Smyrna times., 1954-03-04
CONFERENCE AT
u OF ID PLANNED
National Conference Class
room Teachers to Be Held
at Newark July SIG
SPONSORED BY NEA

The University of Delaware has
been selected as the site for the
Eleventh Classroom Teachers Natl
onal Conference which will be held
July : 16 of this year. The News
Bulletin for Classroom Teachers
for the month of February, which
is published by the National Educa-
tion Association of the United
States, devotes considerable atten-
ton to the coming conference and
states in part: 1.-THE campus at the
University of Delaware provides
ideal facilities for a workshop of
the type planned by the NEA De-
partment of Classroom Teachers,
and President Nell Wilcoxen takes
pleasure in announcing that these
facilities have been secured for the
eleventh annual Classroom Teach
ers National Conference"
Hear Classroom Instruction
The conference will be sponsored
jointly by the NEA Department of
Classroom Teachers and the Uni
versity of Delaware, with John A.
Perkins, president of the Univers-
ity, and Nell Wilcoxen and Hilda
Maehling, president and executive
secretary respectively of the De-
partment, acting as directors. The
program itself will be developed
around the theme, ''Today's Teach
ing-Tomorrow's Worl d." The
group will meet in general session
each morning to hear outstanding
leaders in education present i'm
portant phases of classroom in
struction and professional organiz-
action activities. An important fea-
ture of these morning meetings
will be the discussion period which
will follow the presentation. Each
participant will choose an after
noon discussion group in which he
will study problems of special in
terest to him. Some courses will
provide leadership training oppor-
tunities for officers of local associ-
ations and state departments OF
classroom teachers. Others will
center on instructional problems,
both in specific and general fields.
Short general sessions will also be
planned for the early evening.
These programs will present, in an
entertaining and informative man
ner, areas of the professional pro-
gram which are not otherwise in
cluded.
Program Social Activities
Members of Future Teachers of
America will be in attendance at
the conference and will participate
in all sessions. A varied extra cur
riculum program will provide cul-
tural, athletic and social activities.
It will include concerts, lectures,
motion pictures, and dances, as
well as trips to neighboring sum-
mer theaters, the seashore, and
the cities of Wilmington and his
toric Philadelphia. The University
pool will be available for swim
ming, and the snack bar will pro-
vide convenient accommodations
for informal visiting. All resident
participants will be housed in the
women's dornitories. These resi-
dence halls are attractively furn-
ished and are conveniently located
on campus. All meals will be serv-
ed in the dining hall which adjoins
the housing units. Everyone who
attends the conference will receive
certificate signed by President
Perkins, Nell Wilcoxen, and Hilda
Maehling. Many boards of educa-
tion accept this certificate as evid-
ence Of inservice growth and many
teachers have used it to receive
credit to meet a local requirement
of inservice growth or to maintain
a position on a salary schedule.