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Thursday, August 24.1972
University Daily Kansan
Course Credit Offered for Work at Head Start Center
By CONNIE PARISH Kanyan Staff Writer
Many KU students have volunteered to help low-income pre-school children and their families, and they start at Center since its beginning in 1966, but last year was the first time students were able to earn an income.
Evelyn Swartz, professor of education, started a program that gives students a chance to visit the center as part of a class project.
In the class, Education 168— teaching early primary children, students must work with pre
school, kindergarten, or early primary children.
FOR TWO years the students had worked in the Lawrence school system, and last year they were encouraged to volunteer at the center of volunteering.
The center, in the Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Lexington Avenue, center, according to the director, Mrs. Caroline Freitag. It is in session from September through October at 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
Usually eight to ten students each semester work at the center, Swartz said. They must
spend a minimum of a two-hour block each week working with the children, though many spend more time, she said. For the teachers, direct contact with the children in a teaching situation, Swartz said. Activities they are involved in are up to the teachers. They may be directed lessons, Swartz said, as supervising play centers.
The class is mainly a methods class, she said, to introduce technology procedures for early primary children. In regular class children, the class is mainly a methods class.
teaching experiences, and trade advice on how to handle problem situations.
TO BE eligible for the Hea
Start Program, children must be
between the ages of three and
five, must come from a low-
life, and their mothers
must be working or attending
school.
Kansan Photo by CLAY LOYD
Youngster Tries Wood Working
. Howard Clark, 5, left, gets some help from volunteer Larry Notling .
The family's income must fit poverty level guidelines as defined by the federal government. Varies according to size, Park University, a group from the Plymouth Congregational Church began discussing the need for such a day care center in Lawrence. The office of Economic Opportunity, and funding was authorized through the office of child development of the department of Health. Education officials are needed to accommodate 24 children.
ACCORDING to Fretig, 20 percent of the budget must be forURSERVATION from the community. This may be building space, volunteers, supplies or the like. Achieving the problem in Lawrence, Fretig said.
Though there have been some changes in procedures since the operation began, the basic goals remain the same, according to the director. Basically, Head Nurse instructs the child program to help the whole child, mentally, physically, and emotionally.
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to pick up as soon as people learned about the new location. Bottles and cans may be left in the alley behind the center, but they should be rinsed and should have all paper labels removed
John T. Alexander, associate professor of medicine, recently awarded a research grant to the National Library of Medicine, the National Institute of Health, the National Institute of Health.
The grant supplements his sabbatical leave for the academic year 1972 to 1973, when he will be continuing research for and writing. "The Moscow of 1717: A Social History."
in the classroom one of the major goals is to teach the child self-confidence, Freitag said, and help him understand his culture.
Alexander spent seven months in Moscow last year doing research on this subject
This is done because a majority of Head Start children come from minority groups, the largest group blacks.
FOR THE first time, this year a number of Indian children are enrolled in the program. This is because last year the time Haskell Indian Junior College has admitted married students, Freitag said. Other groups represented include Mexican-Americans and English-Americans.
A major task, and perhaps the hardest, the director said, is helping the child relate to other students. He peers, teachers and family.
The staff does not attempt to teach the children how to read, Freitag said, but they do try to develop motor skills which will help in reading readiness. The skills of language skills is also stressed.
In working with the children, the staff uses positive reinforcement.
"We give the child as many chances to succeed as possible" Freitag said.
"If he can't do something we simply turn to something else. A child doesn't need built-in failure before he attends school," she said.
PRAISE is liberally given for something done well, she said. Many of the children long for attention, and if attention is given for something好它 cuts down its discipline problems, Frettag said.
The center serves a hot breakfast, lunch and masks during the COVID-19 pandemic immunizations, pre-kindergarten physicals and other tests if necessary to determine whether he has serious health problems.
Another class stressed weight reduction and exercises. Special classes for decorating were also offered. Another class which the staff encouraged parents to take was Human Relations Commission.
The staff also works with the family, Freitag said. Two of the regular staff members do social work and help a social worker aide act as advocates and friends to the family. The rest are homebound, done is through home visitations.
THE TWELVE regular staff member include two full-time teachers, two full-time aides and part-time help consisting of a worker, aide, director, secretary, janitor, cook and kitchen aide.
One problem the staff faces,
Freitag said, is that is under-
spend. Teachers are generally
elementary school students,
elementary or early childhood
development, and experience
lower income people is also selft.
In addition, parents meet as a group monthly. Special classes have also been offered to meet the parents' needs. One dealt with how children do their homework showing the parents how they could continue working with their children as the Head Start staff does.
The starting salary for a teacher is $5,500. Freitag said
"Therefore, the people we get have to be committed and sinister interested in helping children," the director said.
AIDES ARE PAID $1.60 an hour and must be from a lower income group. Persons with degrees are not eligible, Freitag explained, since the goals of the AIDES program require staff develop their own potential.
To achieve this, the government pays for college classes taken by staff members to receive skills and educational needs.
The volunteer program is an important aspect of the Head Start Center, Freitag said, and many students not taking the
class from Swartz also volunteer. High school age persons also join the Summer Teenage Force. This summer the Summer Teenage Employment Program provided volunteers through the Human Resources Board in New York.
often provides insight for them as to whether teaching this age group is an acceptable career choice, they said.
Working at the center provides many satisfactions for volunteers, Swartz and Freetig said in an interview. "We actually work with children, it
Volunteers from the community as well as from schools are still in demand Frettag said. Volunteers are needed for driving children to dental and speech help. Volunteer assistance help is also needed for such things as building and repairing equipment.
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