The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-12

ment of Education. This worA
be correlated. as far as posSible
the work Of h county institute sra
with the work offthe State Norr4s
Schools.
3. Through The teachers institute.
and the teachers associations. aIael
by the State Department of Edpca
ton with its professional bulletin
IS hoped to arrange and carry n1t
successfully a progressive and con
tinuous course OF home study for ~
professional training and improve
ment of the mi and file Of he coan.
ty teachers. A certificate will 81 :.
sued to teachers successfully compile
ing the course and passing a >ats
factory examination thereon that WI
be recognized by the county superb
/ tendents in their examinations for
teachers certificates. and will aid tie
holders thereof in securing better po-
sltion and better salaries as teachers.
An Opportunity for Work.
! The Institutes should mean an ol-
portunity for work on the part Is:
the teachers attending and nor )
mere passive listening to lectures
from the conductors. The purpose RI
the biennia1 institute for teacher le
to train the teachers of the rurI
schools to do more effective teachlng.
and this can not be done unless they
work. Every teacher attending tie
institute should provide himself With
all the books taught in the pub,t
school course. The conductors are
expected to assign work to the teach
eFs Just as to classes in the ordinAry
school room, for methods of teaChIng
can better bei1lustrated IL the con
crete than in the abstract. It IS not
the design OF the institute to furnish
instruction, primarily. in such SUB
1ects as English, mathematics or -
ography. but through the proper
presentation Of lessons in these To en-
able the teachers in ATTENDANCE to
gain more intelligent ideas about
presenting the same In their own
schools. One day Of the institute ha
been devoted to School Day the
purpose Of which is to show the orderly
running OF a typical day in a on
teacher school. The program for this
day is carefully worked out by the
conductors and the teachers durIug
n preceding days and is copied ON
the board where all can see it. The
teachers, acting as pupils. are divided
the day before into classes and as
signed lessons to prepare as is done
with children in school On the day
after school day, the work is crit
cised by both teacher and conduc-
tors.
The county institute makes an ef-
fort to reach all the educational life
OF the county and uplift it. polntlng
out the way to future progress and
putting TO work such local forces 80
will accomplish the necessary r.
forms. Such educational campalgn
Work is a necessary Part OF every ~
StItute, because it concerns the future
efficiency Of tho schools as vitally
perhaps as does the training OF the
teachers.
County Teachers Associations.
County teachers associations have
been organized in most of the coun
ties. Most Of these hold lnonthly
meetings. An increasing number Of the
y counties are holding township or see
ton meetings in addition to the regular
monthly gatherings, and with good
results. The main purpose Of these
t meetings is to continue the work &
q teacher training along the lines Land
r down In the institutes. A carefulIy
prepared program is usually mad.
: out, printed and distributed anon
e the teachers at least a month befoI.
he meeting, thus insulting defnite
a ness IN the work of the association
AS q rule the program .embrace
three main features:
: 1. Problems Of supervision. led +.
t the county superintendent.
e z. A model lesson in primary y
a intermediate work, presented u.
n some teacher.
:, g. Some phase of the reading circ-
course, led by the county superb
d tendent or a teacher.
: The Teachers Reading Circle.
le b North Carolina Teacher
e eadin Circle was established
is the summer OF 1909. It's design II =
N furnish from ear to year q careful
l. selected course of reading adapted Z
The professional needs of teacher
Re such a course would be admfrabl
even for the trained teacher. but tn
1T necessity for it becomes imperatiy
n IN view OF the fact that two-thirde d
lg our rural teachers are without az
I'd professional training whatever.
ty While membership in the readin
to circle is teehnicaIlv optional II
OF virtually compulsory to those teacner
that desire to have any profession
standing. To teachers
t take the course the county superb
~tendents lave been advised to reneY
Iree OF cost, the first grade certlf
Gates or ali uba = ~arbaro :,