Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-08-09
WORK OF IRON
COUNTY SCHOOLS
CONTINUED from page one)


do more close follow-up work with
the teachers in all the grades but con-
siderable outside work on school prob
lens made this help less for the
teachers of the grammar grades than
last year.
Three special problems have beea
undertaken in the supervision work
this year. The first is an attempt TO
localize for the pupils the individual
problems in the mechanics of number
work in which each pupil is failing.
Drill can then be given each pupil On
the particular part of the work ia
which the pupil is weak. For this
purpose blanks were furnished the
teachers for recording each month the
addition and multiplication facts that
each pupil did not know at the regular
monthly test. This record sheet ia
considered as an assignment for the
next month. Teachers reported this
as helpful device where followed up
closely. The second problem under
taken was making spelling practical.
For the little words most used and
often misspelled the Ayers Spelling
list was used. This contains one
thousand words. In addition to this
list children should learn to spell first
the words they must use in writing
about their environment. Teachers
were asked to hand in list of words
the pupils of each school should all
master and the grade in which pupils
should master each word. These lists
were compiled and carefully graded
so that they furnished minimum
list of words in the spelling of which
pupils should never make a mistake.
This ideal was not reached, but much
improvement shown. For example,
such words as through" and Corral
are used by pupils in the intermediate
grades and were mispelled continu-
ally. Every boy and girl in Iron
county should know these words Over
ninety per cent of the pupils in the
fifth and sixth grades spelled these
words correctly this spring The "In-
dividual Problem Sheets" were also
used in spelling.
The third problem was in measuring
and testing results. The Courts
Standard Arithmetic tests were re-
peated with the results that show i'm
provement. The Primary Supervisor
of the county worked out series Of
tests for the second and third grades
which will enable us to measure and
compare the work in these grades:
We again wish to express apprecia-
ton for the attitude the teachers have
taken toward the work of the super
vision and hope that spirit Of CO.
operation and mutual helpfulness will
continue.
The plan of organization of one
room schools tried out last year in a
few schools and adopted this year in
all Of these small places has been
successful enough to receive the ap-
proval of the State authorities and
has been adopted and recommended
by them for all such schools in the
state. We have had the pleasure of
learning, through our work on the
Course Of Study commission, that our
local course of study has been very
close to that adopted as this Commits
sion as best. Teachers in Iron County
will not therefore need to make any
very great readjustments.
Teachers.
The work of the teachers has been
good in most cases, although some
changes were necessary this spring.
From the highest school official in the
state on his visit to the schools came
the remark, "A good corps of teach
ers."
Fifty-two teachers have been en-
ployed this year for fifty teaching po-
sitions. These are divided in depart
ments as follows: High school, four;
Junior High School, ten; ELEMENTARY
schools, thirty eight.
Teachers are certifcated as follows
as compared with last year:
1918 1861
High School diplomas /
High School Cert's 5
Grammer Grade DipPs 10 6
Five Year Cert's 3