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An Orientation Program For Incoming Sixth Graders Into John C. Fremont Junior High School, Ronald W. Keller Aug 1963

An Orientation Program For Incoming Sixth Graders Into John C. Fremont Junior High School, Ronald W. Keller

Graduate Student Research Papers

It is the purpose of this paper to review literature concerning the philosophy and basic needs in planning an orientation program for sixth grade students entering junior high school in the fall. The writer will also be concerned with designing an orientation program. This program will give the sixth grade student the necessary basic understanding, from the time he leaves the sixth grade classroom in the spring, until he is a member of a junior high school in the fall. It is hoped that such a program will continually benefit the student throughout his secondary school years.


Administering The Audio-Visual Program In The Elementary School, Arthur Samuel Martin Aug 1963

Administering The Audio-Visual Program In The Elementary School, Arthur Samuel Martin

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study is to assemble information that will help an elementary school principal, or a person in a leadership position, administer a program for effective audio-visual instruction in the elementary school. This paper will attempt to show how proper supervision can lay a foundation for intelligent audio-visual instruction.


The Noninstructional Staff: A Factor In School Community Relations, Lee Van Doren Aug 1963

The Noninstructional Staff: A Factor In School Community Relations, Lee Van Doren

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this research paper to determine the place and importance of the noninstructional staff in a program of school community relations.


A Proposed Boys Intramural Program For Warden High School, Eugene Townsend Aug 1963

A Proposed Boys Intramural Program For Warden High School, Eugene Townsend

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this paper is to outline the intramural program for boys at Warden High School. It may also serve as a guide to other small high schools interested in an intramural program.


The Relationship Between Staff Morale And The Effective Operation Of A Junior High School, Bernard O. Boettcher Aug 1963

The Relationship Between Staff Morale And The Effective Operation Of A Junior High School, Bernard O. Boettcher

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purposes of this study are: (1) to discover the personal and professional qualities to be considered in selecting both principals and teachers in the junior high school to secure competent and efficient people, and (2) to determine what democratic procedure to practice in order to improve staff morale.


A Study Of The Non-Salary Monetary Benefits Available To The Public School Teacher Of Washington, Richard Bruce Elliott Aug 1963

A Study Of The Non-Salary Monetary Benefits Available To The Public School Teacher Of Washington, Richard Bruce Elliott

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this paper to bring to light some advantages of teaching in the State of Washington not directly tied to salaries, but certainly affecting the amount of disposable income the teacher will have after paying certain rather fixed expenses, both during his active teaching career and after retirement.


The Superintendent's Role In Public Relations, Charles E. Evans Aug 1963

The Superintendent's Role In Public Relations, Charles E. Evans

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study is to (1) recognize the merit of a public relations program, (2) investigate the role of the superintendent in the program, and (3) analyze some of the techniques involved in supporting such a program.


The Role Of The Elementary School Principal In Administration Of Cuisenaire Materials, Vernon John Harkness Aug 1963

The Role Of The Elementary School Principal In Administration Of Cuisenaire Materials, Vernon John Harkness

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study (1) to review literature regarding new trends in the elementary arithmetic program; (2) to investigate the role of the elementary school principal in administration of Cuisenaire materials; and (3) to investigate the current elementary arithmetic programs in the Highline School District #401 and, where evidence was available, in other school districts using Cuisenaire materials. The program in the Highline School District was investigated to determine the curricular goals and content of schools using Cuisenaire materials and of schools not using such. Other school districts using Cuisenaire materials were investigated to obtain further results …


A Study Of Children Retained In The First Grade In The Sunnyside Public School District, Barbara J. Quigley Jul 1963

A Study Of Children Retained In The First Grade In The Sunnyside Public School District, Barbara J. Quigley

Graduate Student Research Papers

The principal purpose of this study was to gather information showing the effects of non-promotion on the achievement of those children, currently enrolled in the Sunnyside Public School District, who had been retained in the first grade. The purpose of the study was (1.) to determine the primary reasons given by the teacher for effecting the retention; (2) to show the progress of each of these children in reading and, in some cases, in arithmetic and spelling during his subsequent elementary school years.


A Review Of The Reorganization Of School Districts In The State Of Washington, William Henry Hallett Jun 1963

A Review Of The Reorganization Of School Districts In The State Of Washington, William Henry Hallett

Graduate Student Research Papers

The vast number of school districts in Washington State has been greatly reduced over a period of years by various consolidation and reorganization laws. These laws cover a span of over sixty years, and many revisions were innovated during that time. An attempt shall be made to expose the reasons why school districts have been reorganized with a short historical background which ultimately affected consolidation. The basic or main laws governing reorganization shall be written in sequential order from 1903 to 1957.


A Study Of The Desirability Of The State Music Supervisor, Dwight Eduard Morris May 1963

A Study Of The Desirability Of The State Music Supervisor, Dwight Eduard Morris

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study has been to compare certain data and general information between states that do and states that do not employ a state music supervisor.


