals itests a nd. egnipment for the. improvement of reading. During September he worked with 157 secondary school student. —"Speech eorrection;• 13nring the school year 1971-72 our three speech correction teachers a*veraged 166 students per . teacher per Month. Seventy-one students who received help during 1971-72 have been ex- cused from a ttenila ace a Ltrech correction classes to -date this year. In September our three teachers worked with 185 students each. This is. a heavy case load. The Ministry of Education suggests a maximum case load of 150 students per tea cher. "Specific Learning Disability: During the school year ,1 971-72 our three S.L.D. teachers averaged • 79 students per teacher per month. One hundred and forty students who received help. during 1971-72 have been, excused..frpm attendance at specific learning disability classes to date this year. In Sep- tember our three' teavhers worked with 68 students each. • Some of our students would appearto have problems 'Whieliy wOuld • require • placement in a .class for emotionally disturbed children if such a were available. • bur chief problem 'is -distance. .These students are so wide- • spread geographically as to pose .p„a pmbleni in arranging tran- sportation to a central location. Psychological personnel will • this fa.1.1„......t,exm attempt to • positively identify those children who are emotionally disturbed • • and we will then present a recommendation for their education program. In jurisdiv- . tions where. classes •for emotionally disturbed have been established, the maximum enrolment recommended by the.. Ministry of Education is eight. • "Attendance Counsellor: - During the school year 1971-72 our Attendance counsellor sub. mitted 103 reports, worked 851 * hours and travelled over 11,000 miles. His services cost the board slightly-intire-thmr1/1500- or an average of $45.21 per case. In September, Mr. Thomas Langille made 29 house visits' and submitted five reports. He also made 44 other 'visas, travelled.1596 miles and worked 1011/2 hours Guidance Program: , Our program in the elementary schools has the same content as last year. Fewer teachers are in - ed rhan ill 1971-72 as we at - • r tempt to concentrate the ireitruc- • tion with principals. and staff members who hold Guidance Certificates. At the secondary school level we employ the. • equiValent" oft,> 121/3 (till time . teachers for 460$ students or the. ratio, of one teacher for every 369 students. Two years ago the ratio was one teacher for every • 517 students. The implernek tation of the -Credit is/a-oil- arid' the problems arising from „ in- dividual student time tabling -would seenr-to-mdicate-armuelr- lower ratio is needed to provide a more satisfaCtory service. "Home Instruction Units: Only three were in operation for September, one each at Howick4 F.E. Madill ad Gpderich --mtrieventtegiate. — "Trainable .Retarded: Our enrolment has risen from 46 last June to 52 in September and we have a waiting list .of four for Legion plans laid for November 11 (BY NEIL SHAW. P.R.O.) The Legion Branch 109 Poppy Chairman reports that plans are now. complete for the observance of Remembrance Week from Nov. 3 to Nov. 11. A house to house poppy can- vass of the community will be ' conducted by members of the Branch on •the evening of Friday, Noy. 3 and Satuirclay, The Annual Legion Church Parade will be to St. George's Anglican Church on Sunday, Nov. 5 and the Remembrance Day Service will be held ,at the cenotaph on the Square on Saturday, Nov. 11. NEW! LOVE'S REFLECTIONS LIP SHINES in an elegantcompact! The Poppy Committee' has decided to change the order of service this year. The wreaths with the exception of the Town, Legion, and Provincial wreaths will be dedicated and laid at ten fifty five prior to the eleven o'clock silence. The above named wreaths will be laid at the usual time. Following the service alt. wreaths except the above men- tioned ones will be removed and placed on the cenotaph in groups of three at, intervals during the year. The wreaths weather rather quickly and this method ensures a • neat ap- pearance of the .cenotaph at all times. The schools have been contac- ted and the Legion will assist each school with a speaker or' filrn to suitably observe Remem- aance Day. On Saturday, October 28 the Brussels Legion is acting as host to the veterans of World War I. Any veteran who wishes to at- tend this reunion is asked to co n tact - ComradeDave" McMilIan and transportation will be supplied. • The Branch is attempting to• a Legion Library with books of a military nature. Comrade Ewan Ross has made an initial donation of 66 books and 'any person who wishes to donate to this project is asked to contact. Comrade Ed Tonks. Members are urged to join the "Early Bird Club" by paying their Legion dues