Vacation draws teachers back to class
By JANE LEHMAN
Of the Emerald
You would think that after
teaching for nine months, instruc
tors would be anywhere but in the
classroom. Right?
Yet the summer session here
has drawn 3,600 teachers, 50 per
cent of the entire summer enroll
ment, back into the cubicles of
learning. According to Bill Harris,
head of teacher certification for
the College of Education, there
are quite a few inducements that
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Educators comprise 50% of summer enrollment
return great numbers of instruc
tors to school during vacation
months.
These people are already prac
ticing a vocation, so they must
use this time to take classes un
dergraduates take during the
regular school year, says Harris.
Perhaps the biggest factor
summoning teachers back to the
classroom is requirements set by
the Teacher’s Standards and
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Practices Commission (TPSC),
the official state body for licensing
teachers. Junior high or high
school teachers can graduate
with a baccalaureate degree and
begin teaching. However, this
certificate is only good for three
years. By then, instructors must
have qualified for the Standard
Teaching certificate which re
quires a fifth year of instruction.
Money also enters into the pic
ture.
“Most school districts have
salary schedules that pay more if
you have advanced training,
says Harris. To qualify the
teacher must have an endorse
ment granted by the TSPC and
thus needs additional schooling.
Aspirations of professional ad
vancement require attaining an
administration certificate. This is
necessary for those who wish to
become elementary principals,
superintendents, school coun
selors, supervisors or school
psychologists. The latter three
additionally require a personnel
services certificate.
These people often combine
professional education work and
the preparation of their depart
ment speciality,' says Harris.
Many people kill two birds with
one stone, by applying their cer
tificate courses toward a masters
degree. “For instance, says Har
ris, “if you are enrolled in cur
riculum and instruction and going
toward a masters degree, the
questioning strategies class fills
both requirements.”
While most of the teachers
turned-students have been teach
ing all along, there are those who
have dropped out, perhaps to
raise a family. They are back re
newing their certificates, which
must be done every three years.
Harris says, “If they let the certifi
cate expire, they may have to do
more work to meet new require
ments.”
Changes in teaching certificate
requirements have also sent
teachers back to the classroom,
scrambling to meet certain qual
ifications. According to Harris
there are teachers out in the field
practicing under the new 1972
regulations, the 1965 rules or
pre-1965 requirements.
The state has also changed the
requirements for teachers of ex
ceptional children. Formerly there
were special endorsements
needed to teach mentally re
tarded, physically handicapped,
speech handicapped and those
with extreme learning problems.
Now there are only two endorse
ments, teachers of the mildly
handicapped and of the severely
handicapped.
Even teachers who are not now
dealing with handicapped chil
dren may be affected. The Con
gress has passed a ‘mainstream
ing’' law that will go into effect this
fall. This means that “handicap
ped children must be given ac
cess to public education and ac
comodated in the least restricted
environment." In other words,
placed in a regular classroom for
at least part of their education,''
says Harris. The result is that or
dinary classroom teachers now
need some special training.
Would-be coaches are also re
turning to the classroom, since
they must now have a coaching
endorsement.
Just the suggestion of a new
regulation is prompting teachers
to take it seriously. The Legisla
ture is considering raising the age
required to obtain a driver's
license to 18. However, a person
could get a license at 16 if they
have gone through the high
school driver's education prog
ram. Harris reports that all the in
structional courses for drivers ed
are completely full this summer.
While elementary teachers and
college instructors do not have to
hold a standard teaching certifi
cate, they can still be found in the
summer classroom.
Harris says they can be found
taking advanced work toward a
masters degree or "just getting
more skills and improving their
knowledge
One factor not to be overlooked
is the reputation of this University,
especially with regard to educa
tion studies. Many out-of-state
and foreign students come here
says Hanis because of our re
sources here, special classes
and fine resources "
In fact, according to Harris, the
teacher education program draws
so many Canadian educators,
that the campus is jokingly refer
red to as "the University of Al
berta, Eugene.
Rate increase topic of debate
While the debate on a contribution of $15,000
of Springfield s proposed $15.3-million municipal
budget to a social services program continues, pub
lic hearings on the Springfield Utility Board s prop
osed water rate increase will be Wednesday, June
29, 7:30 p.m., at the Utility Board Office, 250 North
A Street.
Water bills for Springfield residents will in
crease an average of about $1.51 per month if the
increased rates and charges recommended the first
of June by Jack Criswell, the Utility Board's General
Manager, are approved.
In a preliminary presentation to the Utility Board
and Budget Committee, Criswell said general in
creases of about 30 per cent in residential water
service revenues and 40 per cent in commercial and
industrial revenues, plus increases in benefited
property charges for new water system installations,
would be required to balance the proposed 1977-78
fiscal year budget
The committee approved a water department
budget for the coming year of $1,988,600, which will
cover all estimated costs of operation and mainte
nance along with improvements and additions to the
water system
The proposed budget is 30 per cent higher than
the 1976-77 budget, primarily due to an increase of
$363,000 in anticipated requirements for water sys
tem additions to keep pace with the city s growth
Filmmakers ready show of local talent
The Eugene Filmmaker’s Cinematheque will
present another show of locally and regionally pro
duced film, video, slide sequences, audio and
multi-media Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Com
munity Center for the Performing Arts (WOW Hall),
at Eighth Avenue and Lincoln Street. Admission is
$1. For more information call 345-4583.
The Wednesday show has the following works
tentatively scheduled:
• Skinner’s Beaut: By Don Cato and Mark
Whitney, 30 minutes. Commissioned by the City of
Eugene, the film presents past and future plans for
the city.
•The Heritage Arts Festival: By Philip Perkins
and Tom Cooke, 11 minutes. Here’s a documentary
film about the only senior citizen arts festival in the
United States. The film uses still photography and
interviews with the participants in the festival.
• 115th Dream: By Larry Wittnibert, five min
utes. This is wacko, movie edited to the Bob Dylan
song 115th Dream.
•Patchwork: By Philip Perkins, four minutes.
This film is an exploration of texture and sequence
through the use of film painting and matte rephoto
graphy, using geometric-shaped matte windows.
•Untitled: By David Joyce, five minutes. The
production is a multi-media piece, using film, video
and live action created especially for this show.
•Phields: By Scott Fraser, six minutes. Phields
is a new audio piece using complex textures of
natural sounds to create subtle sounds moving be
hind the louder ones. To make Phields, Fraser took
sounds such as rubbing sandpaper, leaves in the
wind, bells, etc., and manipulated them with a bat
tery of equipment, some of which he designed him
self.
Photo group sponsors amateur contest
An amateur picture-taking contest offering 75
travel and cash prizes for snapshots of everyday
activities has been announced by Photo Marketing
Association International.
The contest is open to all amateur photo
graphers and runs through Oct. 31, 1977. Color or
black-and-white photos up to 8 x 10 inches taken
after May 15, 1977 are eligible.
Prizes will be awarded in three general
categories: human interest, sports and travel. En
tries will be judged on the basis of visual effective
ness (60 per cent) and appropriateness of the sub
ject matter to the theme or category (40 per cent).
Photo Marketing Association International, an
organization of camera shops and developing and
printing laboratories, will award the prizes.
Picture-takers may enter as many photographs
as they like in any or all of the three prize categories.
Judging will be handled by an independent judging
organization, whose decisions will be final.
All entries must be accompanied by an official
Picture Your World entry form, available from par
ticipating camera stores and processing labs.
Tuesday, June 28, 1977