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Wednesday, January 23, 1974
University Daily Kansan
Kensan Staff Photo by DAVE REGIER
John Stanley, Lawrence Jincen and Teacher
Corp intern, and Eric Von Vleck, a fifth
grade student in elementary school,
grew out of the science class Stanley
Learning Photography
teaches at the school. The class was studying optics and light so Stanley introduced them to photography. He now teaches at the school and helps his other duties as an intern at the school.
Shankel Selected . . .
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administrative experience as qualifications for the new executive post. Shankh has
He has taught microbiology, biology, microbial genetics, radiation biology and a Western Civilization honors discussion course since coming to KU. He was promoted from assistant professor to professor in nine years.
Shankel was named assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1966.
Shankel's administrative experience includes directing the department of microbiology from 1964 to 1965 and directing a National Science Foundation summer science training program for high school students for four years.
WHEN GEORGE WAGGONER, dean of the college, left KU on sabbatical last January. Shankel took his place as acting dean.
Waggoner said last night that he knew Shankel very well and that he was sure Shankel's leadership had been good for the College.
Marshal assistant secretary of college of arts and Sciences in 1966. He became associate dean in 1989 and was director of a college-within-the-college from 1968 to 1970.
"He was always very successful as associate dean, said Wagner. "I applauded him."
Waggoner said he had received such good reports from colleagues in the College
Waggoner described Skanel as "first rate" and a "remarkable person."
administration that "it makes you wonder if you should come back."
"He is a very active researcher and constantly productive as a scientist."
David Paretsky, chairman of the department of microbiology, described Shankel as a "competent, serious and efficient" teacher.
PARETSKY SAID SHANKEL would be successful as executive vice chancellor.
Shankel also is on the KU Athletic Board and is a consultant of the North Central College School, the McGraw-Hill Schools, the Cramer Chemical Company of Gardner, and Intex Corporation of Philadelphia.
Reactions to the appointment by members of the Board of Regents varied.
Research and teaching will necessarily take a back seat to the new post, Shankel said. However, he said he be considered teaching an important way to keep up contact with students and he hoped to be able to continue teaching on a limited basis
Regents Paul Wunsch and Henry Bubb said the choice was excellent, but Jess Stewart said he hadn't been notified of the final name.
Eilmer Jackson said only, "Well, I would have no comment. I don't know the genius."
They were hired as interns in the Teacher Corps, a program sponsored by a grant from the University of Chicago.
Eleven students from the School of Education have been hired to assist teachers in two Lawrence grade schools this year.
Teacher Corps is designed to give children from low income and racial minority group families a better education. It offers multicultural classroom education and initiates community activities to meet the needs between the school system and taxpayers.
The Lawrence Teacher Corps is divided into two teams at East Heights and Pinckney elementary schools. East Heights and Pinckney have five and six interns, respectively, one full-time team leader and a community coordinator.
AT PINCKEY, the interns are teaching and tutoring in all grades and in all subjects. John Stanley, an intern at Pinckey, is teaching physical education to all grades and is teaching science to fifth and sixth craders.
Stanley, a Lawrence junior, also has started two extracurricular activities at
Although Teacher Corps serves more than 170 school districts in the United States, many teachers are forced because the interns are from different races and cultures, Ernest Coleman, local Education Agency coordinator, says. The interns are black interns and one American Indian intern.
UNDER THE RULES of the two-year grant, the intern must spend 60 per cent of their time teaching and assisting in the classroom and divide the rest of their time between community activities and University courses. The only academic credit interns receive for Teacher Corps work is in education research methods and activities. They are required through Wednesday and must schedule 14 to 18 credit bursaries into Thursday and Friday.
Teaching Interns Gain Experience, Heal Rift Between School, Parents
The Teacher Corps program in Lawrence, which was started in September, is concentrated in two elementary schools, but the community activities attract children of all ages, Evelyn Swartz, professor of KU Teacher Corps coordinator, says.
Stanley lives two blocks from Pinckney School, and when he isn't involved in school
When the program ends in May 1975, the interns will graduate from KU with a Bachelor of Arts degree. They are certified to teach in Kansas and Missouri because of their extensive classroom experience. Swartz says the Lawrence school has offered its students a hands-on treatment to Teacher Corps interns.
students an earlier start in the classroom. They are better prepared than the flux of students who do not enter the classroom until they are almost ready to graduate." Swartz says, "Those late arrivals may find themselves on the whole training goes down the drains."
"Teacher Corps offers instant gratification," Tubbs says. "Day after day, on various levels, we are able to see our moments and progress with the children."
SWARTZ NOTES that the Teacher Corps is part of a new “competency based education” program.
"This system is much better than sitting in the University for four years and not knowing what to expect when you get out into the real world. When I enter the job market I will not be walking into the same brick wall that so many teachers face."
"As a multi-cultural program it has improved the educational system in Lawrence, but it has served as a training curriculum for the teacher education curriculum," she says.
The Teacher Corps program is accomplishing two goals, Swartz says.
Although the increasing teacher surplus could threaten future Teacher Corps programs, Swartz says, the program has finally shown that there must be a move toward a more inclusive community, the university and the schools into planning educational needs together.
Virgin Wigatson, Lawrence junior, is also an intern at Pinckney. He teaches black history to all grades and runs a recreation program on Wednesday nights.
Swartz says the intern program is demonstrating that teacher education must start sooner and contain more field work. Students who specialize in sophomores involved in internships soon.
activities he often organizes activities for children, in his neighborhood.
At East Uphills Elementary School, Mattie Tubbs, Lawrence junior, coaches the fifth grade girls' basketball team and is the sponsor of a girls' club at Ballard Com
ALL THREE INTEGRS agree that the
sister Corpus has helped prepare them for
their job.
"Even if the parents still are not participating in the schools, they are at least
TUBURS SAYS the Teacher Corps is "overcoming the problem of teacher concern, because community activities permit students to make their mark outside of school and as more than a teacher."
The three interns agree that feedback on the program has been favorable.
Watson says the program also is helping the Lawrence school district to catch up with higher income districts by exposing students to a variety of ethnic backgrounds, but more importantly by breaking down barriers that exist between parents and the
There is only one black teacher at Pinckney besides the interns, so parents have found it easier to identify with me, to participate in the school, says Watson. "In the first year, we have broken the barriers so that all types of parents will feel free to participate."
"Teacher Corps has given college
Watson says the Teacher Corps has helped him to understand the different educational needs of students from diverse backgrounds, working with them in community activities.