The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-20
Department IDEA
A SUCCESS HERE
{, |, Burton, Principal Of VIII
lard School, Puts New
Plan in Effect
SIX TEACHERS ARE USED
Teachers Stay in Same Room
and Pupils Pass From
Class 10 Glass.
BY Aleths Bar Taft

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Mr. J. / Burton principal ot the
Willard school ha, inaugmatcd de-
partmcnial work IN the grades upWard
beginning with the S \ class IN his
school Departmental work ho, hccu
used SUPERFICIAL, here IN different
schools with drawing and music, hu,
Mr.. Burton is the first to put IL in use
ON large scale
ln many 1laceS where departmental
work Is the rule the children remain
IN the same room and the teachers pass
from class to class MIR Burton thinks
better results are obtained with a r.
verse order. the children passing from
room to room Under this arrangement
the teacher i, able to have the cquip.
meut of her own particular branch N
better condition, all at hand and TO use
1t more effectively
Six Teachers in Work
Six teachers have this work at the
Willard school and in this special in.
stance each one was able to choose the
line OF work she personally preferred
This does not always prove the case.
but at least more OF chance j., given
the teacher 10 do the thing she likes
As Mr. Burton considered English the
most important subject he asked each
teacher to handle tina, class personal
B Also spelling and reading are re
cited to the grade teacher.
The day Is divided into nine rccta-
tion and three study periods, each TWEEN
ty-tive minutes m length OF the reel
tations six are departmental and three
with the grade teacher In addition to
the study periods there are optional
study hours from ~ o'clock TO 9
o'clock IN the morning and from T. VI
o'clock to O'Clock IN the afternoon in
room provided ior the purpose where
any child desiring may ,gc, IN extra
study and aid from teacher IN charge
thus giving IN all five period, a day
Tor study II necessary
Studies Affected.
The studies handled departmental,
arc arithmetic, geography, history
writing, drawing. music and elementary
science The pupils OF each class ar,
IN their own rooms the first thing after
school takes up IN the morning ant
afternoon. They return to this room
a for study periods and for period i'm
redlately preceding each dismissal
thus enabling the teacher to keep il
close touch with her own pupils
Once day after noon there is
supervised study period when the chile
may he assisted IN any difficulty by hi
room teacher The other two period
, he mus, work alone.
fn the pupil, program the studies re-
quiring preparation S,yh as arithmcti
are alternaied with those not necdin,
study such aS music or drawing
Pupils Like II.
Both the teachers And pupils at IN
Willard school are enthusiastic owe
tho results OF this innovation. Tn
BOYS and girls lust like it better" the
don't know why. The teaching fore
has something more specific to sa
Of it
Miss Katherine DaciS: Both Pre-
paredncSS and instruction are more sat
iSfaotory when given to one line O
work"
Miss Emma Meneclly. 1T encour
ages teacher to specialize in the lin
she is most talented in and gives IN
child the benefit of the result"
Miss Bcrnice farrell: "One is NOR
interested, takes more pains and
more individual in the study one
most suited for II broadens both III
child and the teacher and destroys ia
vori,iSm"
'iss Julia Cuddeback the musi
supervisor II am much pleased wit
the results of departmental work