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. Page 18 July 1981 Cassiar Courier

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ON NEW SCHOOLS

The new Elementary Secondary School for Atlin is
at tile working-drawing stage. Both the community and
the school staff have had input into the design of the
new school and the architect has accommodated a good

' number of their suyyestions.

The Official Trustee and the Superintendent of
Schools travelled to Victoria on Friday, June 12 for a
meeting with Ministry of Education officers from the
Facilities Division. Their purpose was to present a pro-
posal that the new elementary school planned for Cas-
siar be increased in capacity from 200 students to 250
students. This increase will raise the projected cost by
some $400,000.00.

The School District is once again indebted to Cassiar
Resources for the provision of additional land to expand
the school site in Cassiar, and for the technical assistance
given by its Engineering Department to othe district archi-
techt and his assistantse

ON ADVISORY COUNCILS

. The Stikine Joint Advisory Council met in Atlin on
Saturday, May 23 for its regular meeting. The afternoon
session was attended by a group of 17 parents and teach-
érs and questions were fielded on:

The new school for Atlin
District Boarding Allowance
Provincial Scholarship Eligibility
Boarding space in Whitehorse
Report cards

The next meeting of the S.J.A.C. will be in Tele-
graph Creek on Saturday, July 25. The District wel-
. comes Mr. D. Pewsey, newly elected Chairman of the
Parents’ Advisory Council, to the Joint Committee.

ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SELF-ASSESSMEMT

After months of arduous work, much of it: done
after a full school day, the Cassiar Elementary staff has
completed the school assessment.

-On June 8-10, the External.Evaluation Team con-
_ sisting of Mr. B. White, Principal of Crescent Park Ele-
mentary, Dawson Creek; Mr. J.. Wright, Teacher at
Atlin Elementary Secondary School; and Mr. O. Cor-
coran, Superintendent~ of Schools, S.D. 87 (Stikine)
worked in the school reviewing the findings of the self-
assessment. The teams extolled the staff for che quality
and professionalism of its assessment. The teams re-
port is being processed at this time and will be present-
ed to the staff and the Official Trustee before the end of
the school year.

ON KINDERGARTENS

B.C.’s kindergarten classes are neither heavily
academic nor totally unstructured , and this balanced ap-
proach is generally satisfactory to most parents and ed-

ucators, according to one of the findings of a kindergarten
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| article ‘CBC Radio takes a break in Cassiar’, the photo-

graph was captioned incorrectly. Neil Young should have
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“EVERYTHING FOR THE SPORTSMAN”

needs assessment conducted for the Ministry of-Educ-
ation as the first step’in the possible revision of the
kindergarten curriculum.

The report indicated that the middle of the road
approach applies yenerally to the emphasis on academ-
ics,to play as a method of learning,and to teacher con-
trol of the instruction.

These findinys are contained in the report of a
study prepared for the Ministry by a University of Vic-
toria Team headed by Dr. Margie Mayfield of the
Faculty of Education. The team surveyed teachers at
the pre-school, kindergarten and grade 1 levels, parents
of pupils, sci:ool principals and district administrators.

The survey found that most kindergarten classes in
B.C. stress co-operative activities aimed at developing
children’s self-concepts. The emphasis in the activities
is ON generating success for the children thereby creat-
ing a solid-foundation for future school work. The act-
ivities, while not formally academic, provide a neces-
sary preparation for more formal academic work later
on, the teachers believe.

Parents by and large were also satisfied with the
educational program their children receive in kinder-
garten. While some wanted more attention to reading
and other academic skills a majority liked the direction
of the program as it is.

All agreed that the kindergarten teacher has a vital
role in creating a good feeling for school. Many parents
wished to be able to participate more fully in their child’s
early education.

The survey estimates that 98 per cent of all eligible
children in the province attend kindergarten. (Kinder-
garten attendance is not compulsory but school districts
must provide classrooms for those who wish it.) Of this |
eligible group, more than half have already been in some
form of pre-school or day-care program. The report
notes that these facts must be incorporated into future
danning for school. programs. __

The team made several recommendations to the
ministry, including more specific statements of the goals
and purposes of kindergarten, the educational role of
play, and the place of reading and reading readiness in
the program. Other recommendations deal with changes
in admission procedures, funding, class size and organiza-
tion, and teacher preparation.

