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"■»w -w c »•«.*« «W-w « ’ sr SANOr (Or«.) POST Thvrs., Morch I I . 1942 (S«c J) Baby boom to increase demand for teachers Another baby boom is go ing to hit the nation's public schools by the mid HU k that will set off an explosion of jo b o p p o rtu n itie s fo r teachers, predicts the new dean of Oregon State U n iv e r s it y ’s school of education "Public school enroll ment has already bottomed out nationally and is now on an upswing,'* said Robert D B arr, who replaced Sylvia Tucker as education dean on Jan 1. "Forecasts based on U S Census Bureau reports in dicate that by the 1<M5O6 there will be teacher shor tages in almost every area of public education, which mean the teaching job market will be wide open," he said. "High school seniors and university freshmen who decide now to major in education are going to be right on target, they're go ing to step out of college in to the best employment pic tu re in m a n y , m a n y years " The next enrollment ex plosion, labeled the "baby l>oom boom" because it is being g e n e ra te d by children of the post-World War II baby boom who are now raising families, is already occurring Mt. Hood computers serve two purposes Word processing brought the future to Mt Hood Community College in 1979. and since then has been us ed to spread that future to a d m in is t r a t o r s and students alike. During the daytime, the w ord processing co m puters serve the college as an institution, producing official documents, calling up tests for faculty and aiding in student registra tion, said May Oka, office occupations and general in structor at MHCC When the evening comes, however, word processing is handed over to the students. Whether they are enrolled in the word pro cessing specialist program or are merely taking the courses for general ex perience, the college equip ment is theirs to learn from on Tuesday and Thursday nights. " It (the system) is per forming two functions It trains students for future jobs as well as producing d o c u m en ts fo r the college,” Oka said. Located in the MHCC centralized word process ing center for student use are three Blind Standalone IBM Mag II word pro cessors and one F u ll- Screen Standalone. Two Amtex 425 word processors and one Optical Character Reader (OCR) are used by administration as well as for teaching devices. The number of students in Oka's word processing courses "has grown by leaps and bounds." she said "There are more than 100 brands of word process ing equipment produced by more than 50 vendors," and the com puter tra in in g given at MHCC "transfers right over to any other word processor " T h is g iv e s them (students) a real edge over anyone else seeking a word processing position." she added " E n r o llm e n t na tionally—in the elementary grades and in certain fields like science, mathematics and lan gu ag e a r t s —is beginning to nudge upward to reflect this increase,” said Barr, a professor of e d u c a tio n a t In d ia n a University prior to assum ing the OSU post He was also director of IU 's Office of Teacher Education and Extended Services and interim direc tor for that institution's C enter for U rban and Multicultural Education ‘ Projections indicate in creased enrollment will ex pand across the board," he said, "so that by the mid- and late- l9Hos there will be teacher shortages, accom panied by employment op p o rtu n itie s , in alm ost every area of education "Teacher shortages are already showing up in cer tain areas." noted Barr "Over 22 percent of the math teaching positions in 32, Clatsop, Astoria, 10; Lane. Eugene, 78, Mt. Hood, Gresham. 63, Rogue, G ra n ts P as s, 18; Southwestern, Coos Bay. 18, Treasure Valley, On tario, 20; and Umpqua, Roseburg, 36 The Gibbs report showed that the first community college transfers to OSU were in 1963 There were 25 that year "Since then, the number has increased 25 tim es as m any m ore Oregon young people start their higher education ex perience in a community college and then transfer to Oregon State to complete their degree work," Gibbs observed A 1977 OSU study on the academic performance of c o m m u n ity tr a n s fe r stu d en ts showed th a t "after initial adjustment to the large campus and the competition, Oregon com munity college transferees do very well academically at OSU " The study was done by Morris Ix>May, d ir e c to r of the OSU Counseling and Testing Center be a plus during the next one "A fter the baby boom passed through America's public schools during the 1970’s, we experienced low enrollments which allowed us to improve the quality of our e d u c a tio n a l programs," he said " F o r e x a m p le , we became far more selective. We have raised our admis sions standards and are in stituting basic skills tests to m ake c e rta in th a t teachers have the basic, fundam ental skills ab s o lu te ly e s s e n tia l to teachers "Through stiffer a dm is sions requirements and in creased program quality, teacher education pro grams are far superior to those in the past,"said Barr "Our programs are now characterized by ex tensive field experience, m icrocom puter training and vigorous course con tent. So I d o n t perceive schools of education ever going back to the old ‘fac tory model,* where we ground out thousands of teachers in the emergency situation of the post World War II baby boom . "We will be much more careful to tie entrance into teaching, in terms of the number of persons admit ted, to the availability of positions in the field." he said. In some areas, that could mean actively recruiting prospective teachers In others, it m ay means students will find it difficult to gain admission to a specific teaching field. "In fields where OSU has a statewide mission—in vocational education, in c lu d in g a g r ic u lt u r e , business, industrial educa tion and home economics, as w ell as m ath and science—the situation real- ly dem and s vig o ro u s recruitm ent p ro gram s,” said Barr "Not just so our students will get jobs, but so our public schools in Oregon will be staffed with truly outstanding people who have sufficient training to do t r u ly o u ts ta n d in g jobs not just for today, but for the technological classroom or tomorrow " Johns, Nazeeri on dean’s list Susan J Johns and Mar- jan Z Nazeen, former San dy Union High School students, made the dean's list at the University of Oregon Those on the dean's list are in the top five percent of all undergraduates in their respective schools of study They also must have a grade point average of 3 75 or better. 30 Years of Keeping Our Promise “If we can't guarantee it, we won't sell it Steel Belted Radial fh e radial built to deliver A A fuel econom y! VZ size« allow ’ * * y a tio n for wkt^olling r* 7 and Record set for transfer students Oregon State University enrolled a record number of transfer students from Oregon community col leges this year, according to a report prepared by W a lla c e E G ib b s, registrar and director of admissions "The fall term total was 646," Gibbs said, compared to the 574 the year before The largest number of tra n s fer students, 143, c a m e fro m n e a r —by Linn—Benton Community College, Albany The number was bolstered, Gibbs believes, by students who wanted to enrol) at OSU initially but who miss ed making the early new s tu d e n t ad m is sio n s deadlines that had to be established to slow enroll ment at the university "A substantial number stayed in the area,” Gibbs pointed out The totals for the other Oregon community col leges included Blue Moun tain Community College. Pendleton. 22, C entral O re g o n , B end , 30. Clackamas. Oregon City, the nation are vacant and 25 percent of the filled posi tions in that area are oc cu p ie d by te m p o ra ry teachers without certifica tion " I f you put these statistics together, you’re really saying that only 50 percent of the mathematics teaching positions nation wide are staffed by cer tified teachers "So in a grim time of employment," he added, "here is a possible way of finding a job with great professional opportunities “ There are employment possibilities for people with m a th and scien ce b ack g ro u n d s at the bachelor s degree level and OSU's school of education is attempting to assist peo p ie w ith a c a d e m ic backgrounds in these areas to get certified and move into some of positions " Barr believes the low enrollments that followed the last baby boom should LES SCHWAB F>1TRrr*cted w ith A two steel belts and tw o super • strong polyester cord body plies. 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