The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-14
Normal School Heads
Will Oppose Peik
Plan With VigOr

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president Of the state normal schoo
presidents council, agreed with tn,
rex report that the present standard
OF teacher training must be raised
lney warned, however, that it woulc
De lnadvlsable to effect changes with.
OUT the approval of the legislature.
All were against the present mini.
mum requirement of IL weeks of nor
mai school training to obtain a teach
ers certificate. The minimum stan.
dard. they said. should be n year
OF normal school work. They favored
raising this to two years as QUICKLY
as practicable.
opposing the suggestion by DR..
rex that the l2-week summer school
De eliminated in order to v
students from beginning to teach in
the fall after they graduated from
nigh school. the normal school heads
suggested that this would be a meth
oo OF curcumventing the will of the
legislature AS expressed at the 1929
session.
Bill Was Beaten
At that time a bill intended to raise
n minimum standard of teacher
training. from II weeks to one school
year was beaten. Suggestion was
made that 1t would be better to edu-
cate the legislature and the public to
a realization of the need for a HIGHER
standard OF teaching efficiency.
suggestions for teachers in a one
year rural curriculum suggested in
the Pelk report were made by unani-
o vote of the normal school heads
They opposed the idea of recurring
all students to take a standard first
year course on the ground that it
would be impracticable. Peik sup-
gested that every student attending
normal school be forced to take a
course which would fit him to teach
IN the rural schools at the end of one
year.
The normal heads said, however.
mat practice teaching had best be
done In the second year of the stan
dard course If possible and that it
would be a physical impossibilitv to
provide practice teaching facilities for
all students in their first year of nor
maj school work. It was further sug-
gested, however. that students be-
ginning the standard two-year course
be required to finish it before thew
would be eligible to a teachers certi-
ficate. This also would REQUIRE .
change in the law.
Supplement Made
In a supplementary report present.
ed at the meeting today, DR.. Peik re-
recommendations made in
MS first document. He recently had
visited several state educational in
st%ltutions and his additional report
covers observation made on these
visits.
recommendations which he reaf-
are:
Il. That for some time to come
he state training of secondary teach
RS be concentrated at the state uni
ierslty and state agriculture college.
2. That there be a division of Ia
nor between these latter two institu-
ions as to majors for secondary
eaci1ers and research. !
%. That the field of training high J
chool teachers not be kept up among
90 many institutions, to provide !
p~ecialization, to promote each to at I
ract and hold strong teachers, appear !
ven more vital to me.
1T will affect future standards and y
uture costs even more than present t
tandards at present costs. The divi- !
ION Of labor is possible now if will
a; 1t is o difficult now than it Q
'ould have been in the past.
IL WILL produce some temporary
roblenS of personnel and other adj
lstments. 1t can result in consider /.
present economies but perhaps =
OF as extensive economies as one =
nacquainted with the situation :
light hope for" -
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