Portland Observer, December 22, 1982 Page 3
METROPOLITAN
Street Beat
Hughley chosen for council
Crassrool News, N .W .— M arie
Hughley, curriculum coordinator at
King School, became the first Ore
gon classroom teacher to be ap
pointed to the National Council for
Accreditation of Teacher Education
(N C A TE). " I have no idea why I'm
the first one in Oregon. 1 think I was
nominated by the Portland Associa
tion o f Teachers. I received a call
from D .C . telling me I was consid
ered for the post and would I ac
cept. Later my appointment came
through.
M rs. Hughley explains what
N C A TE responsibilities are. “ They
monitor and evaluate teacher educa
tion programs. A college has
accreditation for seven years and
then the college asks for a renewal.
This body (N C A T E ) either denies or
grants new accreditation. New
colleges apply and we would
evaluate whether the teacher train
ing program will receive accredita
tion. There are eight teachers, eight
college adm inistrators and eight
people from other organizations
who sit on the board. Along with
two individuals from the office of
Education. The board consists of 26
people.” As a classroom teacher
Mrs. Hughley feels she is prepared
to evaluate student teachers just
coming out of college.
Among the battle cries of educa
tion is the fact that a student can sit
in class for 12 years and never learn
how to read. " I t ’s as much a puzzle
to teachers as it is to anyone else.
We are constantly testing and trying
new programs to help the student
learn. Eor the reason you just stated
came the push to go back to the ba
sics. Basic reading, language arts
and mathematics are the emphasis
now, because for some reason there
has been a gap in the basic skills
training. I f that foundation is
strengthened then everything else
will fall into place."
Nowadays, when you bring up the
career of teaching, the burn-out syn
drome is considered. ‘ •There wax a
study done up at the Health Science
Center on stressful occupations and
teaching rated near the top. Part of
the reason for that is the discipline
problem has increased. ALong with
the restrictions placed on teacher
creativity. We have a lot o f hard
working teachers who take home
work home and put in a lot of extra
hours. So, there is burn-out in every
profession where people work
hard."
Ms. Hughley says its the milieu of
by Lanita Duka and Richard Brown
W ith Christmas here and gone, the
S tra a t B oat team wondered, “ Is the
Christmas of 1982 different from other
Christmases?*’
Robert Oliva
Unemployed
Kathy Newton
Co-editor
It w ill be d ifferen t in little
ways but it w ill remain the
same. We a re n 't spending as
much but doing more.
For the blacks it's a money
crunch. I d id n 't get my kids
anything because I've been out
of work for six months. It ain't
worth looking.
J*.
Ellen Allege
Unemployed
1 only celebrate every other
year and this is an off year Peo
ple are friendly this year rather
than in a rush to buy. It's slower
and that makes it nice.
MARIE HUGHLEY
problem for the teachers of the '80s.
“ Children are different. They are
more assertive because they are ex
posed to a lot more today, because
of T .V . and travel. They are bright
er and this leads to some defiance
and disrespect. Children today feel
their rights are being violated when
rules are a p p lie d ." She says she
doesn't find a discipline problem at
King and calls the teachers and stu
dents, "impressive.”
Ms. Hughley believes time is a
gnnrt je e rh e r'» greatest enemy.
t W M ewenetthsm requirements are
so much that we do not Have enough
time to cover all areas with our stu
dents. We only have six hours in a
day and a very creative teacher
might have ideas which go beyond
that. 1 worked in four schools in the
Portland area and King is where we
have the strongest staff.”
As a new member of the National
Council for Accreditation of Teach
er Education. Mrs. Marie Hughley
will spend a week in Washington,
D .C . and M aryland for training.
"T h e first full council meeting will
be in March. We will have material
to evaluate from teams which were
sent out to various colleges. We will
go over to see if the colleges are
meeting the standards set by the
council.”
N o matter how much training a
teacher receives, if a teacher doesn't
feel it in her heart she might as well
not teach. “ You have to love teach
ing. The only time I'm truly happy
is when I have a class fu ll o f stu
dents. This is the true lest of a teach
er. Whether or not she love* ano can
feel it."
Archia bean
Unemployed
Chris Wlnklay
Elect. Technician
No, nothing much has changed.
Santa Claus is still alive. I'm not
much of a holiday person and it
takes care o f all my spare
money.
I'm out o f a job this year. I
have an 11- and a 12-year old.
Every year I've been able to buy
them something except this
year. No money, no presents.
I'm not even drawing unem
ployment. It's tough.
Allan Williams
Student
I just did six years and I've
been out six months and all the
Christmases arc the same.
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