Burt Community School - Bears / Roundup Yearbook (Burt, IA)

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PART II - THE TEACHING STAFF - The school faculty for the year 1932-'33 with the name of the pos- ition held, the length andplace of training, the degree held, the kind of certificate, the date of election to the position and the home address is given below : Mr. Donald Weir, superintendent, Master of Science degree, 1929, University of Wisconsin; Bachelor of Science degree, 1924, Iowa State College. First Grade State Certificate. Elected to position, 1927. Married. Home Address, Burt, Iowa. Mr. M.Condit Bowie, principal, coach of athletics and teacher of mathematics. Bachelor of Arts degree, Iowa State Te chers College, 1931. Elected to position, 1931. Single, First Grade State Certif- icate. Home Address, Zearing , Iowa. Mr. Sigurd Fardal- teacher of social sciences a:d director of instrumental music. Bachelor of Arts degree, 1928, Luther College. First Grade State Certificate. Elected to position, 1931. Single. Home Address, Stanhope, Iowa. Miss Charlotte Warrior, teacher of Home Economics and General Science Bachelor of Science degree, 1923, Simpson College. Elected to position, 1929. First Grade State Certificate. Single. Home Address, Blockton, Iowa. Miss Anna Overgaard, teacher of English, typewriting and vocal music. Graduate of 3-year Public School Music Course, Iowa State Teachers College, 1930. Elected to position, 1930. Second Grade State Certificate, Single. Home Address, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Miss Alice Eighme, teacher of English and dramatics and principal of the Junior High School. Bachelor of Arts degree, 1931» State University of Iowa. First Grade State Certificate, Elected to position,'1931. Single. Home Address, Shannon City, Iowa. Miss Mattie 7 arner, teacher of manual training on part-time basis. Special Manual Training Course at iowa St te College. Special Manual Training Certificate, Elected to position, 1919. Home Address, Burt, Iowa, Miss Myrtle Hanna, teacher of fifth and sixth grades and supervisor of penmanship throughout the school. Two-year Normal Training Course, Iowa State Teachers College, Elected to position, 1930. Second Grade State Certificate, Single. Home Address, Lone Rock, la. Miss Mildred Anderson, teacher of third and' fourth grades and supervisor of art thr ughout the first eight grades. Two year Normal Training Course at Y aldorf College and Special six-weeks art course at I.S.T.C, Elected to position, 1931, Second Grade State Certif- icate. Home Address, Milford, Iowa. Miss Eva Whitney, teacher of first and second grados. Special Primary Training Course, Iowa State Teachers College. Special Primary Life Certificate. Elected to position, 1898. Home Address, Burt, la - 5 “

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TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE OF BURT TEACHERS - Trr.i..ing 1327- TRAINING OF B 1927- '28 1928-'29 1929-'3 URT TEACHERS 1933 0 1930-'31 1931- 32 1232-$ • College Grad 5 .3. .. . „5 4 5 3to 4 years i College 1 I 2 to 3 years 1 College l 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 to 2 years t iCo ll ege 1 1 2 1 1 1 • 0 to 1 years iCollege 2 2 2 2 2 2 T'.e above chert, indicates that Burt is employing well prepared teachers, as measured by the amount of college vrork taken. The State Department of Public Instruction reouires that at least one- half of the hi .h school teachers be college raciuates, All except one of our high school teachers hold college degrees and fifty per cent of all our teachers are college graduates PREVIOUS TEACHING EXPERIENCE OF 3URT TEACHERS 2 o py—1 7 7 Previous • Experience 1927“'28 1928- '29 1329-r30 1930-'31 1931- 32 1332- Over 5 years .3. 4 4 5t 4 Five Years 1 0 0 0 0 1 Four Years 0 2 1 1 1 1 Three Years 2 0 1 0 1 2 T'o Years 0 2 0 2 2 1 One Ye air 2 0 .... . 3 1 1 1 None . 1 . 2 .. 1 . 1 1 C The above chart indicates that Burt employs teachers with experience altnough a number v ith little or no experience ha-ve be n employed during ...ha last six years. On the average inly 10$ of the Burt teachers nave had no previous teaching experience. On the other hand 43 % of une t chers employed during the last six years have had five or more years of experience. The training and expo: ience of the teachers of any scr.ool are but tv o of the factors indicating the standard of instruction given. 6