prior to the end of the year. Fraternal af- filiate dues -will not be accepted till Dec. 15, 1972 and then these dues must be paid by Dec. 30, 1972 if you wish to remain a • rne,mber. The Branchis presently organizing a rifle club.' Shooting wilt be held at the "Goderich Collegiate range from 7 to 9' p.m. beginning on the first Mon- day in December and continue each week for at least ten weeks. Any Legion member is eligible to join this group. Twenty yard target rifles will be supplied and members are asked to bring their own ammunition. Si. Helens Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Green of Stilwell, Oklahoma spent a few days last week with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. B. F. Green and • Gordon. Mr. John Stewart of Evan- • ston, Illinois visited during the ----week 4with-Mryand-. Todd, Miss Miss W. D. Rutherford and Mrs. W. I. Miller' and - Isobel. , Mr. Fred McQuillin recently attended a one week insurance school in General Insurance at cedar Glen, near Bolton: He was successful in obtaining his general insurance license. Guests at . the Prit- chard—Taylor wedding on Friday evening at Blenheim were Mr. and 'Mrs. Harold Gaunt and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pritchard, Stephen and David. Several others from° this com- munity attended 'the reception later in the evening. Mr. Alex Purves is..a patient in Wingham and District Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Martin, Carol and Wayne attended the Martin family get togdthrer on Sunday at Kitchener at the hone of Mr. and Mrs. Cavelle Gathhetie. Congratulations to 4M4 and Mrs. Clare Sgnith on the arrival of a baby boy on October 15 at Listowel Hospital—a brother for Barbara. the Golden Circle School, in Wingham:• More students are remaining for the- fulh day. In June we had 29 full day and 17 half day students as compared to September when we had :p full day uand 13 half • day students. Three newly appointed half time teacher aides have been engaged to replace those of 1971-72 who moved away. during the Whinier. 'One' ad- ditional half time teacher has been engaged., at Queen -E Liza beth-Sthool -and-we plan to engage one. additional half time teacher at Golden,Circle School as soon as additional accom- modation is available. • "Opportunity Class: We still • ,• continue to operate seven Op- portunity Classes. Enrolment in Jtine-W518.47Eiiro n-I"TerTi this — this year is 79. Five students registered in Opportunity Class 1971-72 have been returned to regular grades. "Remedial program: During 1971-72 anaverage of 734 students per month received assistance, , chiefly in reading, from seven full timeand eight half time teach,ers.'For 1972-73 we have seven full time and ten half time remedial teachers. All 32 sahOols have remedial resident teachers. In September 660 students received assistanew 120 students from the 1971-72 Class have been excused from attendance at remedial classes to date in 1972-73. "Visually Handicapped: Five students currently • use rnagnatype books. "Hearing Handicapped: We are again this year providing weekend transportation home from Milton for four students. • "accupational Program: - Current enrolment' in our • Oc- cupational program is ,Central Huron, Year 1, 51; Year 2, 33; F.E. Madill, Year 1, 47; Year 2, 24. "General: There are' 112 teachers involved in the various _aspects of Student Services listed above. All but two are ex- perienced: All have teaching cer- tificates, and • additional cer- tificates in the area of specialty are held as follows; Basic Cer- tificate only, 42: Basic Cer, tifirate plus Elementary Cer- ,6w,66,61616.646.11,6, 6 , 66• tificate, 27; Basic Certificate plus tnterrnediate Certificate, 20; and Basic Certificate plus Specialist Certificate, 23. "Administrative*. Affairs: considerable amount of time is spent each •17101101 in such routine tasks as answering' correspondence, compiling statistics, writing reports, atten- ding meetings, conferring with principals, planning i;friture operations and conversing ,with • teachers, parents and other per- -sons interested in -and/ or in- • volved with education. "Two days were spent juAging• , student exhibits for the Brussels. Jail Fair and East Wawanosh School Fair. • "A study of individual teacher .•. time tables for alt 272 secondary •school teachers reveals that 8377 periods or 77.5 percent are devoted to instruction, 1271 - periods or 11.8 percent are devoted to preparation and marking, 235 periods,or2.2 per- cent are 'devoted to student .supervision, 917 periods or 8.5 percent are devoted to ad- ministrative duties for a total of 10,809 periods, "During the net few few weekS. ir 0 • . . we will be discussing alms and objectives with each principarD • MAITLAND. 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