Mre Allphin Miss Litchen Mr. Allphin Miss Litchen Mr. Allphin Miss Litchon Mr. Allphin Miss Litehen Mr. Allphin wide We are attempting to follow the Physical Education Curriculum which has been recommended by the National Physical Education Association. You have asked for this somester's program at the Oread Training School, where we do most of our leberatory teaching. In the fail somester we have touch foovtbail, tumbling, volley ball and basket- ball, and during the suring semoster wo offer basketball, co~-rocreat~ jonal activities, apparatus, golf, tennis and track, Swimming is offered in five divisions ~ element ry, intermediate, advanced, diving and life savirg. The oractise teachers are required, in add= ition to the laboratory teaching ct Oread, to visit at some school other than Ke Ue once vor “reox and urke a report; also co cutside readings on the latest metnods of tercaing paysical edvucatione What supervision do vou give the practice teachers for boys at Oread? Is it daily, occasionally, or just what method do you use? We supervise our practice teachers deily while they are doing their laboratory teaching at Oread. We would also like to send them to other schools to teach, but have not done so yet, However, the practice teachers do observation at various schools and are rated on the report that they make of their visit. A short conference is usually held with tho practice teacher afver he has taught his class. The director mikes criticisms ard suggestions which will be helpful to him for his noxt class teaching, 2nd which will uitimately heip him in his profession after graduation from the University. The student teacher is graded by a rating biank which onbrn.ces soveral different items, such as prnesuriity, dressed in proper uniform, good organizetion cf the clase, Shc ability to motivate the pupils, and his ability to get the stvtonts to ike Ante What qualities do tho boys mos% acmire in their prastice teachers? The teachor of physical education should be a realiteacher = one who has a sympathetic understanciny of sho bey, his neois, and tho importance of sccing him as an indivicucd to bo tisined for completo living. The practice teacher should bo able, under propor super vision, to organize the class so thas $°5 will develop the individvalts interest in maintaining his bodily vigor; emotional balence anc intelloctual power. ‘he boys admire frankness ana also fairness of the student teachers, They also like to have the lesson progress without any intorruptions.e Do your practice toachors supervise activities of many kinds, or are they responsible for just one sport, such as swimming? We endeavor to give the practice teacher as many teaching experiences as possible in different activities. They are rotated overy five or six weeks. Mr. Allphin, I understand that you wrote your thesis on “Present Practices of Supervision of Practice Toachers in Physical Education in Teacher Training Institutions." Yes, the summary of my study at the State University of Iowa indicat- ed that state colloges and universities, private colleges and univer~