A Partial Survey Of The Practices And Problems In The Hiring Of Negroes To Teach In The Public Schools Of Washington, Lila A. Hanson Jan 1963

A Partial Survey Of The Practices And Problems In The Hiring Of Negroes To Teach In The Public Schools Of Washington, Lila A. Hanson

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this survey to investigate the practices and problems in the hiring of Negroes to teach in the Public schools of Washington State.


Instituting And Administering An Individualized Reading Program In The Granite Falls Elementary School, Donald F. Van Liew Aug 1962

Instituting And Administering An Individualized Reading Program In The Granite Falls Elementary School, Donald F. Van Liew

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to review the literature written about different programs individualizing the reading program so as to enable the writer to judge their worth in a given situation. The area of reading was chosen for this study because more time is spent teaching and practicing reading skills than is spent on any other subject. Further, the writer will attempt to present the steps used in instituting a program in a school. Implementing or revising any program takes careful analysis by an entire staff, but certain steps and procedures should be followed after the staff has agreed …


The Specialist In The Improvement Of Instruction, Margaret Hartman Wellman Aug 1962

The Specialist In The Improvement Of Instruction, Margaret Hartman Wellman

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study (1) to clarify the role of the specialist in working with other instructional personnel in improving learning opportunities and (2) to identify the administrative policies and decisions which provide maximum opportunity for specialist effectiveness in the improvement of instruction.


Cutting School Building Costs Through Educational And Architectural Planning, Construction Details, And Contracting, Alan Dale White Aug 1962

Cutting School Building Costs Through Educational And Architectural Planning, Construction Details, And Contracting, Alan Dale White

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this paper to point out the factors pertaining to educational and architectural planning, construction details, and contracting which collectively tend to lower the building expenditures. Specific architectural details such as wall cost comparisons, structural framing, and material recommendations have been purposely deleted. The suggestions presented herein, general in nature, do not seriously restrict architectural imagination, ingenuity, or creativity.


An Investigation Of Trends Towards Departmentalization In The Elementary Schools, Donald R. Breitenfeldt Aug 1962

An Investigation Of Trends Towards Departmentalization In The Elementary Schools, Donald R. Breitenfeldt

Graduate Student Research Papers

There have been many organizational plans, including the departmental, intended to improve the "self-contained classroom" so as to increase the child's intellectual development without hindering his personal-social development. It may be that one or more of the new plans will improve the self-contained classroom. Research evidence, not plain argument, must be relied upon to provide the answers needed. There is very little research evidence to support the claims for any elementary school plan, the self-contained classroom plan not excepted.


Administration And Evaluation Of The 1961 Southeastern Alaska Music Festival, Harley A. Brumbaugh Aug 1962

Administration And Evaluation Of The 1961 Southeastern Alaska Music Festival, Harley A. Brumbaugh

Graduate Student Research Papers

In the past there had never been formulated a written organizational guide for administering the The Southeastern Alaska Music Educators Association music festival. It was the purpose of this study to describe and evaluate the techniques used to administer the 1961 Southeastern Alaska Music Contest-festival. An organizational guide might logically evolve from this, or better, from several such descriptions.


A Conscientious Principal Learning His Way In Administration, George Harris Aug 1962

A Conscientious Principal Learning His Way In Administration, George Harris

Graduate Student Research Papers

The author created a fictional case study as a problem for future school administrators to think about. The case study touches upon human resources problems among faculty and restrictive school fundraising laws.


A Proposed Program Of Studies For The Red Rock Junior High School, Robert L. Heikell Aug 1962

A Proposed Program Of Studies For The Red Rock Junior High School, Robert L. Heikell

Graduate Student Research Papers

Given 117 students in grades seven, eight, and nine, four teachers, seven periods per day, and adequate facilities, prepare a program of studies that will meet the needs of the youth of Lower Crab Creek School District. This will be (1) an accredited junior high school located in Royal City, Washington, and (2) the program of studies will meet standards at least comparable to those in neighboring communities presently educating the ninth-grade students of the Lower Crab Creek School District.


A Study Of Central Washington School Superintendents' Opinions Concerning The Establishment Of A School Study Council To Facilitate Educational Research, Donald A. Mitchell Jul 1962

A Study Of Central Washington School Superintendents' Opinions Concerning The Establishment Of A School Study Council To Facilitate Educational Research, Donald A. Mitchell

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to determine the interests of school superintendents in the Central Washington Area regarding the establishment of a school study council to promote educational research. A questionnaire will be used in securing the opinions of the superintendents.


