Lebanon Valley College - Quittapahilla Yearbook (Annville, PA)

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aff- V Hk w - m .jg.... ,- iT- M Mt Robert W. Smith, Chairman Director of Division of Teacher Education Associate Professor of Music Education 25

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MUSIC The educational objectives of the Music Department are three-fold: to train artists and teachers, to teach music his- torically and aesthetically as an element of liberal culture, and to offer courses that give a thorough and practical under- standing of theoretical subjects. The curriculum offers leads to a Bachelor of Science degree with a ma|or in Music Ed- ucation. A recent major change v as made in the Music Education curriculum which incorporates additional academic course work. This was necessitated by a newly established policy by the Commonwealth ' s Department of Public Instruction which requires a minimum of sixty hours in general education courses for all future certified teachers. The Class of 1964 will, be the first group to be graduated under the new program. Although the intensified curriculum is extremely demanding, depart- mental majors are now provided with a more liberal ed- ucation along with the established standards of their pro- fessional preparation. In addition to its major offering, the department also pro- vides for a minor in music. College students of other major disciplines are encouraged to participate in the various musi- cal organizations, for which a maximum credit of eight se- mester hours may be counted toward their degrees. ROBERT W.SMITH Seated: Ma re i a M. Pick well, Mrs, Ruth E, Bender. Left to Riqht; Pierce A. Getz, James M. Thurmond, Alex- ander Crawford, Thomas A. Lanese, George D. Curfmon, William H. Fair lamb, Reynaldo Rovers, Robert W. Smith. Missing; D, Clark Carmeon, R. Porter Campbell, Harold Malsh, Frank E, Stachow, E. Joan Reeve, Linda L. vanSteenwyk, 24

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Left to Right: Chairman Gilbert D. McKlveen, June M. Herr, Cloyd H. Ebersole. TEACHER EDUCATION The year 1961-1962 marked a forward look at the whole program of teacher training a t Lebanon Valley. Particularly was the area of student teaching on the secondary level care- fully scrutinized. At the beginning of the year, the Division of Teacher Educa- tion met and appointed Professor Robert Smith as its chairman. It was agreed that a study would be made of NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) and its rela- tionship to our college. The Academic Affairs Committee allotted a great deal of time to the proposal of the Department of Education to put student teaching on the secondary level on a full-time eight or nine- week basis during the first semester of the senior year. Such a policy is still under consideration. Moving forward on its own, the department established a program of student teaching stronger than that of former years. Students were placed, where possible, to an all-morning or all- afternoon assignment for a full twelve-week period. This has greatly increased the participation of our students in the public schools and enriched their knowledge of the requirements and qualifications prerequisite to becoming effective teachers. GILBERT D. McKLVEEN 26