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B.n Briefc Problems, Criticisms, Solutions Listed For Tulelake High School SUMMER LAKE - MRS. BERNADINE HANSON and children, Linda and George, ana a inena, i,reg borama. were here from Bellevue, Wash., spend the Easter vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Currier. EARL DRUMM is now at home in Paisley from the Lakeview Hos pital where ho had been treated for a back injury. Replacing him at the Bud Currier ranch, where he has been working for the past lew years, is Cecil Henderson. MR. AND MRS. NEWMAN KIMES and sons of Klamath Falls stayed overnight April 13 with, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Foster, and attended the Easter services and potluck din ner at uiurch of Our Savious. RHUS. DUKIS CULAHAN, upper grade teacher at Ana Uivcr School, has taken a leave of ab sence for three weeks to be with her daughter and. new grandchild at Springfield. Mrs. Mary N o v y Paisley, is substituting for her, MR. AND MRS. DEAN CAN NON and family spent the Easter weekend, at Riley where . they as sisted the George McGees with their branding. 'MRS. CELIA ALLEN has re turned from a visit with her daughter in Kelso, Wash., who re cently had surgery. THE BILL SMITHS had as re cent guests, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Dinus, Weiser, Idaho. MRS. D. T, O'CONNOR accom panied Mrs. Jack O'Leary and daughter, Mrs. Anna Duval, of Lakeview to Portland for a few days' visit. Mrs. O'Leary's son John, is convalescing tliere from recent surgery. MR. AND MRS. D E N Z I L HITCHCOCK are the parents of their first child, Rcnee Lynne, who was born April 11 in the Lakeview Hospital. They live at the Van Withers ranch MRS. GEORGE CARLON re cently spent a few days with her parents, Mr and Mrs. Alfred Knopf, in Portland., . (Continued from 6-B) ent. and trustees is the absence of the democratic process in dcci sion making. This process is much more tiian simply casting a vote for or against a proposal. At the heart of the issue is the pnvi lege and right of the individual to share in the formation and shap ing of policy which affects him, Those immediately responsible for the educative process should con tribute to the determination of its policies. John Dewey expressed this philosophy of policy making when he wrote in an article entitled "Democracy and Educational Ad ministration. 'Democracy substitutes consul tation and voluntary agreement for subordination of the many to the few, enforced by coercion , . . Experience has demonstrated rather conclusively that decisions! based on a cooperative study of a problem generally are more en during and more likely to be cor rect than the decisions of any one person. According to a report of the American Association of School Administrators, "The Superintend ent of Schools and His Work," an efficient school administration will, among other things, provide for: 'Cooperative endeavor in the formulation of educational policies and the utilization of the intel lectual and professional re sources of the whole school staff." The conclusion of the matter is that the participation of class room teachers in school adminis tration should consist for the most part in helping to evolve plans and policies, particularly those that af fect themselves and their profes sional responsibilities. The roles of policy-making and policy-execution must not be con fused. A reluctance on the part of many administrators and trustees to grant a larger share of dcmoc- racy to the staff in tlie operation of the school lies in their failure to differentiate between policy making and the implementation or administration of those policies. The latter are clearly administra tive functions. There is no evidence except MRS. ROBERT ELDER, ac companied by Zilla Elder, made a trip to Bend Sunday to meet ; her grandmother, Mrs. Nellie Gin tlier; Lebanon. some opinion that the staff wants to run the school. All they ask is that when there is a question that concerns their work, they be con suited about it, and that this con sultation be more than an exer cise in futility. Some community resentment leveled at tlie board has been trig gered by tlie statements of one trustee made to several persons; in a business establishment, inc comments as overheard by at least one student and several cit-J izens were to the effect that he going to tell off the Par- en! s Committee when its represen tatives appeared before the board. Since the trustees are elected to represent the entire commu nity, it behooves tiiem to give courteous consideration to repre sentations made by a respon sible group of the electorate. From tho evidence it would ap pear that the Parents Committee as constituted in Tulelake is not one which will be "told off manipulated to do the bidding of any individual or group. The "Report on Counselling and Discipline" presented by the Par ents Committee to the trustees in March represents a mature ef-l fort to obtain information in an ob jective and impartial manner. The questions used in interviewing the Student Council were developed by the committee well in advance of the interview. A careful read ing of the questions shows them to be free of bias or innuendo. It would seem most inadvisable for the administration or board to attempt to rationalize or ignore the findings disclosed in this study. By now, a majority of teachers, the superintendent, and the trus tees have assumed a somewhat antagonistic posture. All have varying degrees of responsibility for this unfortunate situation. It will require humility, wisdom, and a spirit of compromise and reconciliation on the part of all to remove certain barriers, resolve personal differences, and re-establish effective communication. A harmonious working relationship! is essential if an optimum pro gram of education is to be pro vided the students. An observation made by an hon or roll student dramatically spot lights the effect tlie crescendo of dissension within the staff has had upon students. Upon learning that the GTA field representative had arrived at the school, the student commented to a teacher, "Are you going to be able to do something? We can't even learn here any more." RECOMMENDATIONS The problems identified in this study are considered to constitute a serious threat to the required level of professional teamwork and harmony which is necessary! t the school s educational program is to attain its full potential, l n e s e recommendations arc presented with the hope that all parties who have responsibility for the effective operation of the school will exert a sincere effort to work together cooperatively for the best interests of the students at Tulelake and the teaching profession. 