‘The ministry’s curriculum development branch has
already set-up a kindergarten committee to examine the
Mayfield report and decide on further action.

ON WORKING AND LEARNING CONDITIONS

Education Minister Brian. Smith has told school
trustees that they should discuss working and learning
conditions with their teachers in a regular and sensitive
way and provide mechanisims for teachers: to participate
in decision-making in those areas.

He told the annual meeting of the B.C. School
Trustees Association. that during his fall forums he
found great concern among teachers about working con-
ditions, and many teachers who wanted the right to bar-
gain them JELESBUSCHIVeLy:

“T do believe the teachers have the right to necome
more involved ‘in the decision-making processes in their
schools,”’ he said. ‘‘But | also.regard them as profession-
als, and not a8 practitioners of industrial relations,”

“You may believe,” he told the trustees, “that the
only choices you have are to bargain in an industrial set-
ting, with the sanction of the strike: or the lock-out, or
to settle for something imposed by an arbitration board
remote from local conditions.’

“But are those your choices? Isn‘t there a better
way than sitting at a table and telling teachers that you'll
reduce the size of their classes if they'll supervise some
children over lunch hour?”

“Furthermore,” he said, “I am far from convinced
that the public of this province would support granting
you the right to: lock out teachers, or teachers to strike
over working conditions or salaries.’’

ON TRANSFERS AND RESIGNATIONS

The following teachers are moving away from S.D.
87 (Stikine). The District thanks them for their .contri-
butions to education in the Stikine and wishes them
every success in their professional futures.

Ms. J. Faust, Ms. D. McLean, Ms. C. Christie, Mr. W.
Giesbrecht, Mr. J. Buckler, Mrs. E. Buckler from
Cassiar: Ms. |. Trapp from Good Hope Lake: Mr. H.
Lutters, Mr. B. McGregor, Ms. M.: Howat from Tele-
sgraph Creek: Mrs. K. Green from Dease Lake. Mr. M.
McMurray, Director of Instruction from Cassiar is also
leaving.

ON THE OTHER SIDE

In ‘Silly Verse and Something Worse’, Joseph Rosen-
bloom has presented short, to-the-point poems full of
humour: directed toward children and their ability to
laugh at themselves. Yere’s one of my favourites.

Something Alike
The gum-chewing student,

The cud-chewing cow
Are somewhat alike,
. Yet different somehow.
Just what is the difference?” -
1 think | know now — ,
It’s the thoughtful expression
On the face of the cow.

ON RESPECT

Respect is unsuccessful as a unilateral affair. Adults can
not require children to treat them with dignity unless
they will Uo the same for children. Children ‘need to feel
that adults really do care about them.

Dr. James Dobson in Dare to Discipline

. by Owen Corcoran

HUMAN RESOURCES

New Family and Child
Service Act Proclaimed

The new Family and Child Service Act was proclaimed
June 1st-

This act, which was passed by the British Columbia
Legislature last August, is designed to protect the safety
and wellwveing of children and to encourage the in-
dependent and healthy functioning of the family-

The legislation comes into effect immediately, replacing
the old Family and Child Service Act (formerly the Pro-
tection of Children Act).

In commenting on the proclamation, Human Resources -

Minister Grace McCarthy said, ~ This is the culmination
of several years of work, including the review of more
than 1,200 submissions to a White Paper on Childrens’

. Legislation and a comprehensive staff training program

to familiarize ministry staff with all aspects of the new
Act.”

Although the safety and weltbeing of children continue
to be emphasized in the new legislation, a new focus has
been added. The Act not only deals with state‘’s respon-
sibility for protecting children from abuse and neglect,
but also puts emphasis on the family’s role.

“The new Family and Child Service Act recognizes that
it is the family that bears the primary responsibility for
the care of children and ‘provides for services to assist
families in fulfilling this responsibility,” said Mrs. Mc-
Carthy- This reflects the new directions my ministry
has taken in its work with families and children in re-
cent years.”

A pamphlet, “The Family and Child Service Act: New
Legislation for Families and Children” is now available
from the Ministry of Human Resources. It highlights
the basic principles - incorporated _ in the newly pro-
‘claimed Act.

For further information contact:

Mrs. Joan Abrams

Acting Manager

Information Services Division
387-1765

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