Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-05-16
SCHOOLS TO SAVE MONEY.
Something About the Years 1duca-
tional Plans.

u"l ihtoi 'io"S" '"P'' " W 10y
the details Of the plan. The follow
ing Is his description Of IT in brief:
The policy Of maintaining a train
ing school in connection with city
school system is not new 1t has
been followed in hundreds Of city
schools for many years, its results
have everywhere commended it, and
in these cities the policy is establish
ed
1t is only by this means that a city
can secure for itself teachers who
have had the training that city school
work demands.
The plan adopted by the board of
education for this department Of our
city schools is as follows; The four
rooms on the middle floor of the cen
trail school are to be used for training
school purposes. The pupils assign
ed to these rooms will constitute the
schools, but instead Of regular teach
crs for these rooms, eight young peo-
pie, graduates Of our high school who
desire to be trained for teachers, will
be chosen by the board in the same
manner as other teachers are chosen.
Two of these young teachers will be
assigned to each Of the four rooms
and will be required to do the work
of the rooms, the two in each room
having the work, the reeitations alter
mating. They will receive nominal
salary five dollars month, perhaps.
A training teacher will be employed
who will give her whole time to The
supervision of these rooms and the
instruction of the pnpil-teachers.
The work will be carefully outlined
every week by the superintendent in
the same manner Us the work Is out
lined for the other departments Of the
school. The daily work must be pre-
pared by the pupil-teachers subject
to the approval Of the training teach
rr. This work must be written out
in DETAIL examined and revised by
the training teacher and the proper
black hoard work be- prepared before
the opening Of school each day
l'ndcr lhi' system II is not possible
that careless or ill-advised work will
lind its way into one OF these rooms.
As to methods Of instruction the
training teacher will devote her time
during the regular school hours to
conducting model reeitations IN the
several rooms Of this department and
in otherwise instructing the pupil
teachers in the best methods Of pre-
senting the work Of each branch of
the school program.
1t may be asked by those who will
have children in these training rooms
whether there may not be possible
ity that this plan will not result in
disadvantage to the pupil. This re-
suit is hardly possible. The work is
to be carefully outlined by the super
intendcnt and his personal attention,
SO far as his other duties will per
nit, is to be given to the details Of
the work as to both matter and
method. The daily work of each Of
these rooms is to be prepared much
more carefully and systematically
than it Is usually prepared under
regular teachers. Then there viii
be the training teacher whose duty
it will be to inspect in advance every
part of every days work, and to give
her whole time during school hour'
to supervision, model work, and in
slruction in methods.
Under the rules Of the board Of edu
cation, unwrittcn, perhaps, but never
thecss rulcs-the young ladies whit
will do the work in these room
would, with one years experience il
country schools, be eligible to posi-
tions in our schools as regular teach
crs. What advantage has a year
experience at hit and miss teaching
in the country, where effective super
vision is out of the question, owe
teaching, without previous "experi
ence," in our training school bu
under the constant care Of skille,
instructor There can be no doub
that the second weeks work of one q
these young teachers will be as valu
able to the pupil as the first week
work Of an unframed experienced
, teacher.
5 II system in management is wort
anything, these rooms ought to b
the best in the city.
Then there is the advantage to tn
young teacher who receives the trail