Utilization Of Community Resources In Social Studies, Charles H. Thacker Jun 1962

Utilization Of Community Resources In Social Studies, Charles H. Thacker

Graduate Student Research Papers

Since most communities surrounding every school contain unlimited opportunities for students to learn, it is necessary that these community resources be located and made known to the school and the teacher before they can be utilized in the school program. Therefore, a comprehensive inventory of such resources is essential, as is the systematic recording of survey findings, formulation of school policies concerning use of community resources, and the diffusion of this information to all personnel concerned. In turn such an organized program may have an influential effect upon the following: 1. Provide the students with new educational learning resources for …


What Are Good Procedures In The Selection Of New Teacher Personnel?, Dean D. Woerner Jun 1962

What Are Good Procedures In The Selection Of New Teacher Personnel?, Dean D. Woerner

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study to determine the ethical and most efficient steps in the important problem of teacher selection. More specifically, this study considered the following questions: 1. With whom does the responsibility of teacher selection rest, and to what degree of authority? 2. How does the administrator decide upon the type of people needed to fill certain resource gaps? 3. What are some of the procedures which the administrator may use for the purpose of locating possible teaching candidates for the established positions? 4. What procedures, for gathering information about candidates, are presently being used, and …


The Role Of The Elementary Principle In School-Community Relations, Joseph John Batali Jr. Mar 1962

The Role Of The Elementary Principle In School-Community Relations, Joseph John Batali Jr.

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study to determine the role of the elementary principal in the school-community relations program. More specifically, the study considered the following questions: 1. What is the leadership function of the elementary principal in the school-community relations program? 2. What is the relationship of the elementary principal to teachers in the school-community relations program? 3. What is the relationship of the elementary principal to parents in the school-community relations program?


A Study Of Characteristics And Achievement Of Transfer Students Admitted To Eastern Illinois University, David A. Diederich Jan 1962

A Study Of Characteristics And Achievement Of Transfer Students Admitted To Eastern Illinois University, David A. Diederich

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Subsequent Academic Achievement Of Students At Eastern Illinois University Who Were Readmitted To The University After Having Been Dropped For Low Scholarship, Jerry D. Zachary Jan 1962

A Study Of The Subsequent Academic Achievement Of Students At Eastern Illinois University Who Were Readmitted To The University After Having Been Dropped For Low Scholarship, Jerry D. Zachary

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Survey Of The Life, Cost, And Storage Of Textbooks In The First Class Districts Of The State Of Washington, Grades One Through Six, Haven K. Crum Aug 1961

A Survey Of The Life, Cost, And Storage Of Textbooks In The First Class Districts Of The State Of Washington, Grades One Through Six, Haven K. Crum

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study (1) to compare the cost of textbooks for grades one through six for the first class school districts in the State of Washington; (2) to establish an ideal textbook budget for optimum learning; (3) to find the useful life of a textbook as limited by durability and need for revision in certain subject areas, and (4) to investigate storage procedures, particularly central storage versus individual building storage, to determine the most efficient use of the basic and supplemental texts owned by a district.


A Teacher's Handbook For West Valley High School, Richard Ralph Lackey Aug 1961

A Teacher's Handbook For West Valley High School, Richard Ralph Lackey

Graduate Student Research Papers

To attain order in the management of school affairs, a guide is necessary. Teachers as well as students must have the information necessary to cope with problems and situations that a.re a. part of every school day. A teacher's handbook can be a guide to resolving the routine problems that develop. Developnent of a teacher's handbook was disoussed in the general faculty meetings at West Valley High School, Yakima, Washington. The writer was to draw up the final draft.


The Role Of The Principal In Classroom Supervision, George W. Lasswell Aug 1961

The Role Of The Principal In Classroom Supervision, George W. Lasswell

Graduate Student Research Papers

This study intended to determine the practices of supervision from 1930 to the present time, survey these practices of supervision, and report the changes.


An Exploratory Course Of Study For Electricity And Electronics In The Junior High School Shop, Myron Harry Radelmiller Aug 1961

An Exploratory Course Of Study For Electricity And Electronics In The Junior High School Shop, Myron Harry Radelmiller

Graduate Student Research Papers

In preparation for teaching an eighth grade course at Monticello Junior High School, Longview, Washington, the writer proposes to develop a teaching guide for explorations in electricity and electronics. The Longview school system has not yet adopted a guide for this particular area. This guide is intended to provide the writer with a broader knowledge of background information, enabling him to make the course more interesting and useful to the students. By using this guide the writer will be able to direct his classes toward the objectives of industrial arts and general education.


How The Principal Through Observations And Individual Conferences Can Help The Elementary School Teacher Evaluate Her Work, Leland J. Rhodes Aug 1961

How The Principal Through Observations And Individual Conferences Can Help The Elementary School Teacher Evaluate Her Work, Leland J. Rhodes

Graduate Student Research Papers

An attempt was made in this study to (1) determine how evaluation pertains to the measurement and appraisal of teaching efficiency, (2) determine the function of evaluation as a co-operative effort between the individual teacher and the supervisor to improve teaching, and (3) to determine how the supervisor can use observations and individual conferences to help the teacher evaluate her work.