Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-03-26

FaRURALa school sBfERVfSf0f.e 81
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McD5Welf County Has4dOPtsd Educa-
90 aIonaf Innovation and Makfag sd'
sid ne l9fw PfogfgsSaa5s 9d1 bic 81
+ "A womanf f+ddraaff Ysacahtodo6iI sup Supervisor ITO e
Supplement- the 9s work fkLl of the I COUNTY
superintendent ooffa public in instruction Is
TIE sIates ADVANCE III ffiu1rai education
An the state. Such as pesffvdisor is do
tIHg a4nostE sutccceessssffM work IN McDo1wf-
snacounty7,l developing a few demon
fFsatfon schools toi show what kkih kind 81
wofK can be done il eikeamdennttaary
schools. having. eefficcihesnt Supervision.
Ftvea6ther counties nov have women 1
rural school supervisors assisting the
Eeounfy Superintendent in ma similar
way. 9t6 s@2hato9]aaI5nu 70 $500
sdThsd plan II vas dfStF projected ana
worked OUT BY i. c. Bnogden5, state
F~sdpef7isor Of q rural 1raf7y sei5am5ee1nftGar!yF
schools! I'm conjunction With tbs
Southern Education Board and the
STATE Department of Education. It's
adoption in Mtc5Do7Wteeilla Vas VASES Secured
is chopped that little difictdfltgg will Sc
is ahoped that little dfficuity win be:
expFiehced in having other counties
IiSa56nPdi+ len itR z19Hsns 9.@6J gr
Instead of scattering her Efforts over
Beentire county the Mcdowell SUI
peFvlsof thi6 Year IS deVotin1g her time
: ec9ten5 schools, seeking to make them.
I demonstration schools, to show how
tIeT 3cs65uafry Ns5ddh6o5is fcah BE 4made9 to
train sfor practical rural living when,
tAeys have proper teaching and proper
sIfpervisioHotUndeT F9f difection,Iafa
With the cooperation of8 the teachers
III these schools and the fcFolrNnTtN supern7s
tihtendent, approximately two, hundred
boys have been studying practical ag-.
Ifscrlture,e III while ore fhddhnddfredd girls
have 5Beene doing definite and Iprrsaetfcalz
work in se1wfng.dT This kind Of work
has Been done Before In the high
sehools, but If isoa new thing for the
elementary schools. "&77 is nz'h1p"l =
r. Besides giving the children an ex
ceptionalIy efficient elementary train
ling, this plan is having an effect on
tire community The people Of [Ashe-'
ford, one OF the communities in which
this plan has worked we'll, have petit
toned to raise the local tax from 20
to 80 cents, in order to add d room
to their T~two-teaeher' school, making
it an : efeient school of the three
teacher type They also intend to
btild'a peFmahent home for their male
principal, SO as to secure his services
for the community for the entire year,
instead of ofo5Fdaonly! sir or seven
.JmRRSHs ,-BEnIToY 4sed5 Ia 20 usGr1 CT
4 StrikipR ct ect an thsx EHral
Made to realize their deficiencies by
the skilled supervision which they
have had, many of them, now that the
rural school term is over, are taking
practical teacher-training courses OF
SIX weeks at the Nebo State High
School. Here they study methods md
practice of teaching under the skilled
teachers of the high school and under
the supervisor, not only receiving in
struction in the most advanced pri-
mary methods, but observing the work
in the high school classrooms.
nTf supervisor uses one of the
rooms in the high school building as a
model to show the student-teachers
how to make the little one-room
Ic6untry school attractive, comforta-
bt4!tAnd more homelike. The lectures
Efhdselass room observations are fol-
iF%9d by carefully planned confer
.tSes in which the student-teachers
arcnquestioned on the most vital things
in the recitation.
1t is a part of the plan of the State
of Education to establish
tinSc6nnection with the best state rural
Ansh school or farm-life school in each
county similar short understanding
'GSurses, to teach these teachers how
.tdEhnake the average rural elementary
-st1toSl ore practical and efficient
.Ssa99 Dept. of Education Press service.
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