1. Responsibilities for directing the activities and programs of the Student Council and California Scholarship Federation should be: delegated to certain teachers who! have the interest, will devote the necessary time, and are accep table to tin students. The Stu dent Council could begin imme diately a study of discipline prac tices, the advisability of a student code of conduct, and the student handbook. From such studies should come recommendations for improvements in those areas of I concentrated student dissatisfac tions. 2. A review of teacher eval-i uation practices, including the in-j strument, is indicated by this study. Particular attention should be given to tlie importance of classroom observations. 3. Use of a non-certificated per son as school librarian is a viola tion of the Education Code. The 'district wouldn't hare legal defense snould a taxpayer suit be initiated charging the trustees with illegal expenditures of district funds or if suit for damages were to be brought on behalf of a student who might suffer injuries while under the regular supervision of a non - crcdentialed person uianges in imrary supervision snould be made so as to comply with the law. 4. If there is to be a class in Office Practice, prerequisites, curriculum, testing, grading, and instructional responsibili ties should be determined largely by the teachers of business and commercial education. The pres ent informal kind of office practice instruction and supervision which is completely divorced from the teachers of the subject seems to be an unusual and questionable procedure for conducting a course for which credit is granted. 5. Attention of the entire cer tificated staff is called to tlie fol lowing items in the Code of Ethics for California Teachers: I. To meet the responsibility to pupils, the teacher: 1. Deals kindly with each child without prejudice or partiality. IV. To meet the responsibility to the profession, the teacher: 1. Endorses the principle that the profession must accept respon sibility for the conduct of its mem bers and understands that his own conduct will be regarded as a sample of the quality of the pro fession. 3. Maintains an attitude which strengthens public respect for the teaching profession and for the school system of which he is a part. 6. Exercises his right to parti cipate in the democratic processes w hich determine school policy. He recognizes that the board of edu cation, which derives its author ity from the people it serves, has placed the responsibility for the administration of school policy n the hands of the professional leaders of the school. Once policy is determined, he supports it. 8. Acts with consideration in his contacts with fellow teachers. a. He is kind, tolerant, and loy al, and avoids pettiness, jealousy, and rancor. d. He criticizes with discretion, knowing that only that criticism is valid which stems from a desire to improve tlie educational pro cess and which is directed at is sues rather than personalities. It is recommended that the staff and board give serious considera tion to the adoption of the follow ing codes as part of the official personnel policies of the district: (!) Code of Elhics for California Teachers, and (2) Administrator Ethics in Personnel Matters. 6. An extensive review by the staff of the personnel policies set forth in the Teachers Handbook is recommended. Teachers should propose changes concerning con troversial items. 7. Faculty committees should be organized to do research, study, planning, or communica tion in areas where there are pro fessional concerns. 8. Faculty meetings should be scheduled on specified days for each month of the school year. The teachers recommend two such meetings per month with an agen da provided in advance. 9. The responsibilities of depart ment heads need to be cooper atively defined and delineated. 10. Because a school adminis trator has to work with all kinds of personalities, he needs to de velop skills in the area of hu man relationships, such as recog nizing the individual differences among his teachers just as he should expect teachers to be aware of the uniqueness of every pupil in their classes. Specifi cally, the superintendent should become more discerning and sen sitive in his staff relationships. 1 1. The highest priority must be given to developing cooperatively teachers, trustees, and admin istration a philosophy of per sonnel relationships which will, through collective activity, capi talize the creative capacities of all staff members in setting goals, solving problems and determin ing basic policies. Today's teachers possess schol arship, knowledge, skills, and in sights which make them capable of a large measure of independent judgment and of assuming re sponsibilities in policy planning. The most effective administrator is not a mastermind who re serves all the thinking, plan ning, and responsibility to him self. He is, rather, the leader and coordinator of programs which provide for broad staff involve ment in working toward common objectives. It is recommended that CTA's new policy statement, "The Pro- Wed.. April U, 19a Page 8-Ft Herald A Newt Klamath Falls fession's Role in Educational Pol icy," be used as a study guide in the development of the sug gested philosophy of staff rela tionships as they relate to this fundamental issue of the demo cratic process in school adminis tration. It is hoped that the foregoing report will serve to pinpoint some sources of dissauslaction which have produced serious effects on staff and student morale and will aid in the improvement of board, teacher, and administrator relationships. POOR PRIZE HUTCHINSON. Kan. (UP1) -Marion Walters, 11, last Saturday won a new bicycle from the Op timist Club in a bicycle safety week program. ' Tuesday, she fell off the bicycle and broke her right leg. FOR Color TV ACE TV 1140 Rivenid Dr. 4-3581 Hitfc-deliciousS KRAUT RECIPES t 5 ivnt m M - Dept. K P.O. Box 2589, Portland 3, Ore. Hav Your Own MEDICARE EqnlUbU'i Major Medical PIid John H. Houston Hnrvleo Bine IBS I NOW OPEN! 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