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Page THE HERALD WednMdaj It ItTS Trustees review policy on professional days A move is afoot by some members of the Ha lion boanf education to reduce the number of professional days for teachers Trustee Jim Clclland gave notice that he Intends to make a motion the board next meetinfi to reduce the number of professional activity days from The move an ten from the concern of several trustees is to whether the professional activity days arc well spent with teacher- from the classroom This concern was to the fore last rfareh when requested superintend cut of instruction John Botch report on the present number of professional for the of establishing an improved do a modest study of time cost benefit ratio analysis of all of the teacher this time Mr said activities that relate to no such report could be drawn activity days up because there is no re- The report which was search available on the quest at Thursday meeting ion fnstead in an attempt to concluded that much of the Towi reunion Mount Forest Centennial committee Is looking for former residents and those who had friends or relatives living in the town and urging them to remember the town a centennial celebrations during the week June to July ye ir A monster centennial parade Is scheduled for 1979 Anyone wishing to be on the list of invitation can notify Mrs MountForest Ontario NoG21o teacher a lime on professional activity days both for and secondary teachers was spent on administrative duties These Include pupil evaluation preparing for re porting to parents and admin meetings teachers spend 34 per cent of their professional activity days on administrative work and secondary teochcrs per Most trusted who cummin tod on the report we said that they were disturbed to learn that so ninth of the time supposedly related allotted to activities which would Imp rove the teachers professional skills was taken up by administrative work The major concern of most board members however re mained the question of whet her students were benefitting from the professional activity days or whether they would benefit marc by having the teacher in the classroom hlng Mr pointed out to the trustees the teachers arc paid regardless of whether they spend the day in the classroom on programs re lated to professional activity days so there be no saving In salaries by cancel ling any professional activity dajs or reducing their numb- I m not convinced that that million the total spent on salaries over the existing professional activity days is better spent out of the class room Mr answer Nobody 1 know of in North America has been able to do a study on the benefit of these programs Mr Botch mid assume because you wive some In service training that your performance In the classroom is better Emerson Lavender director of education said people In education must base their dec isions on two things evidence What is concrete and finite and judgement We have come to a profess ional judgment which is not concrete finite and so on he slid Wt will never accord to any research done be able to translate that into any specific or Mian and SQUIRES WIN AWARD Eddy Kasprrckl area chairman for the during Ihe ytar and to be award the Knights of Columbus presents Columbian honor Only too awards were made in Squires Chief Squire Joe Dommgos with an America There about Circles award of merit the highest honor for a across the continent The Columbian Squires Squires Circle Georgetown was one of nine is the junior organization the Knights Circles in Ontario to achieve all its goals Columbus for boys 12 IB years of age IODE meeting report The September meeting of Countess of Stralhmore Chapter was held at the home of Miss Ruth Evans The ViceRegent Mrs June Itoss took the chair in the absence Mrs Joan Mccns The minutes were read by Mrs Ruth on of the Secretary Mrs Mabel Sanderson Miss Ruth Evans reported for the Treasurer Miss Helen McDonald who was on vacation Mrs McMillan bent a report on Services at Home and Abroad reporting that the toys collected had been for warded to headquarters and asked that the Chapter cons id supplying a layette for the Arctic work ll decided thai Chap ter would provide a layette Miss Evans reported on the presentation In June of three bopka Grade Eight for excellent work The books had been well received and ihe winners were Goil of Holy Cross School Shawn LeFcvrc Centennial School and Kevin Gillespie of School A letter of hanks was read as received from the Red Cross for Ihe donation given in the interests of for the Blood Donor clinics The Bridge Committee re t a omenta for the Round Stodge were going forward Mrs June Ross then as our Guest speaker Mrs Davis who was a Nurse with Quintuplets She was called at the end of the first day of their birth and carried on for three days alone until further help was brought in She work In both he original home clinic Mrs told u of the day by care and mowed u quite picture of the herself and taken by her husband Fred Davis who was 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