R «; ri \IMU: I IIID VV. NO Y OUTFIT IN. IWCI Schools ® Conference focus on improved teaching Marian open house set Marian Central Catholic High School invites all area eighth grade students and their parents to an open house Sunday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. at the school. There will be a presentation giving a capsulized view of life at Marian Central, tours of the school building* and teachers will be available to explain courses and texts used. Ad ministration will be on hand to answer questions and have informal conversations about the school. Refreshments will be served. Children need the best teachers they can get-but too often the best teachers are working at some other job that pays more or offers more career satisfaction than classroom teaching. Ways to attract first rate teachers into the profession and keep them in the classroom will be among the issues considered by representatives from school boards around the state Saturday, Nov. 19, in Chicago. Resolutions passed by the board members will become official policy for the Ulinos Association of School Boards (IASB), a voluntary association that advises school boards on all aspects of school governance and represents their views before the state legislature. The voting will be part of a four-day statewide conference of school officials red jointly by IASB, the ois Association of School Administrators, and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials. The resolutions on upgrading teaching as a career are the result of a study conducted by the State Board of Education and an IASB committee. They include support for the following principles: ...More rigorous standards for admission into and retention in ams progr the qui TOUR EAST CAAAPUS-Student Rob Jessup goes about his work in the drafting class at East Campus as members of the A/VcHenry Kiwanis Club look on. From left are Principal D. STAFF PHOTO-WAVNI GAYlOtD William Dodds and Kiwanis members, David W. Dodds and Frank Gregory. The visit was made in observance of American Education Week. ^WLncllzL[[ ai£ EXPANSION CELEBRATION 6 TOs46 "Classy Fashions for the Classy Lady' ~ % lb-.. J <, { FREE HANDBAG WITH ANY COAT OR JACKET PURCHASE (SIZE 6 to 46) FREE PAIR of SLIPPERS ^ J W(TH ANY ROBE PURCHASE (Siz*s to XXL) Both offers do not apply to salo merchandise and are available only while supplies last. offer expires November 22 THE BEST MEXICAN FOOD IN TOWN! CARRYOUTS AVAILABLE • NACHOS • TACO SALADS BURRITOS • CHIMICHANGAS OTHER /MEXICAN FAVORITES PLUS COMKCTE AMERICAN MENU CHECK OUR DAILY SPECIALS Windhill Apparel Shop 3307 W. Elm Street, McHenry 3 8 5 - 1 1 7 2 I INVITE ALL TO WATCH ~ THE ^7~ MARIAN HURRICANES Play the Semifinal Game Sat., Nov. 19 at 1pm at Marian Central JOHN L. FREUND FREUND FUNERAL HOMES • WONDER LAKE 7611 HANCOCK DR. IIS-72M231 COOPER-FREUND • MARENGO 205 N. 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JOIN THE PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN BOTH FUN & EFFECTIVE for over 500 WOMEN IN THE McHENRY AREA To Register, Coll EXERCISE TO MUSIC I yX ir, Deanna Carstens I 345-3117 VSCrNancy Costello 475-2479 teacher certification quality of candidates recommended for certification. ...Teacher salaries that are performance-based, market- sensitive, professionally competitive, and tied to an ef fective evaluation system. ...Development of career ladders for teachers that distinguish among the beginning instructors, the experienced teacher, and the master teacher. iloration of innovative !or school districts to critical teacher shor tages in mathematics and science - for example, by allowing temporary cer tification for individuals skilled MATH ASSISTANT Seven Knox College students have been selected to be teaching assistants in the mathematics department this term. They include John An thony Armon, McHenry. in fields where teachers are in short supply. ...Incentives, such as grants and loans, to attact outstanding students to the teaching profession, especially in fields where shortages exist. A related resolution supports legislation that would provide for three full years of probationary teaching service in a district before tenure is granted, Two years is the current probationary period. Other resolutions would: ...Urge legislators not to any laws that place man; upon local districts without providing funding and urge the governor to veto any such legislation that reaches his desk. ...Support the right and responsibility of the local school board to determine what curriculum materials it will use, and call upon IASB to help districts formulate policies for selection of materials and procedures for handling challenges from outside interest >rt legislation stud} the advantages and disa< vantages of lengthening the school year to provide more learning time. The conference, headquartered at Chicago's Palmer House Nov. 18 through 21, also will feature speakers, exhibits, panel sessions and service clinics for board members and ad ministrators. Speakers will include Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers; Art Linkletter. television and radio star turned crusader against draft abuse; Illinois Superintendent of Education Donald ' Gill; Governor James Thompson; and Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander. More than 60 panel sessions dealing with issues ranging from flnance to use of surplus buildings to high technololgy will begin Saturday, Nov. 19, and continue through Monday, Nov. 21. An annuaHeature of the conference, training sessions for new board members, takes on additional importance this year, since the Nov. 8 elections will leave many school boards with a majority of newly elected members. Sessions will cover duties, responsibilites and functioning of school boards. Education plans approved The State Board of Education's FY 1984-86 State Plan for the Education of the Handicapped Act, Part B, and the Preschool Incentive Grant plan have been approved by the united States Department of Education. 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